http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/about/. It's free and the students love
it! It includes games, and the students can see their progress in WPM as
well as their number of errors.
Anne
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jennifer Voorhees
<voorheesj@sidwell.edu>wrote:
> We are using Typing Pal Online, which is an inexpensive subscription and
> offers online access to the program for students from anywhere (nothing to
> install) and to the records for the teachers. It's fun, well put together,
> and they have just improved the interface by creating different options for
> different age groups. Their next plan is to create a "teenage" interface.
>
> My students love it and worked on it all summer!
>
> Jenni Swanson Voorhees
> Sidwell Friends School
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Bob Irving
> Sent: Thu 9/10/2009 9:09 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Typing software recommendations?
>
> Has anyone used any typing software besides Mavis Beacon that you would
> recommend for middle schoolers? We use PC's and have spent countless hours
> trying to get the network version to play nicely with the MS computer lab,
> all to no avail.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bob Irving
> Lancaster Country Day School
> Lancaster, PA
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