Typing Web
This is a really good site. This could be used by any person, just about any age. It is well designed. First, you register and then you put what you are wanting to learn. You can be very specific. I put that I was already very good, but needed to just work on my skills with numbers and symbols.
It comes up with a few sentences, or paragraph and you type over the words. If you make a mistake, it shows up in red and you can correct it, but I wouldn't as it is also checking out your speed. When it is checking your speed, it takes the amount of time it took you to type, minus the mistakes to give you the words per minute that you typed.
When you have a bad moment, it gives very specific feedback, as it told me I needed to work on the $, % and *. It was noticeable that I had to look at the keys for those characters, which slowed me down a bit. Every single time you finish a page, which may really just be a few sentences, it gives you the feedback of how many words were right, how many were mistakes, the speed you typed, the number of errors. Every time I just had letters to type, I was typing up to 60 wpm with only 0-1 mistake. When I was typing numbers and symbols alot, my wpm dropped to about 45.
Many people who hunt and peck could work on skills with this non-threatening class to learn to type, or improve skills.
It is made for elementary students, too. They need to move slower, so they can get it and not get discouraged. It even had many games at the end of the site. Some are very easy, some are more difficult. I played one and it was fun. It began easy and as I got better, it got faster. I ended up only getting about 45% correct, but it was only once and it was FUN! It was sending random letters up in the sky and those letters were up in the sky in a bar. You had to type that letter just as it reached the bar, or it didn't count. The letters were far apart, and each letter would change after the letter hit it, so they were constantly changing. the letters began moving faster. It really helped as you typed combinations like: n b b s q r i l. Sometimes you were typing using both hands, other times, you were using one hand, then the other. Alot of thought was put into the typing and the game I played.
I would recommend it to anyone who needs to improve typing skills, technique, speed, and/or knowledge.
2 comments:
Karen,
Thank you so much for posting this tool. I teach middle school, and my students do not take typing until 9th grade!! That is beyond me, but this is definitely a place that I can direct them. I require their papers be typed beginning in 7th grade, and I provide the time and computers, now I can also provide a link for the lessons. I personally love the fact that students do not need to register for an account.
Great Job!
Hi Karen, I like your positive attitude toward those of us who hunt and peck. I've been trying to leasrn some type of typing proficiency with no avail, I hate to say.I am working with my son to push him to obtain mastery on the key board. It is a must these days and now looking at web 2.0 it just drives the point home. It should be mandatory in every students educational journey and why schools don't it is beyond me. Well, I'll keep on trying. You can't tell someone to keep on keeping on unless your willing to that your own advise. Mark West
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