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Curated OER
Our Favorite Pet
Students each have a turn, telling the class his or her favorite pet. The choices are cat, dog, fish or bird. Using the computer, the information from the tally be recorded on a spreadsheet and bar graph.
Curated OER
Rain Forests
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...
Curated OER
Good E-mail Manners
Students discuss online e-mail safety and etiquette rules and how they should apply the same rules in cyberspace as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world. They participate in mock situations and tell what the...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Cup Stack Keyboarding
Play this cup stacking game and practice your keyboarding and typing skills.
Other
Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Keyboarding Skills
In this activity, students take a typing test to see how fast they can type. Includes videos of typing contests and links to keyboarding resources.
Other
Sense Lang: Free Touch Typing Program
Learn how to type correctly or test your typing skills with this free tutorial.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Dance Mat Typing
The BBC helps you learn how to type or just improve on the typing skills you already have in this introduction to touch typing. There are 12 levels to master, then you can test your speed. Teaches correct finger placement.
Other
Ki Dware: Kid's Typing Skills
Learn how to keyboard with this free typing program that can be downloaded to your computer. This is an introductory program that covers key locations and finger placement with activities including: keyboard drills, character drills, and...
Other
Typing Test: Free Typing Test and Typing Games Online
Take this free online typing test to see how fast you can type. Personalize the test by picking the language, time, and text. To improve your typing skills, there are a variety of keyboarding games to play.
Other
Keybr: Typing Practice
Free online typing tutor will help you teach touch typing. Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory.
Other
Big Brown Bear Software: Keyboard Game
In this keyboarding game, letters are highlighted and the student tries to see how many they can key correctly in the time shown.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Keyboarding Zoo
Keyboarding Zoo is a fun and educational activity to help early elementary age students learn the keyboard. Children are encouraged to use their index or pointer fingers to match letters on the screen to their keyboards.
Other
Tux 4 Kids: Tux Typing
TuxTyping is an educational typing tutor for children. This game requires downloading.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Owl Planes Typing
Owl Planes Typing is an educational multi-player racing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race one another while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
Other
Typing Club: Learn Touch Typing
Use this free, online typing program to improve typing speed and fluency. Does not require an account. A school portal is available for teachers to customize lesson plans.
Other
Compu Kiss: Keyboard Basics
Computer keyboards have traditional typing keys (alpha, numeric, and symbol) in additional to unique keys with special functions. Learners will be able to explore the abilities of all unique keys that access the major keyboard functions.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Ghost Typing
This resource is an educational activity for children of all ages to practice keyboarding.
Other
Powertyping: Alphabetic Rain
Learn to type with this online free typing tutor game which focuses on learning typing with the rhythm of music. There are five levels of play; post your score to see if you're in the top.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Keyboarding Zoo 2
The keyboarding zoo is back! This fun and educational activity will focus on uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as typing words and making short sentences using the period key and spacebar.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Typing Jets
Typing Jets is a multiplayer typing game that allows students to race against each other while practicing typing and home row keyboard skills.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Publishing Time
In this lesson, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing on a computer....
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.6 Worksheets: Use Technology to Produce and Publish Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Owl Planes
Owl Planes is a multiplayer typing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
Arcademics
Arcademics: Sky Chase
Sky Chase is a multiplayer typing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while practicing typing and keyboard skills!