As we work with media specialists and technology integration specialists in schools across the country, one of the most common requests we receive is for recommendations for online typing programs. Growing up, StarrMatica’s CEO, Emily Starr, spent her weekends in the typing classroom, and eventually the computer lab, of her business education teaching mother. Emily learned to type at an early age and believes that typing is an essential life skill no matter what a student’s chosen career path may be.
In recognition of its importance in an increasingly technological society, it often falls to elementary educators to begin to lay the foundations for later typing success in a world where students are used to using only their thumbs for texting!
While typing isn’t a curricular focus of StarrMatica, as your digital content teaching partner, we are glad to provide these typing content recommendations in the hopes they will help you make learning to type an enjoyable experience for your students.
Please Note: The first two recommendations contain advertisements, so please preview content before using it with your students. Some of the games do not load in Chrome.
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/lessons.php?lang=EN&lesson=40
http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/courses/
Typing Orchestra
http://games.sense-lang.org/typingOrchestra4.swf
Type for Your Life
http://games.sense-lang.org/stairs.swf
Typing Olympic Games
http://games.sense-lang.org/olympia.swf
Meteor Game
http://games.sense-lang.org/meteor.swf
Typing Chef
http://games.sense-lang.org/TypingChef.swf
Typing Chameleon
http://games.sense-lang.org/EN_Chameleon.swf
Typing Balloons
http://games.sense-lang.org/EN_Balloon.swf
Keyboard Climber
http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber
http://www.tvokids.com/games/keyboardclimber2
Typing Ghosts
http://www.funtotype.com/default/games/typing-ghosts/game.swf
Star Keys
http://www.typingtest.com/games/starkeys_sa_preloader.swf
Bubbles
http://www.typingtest.com/games/Bubbles.swf
Key Bricks
http://www.typingtest.com/games/bricks.swf
Keytris
http://www.typingtest.com/games/keytris.swf
Key Tower
http://www.typingtest.com/games/keytower.swf
http://www.typingmaster.com/games/keyman.swf
Keyboard Ninja
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/keyboard-ninja/preloader.swf
Tommy Q
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/tommyq/preloader.swf
Baron Von Typesfast
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/baron-von-typesfast/preloader.swf
Type A Balloon
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/type-a-balloon/preloader.swf
Type Toss
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/type-toss/preloader.swf
Fire Typer
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/fire-typer/preloader.swf
Magic Library
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/magiclibrary/game.swf
Typing Monster
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/typingmonster/game.swf
Air Typer
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/airtyper/game.swf
Type Revolution
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/typetype/game.swf
Cup Stacking
http://images.typingweb.com/tutor/images/games/cupstacking/game.swf
Dance Mat Typing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Keyboarding Basics (Thanks, Zander for the recommendation!)