Typing Pal- 6th Grade Intro

All students in 6th grade have access to a typing program called Typing Pal. It will allow students to create an account and track their progress while learning to touch type. Good luck!


Please take the time to:

  1. Review this lesson

  2. Complete all steps to set up your Typing Pal account

  3. Practice for 20 minutes a week until you are typing 30 words per minute!

Please email Ms. Mack for help!

erin_mack@needham.k12.ma.us

Intro to Typing Pal- 6th- Fall 2020

Alternative to Typing Pal:

Dance Mat Typing

E-Learning for Kids

Keybr.com

Learn where the keys are located- http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm

Another great resource- https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/articles/online-keyboarding-education.html

PowerTyping Intermediate/Advanced: (Need practice typing, or need to type faster- try one of these)

Free Typing Lessons

Typingscout.com

Type-fu.com


Good ones but they need accounts: (Make sure to ask you parents to okay this and sign you up)

Ratatype

Typing.com


iPad Apps: (Most of these are paid so please ask you parents before you log in/purchase)

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/4-iphone-and-ipad-apps-help-learn-touch-typing


Games:

Learning games for kids

Typing Master

Free Typing Games

Game Aquarium

Typing.com

ABCYA- Search or typing games and then scroll down

Type Racer

Keyboard Climber

Typing Test: http://www.typingtest.com/