Apparently, the prior teachers didn't thing learning to type was a priority in computer class... nobody had ever taught it before. Although I did find a program in my bottomless pit of a closet (a story for another time) so I installed it and began teaching the 3 & 4th graders to type properly. This program turned out to be quite boring & as a result, groans accompanied the lessons *never a good sign*. So I began searching online for a better program to buy & came across the best resource EVER: the BBC website. Among MANY other resources they have a typing program.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
This site is awesome for typing lessons for the following reasons:
1. It's FREE
2. It's musical
3. It encourages with an onscreen keyboard & tips.
4. It's musical
5. It has fun characters
6. It builds slowly with 12 different lessons
7. It's FREE!!!!
It's so much fun that I even learned to type better because I play it too :P
BUT, probably the best aspect to it is that the characters speak with a British accent. Because of this, I get to hear about sixty kids speaking with mock British accents! It's completely awesome and I laugh a little when they start calling each other "mate."
xxOOxx
