In the last week or so of school, 6th graders have searched and found a number of keyboarding web sites. They have learned that keyboading is like anything else-- practice makes perfect. Good keyboarding skills will help students throughout their entire lives. Students are encouraged to practice their keyboarding skills over the summer. So here are the sites that they found:

"Arachnid Falls" (Splat)
Letters & numbers fall from the top as if on webs--Type them and "splat".
http://www.gamequarium.com/arachnidfalls/arachnidfalls2.html

Axis of Evil Typing
Prevent the weapons of mass destruction from reaching the left side of the screen by typing the words that appear.
http://gamegibs.com/fun-games/axis-of-evil-typing

"Barracuda" Found by: Danielle
This website is really cool! It gives you different words and capital letters that you have to type. You start out as slow and get faster as you go. Watch out for the Barracuda! Try it out! http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm

"Abc Ya!" By: Brandon
This game you have to take the keys and place them where they belong.
http://www.abcya.com/bubbles_keyboard.htm

Air Typer Found by: Brian
You fly an airplane while blimps come towards you with words in them.
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/games/air-typer/

"Barracuda" Found by: Danielle
This website is really cool! It gives you different words and capital letters that you have to type. You start out as slow and get faster as you go. Watch out for the Barracuda! Try it out! http://www.powertyping.com/baracuda/baracuda.htm

"Froggies" Found by: Sierrarose, and Julia
This game is really fun. The words pop up on the screen and you have to type them. If you don’t type them in time your score doesn’t go up. It is an awesome game!
http://www.powertyping.com/fog/foggies.html

"Goalie" Found By: Alexandra
Goalie is a game where soccer balls come at you and you have to type the word to stop the ball from getting past the goalie.
http://www.customtyping.com/goalie_demo.htm

Key ball Found by: Kevin
When the balls are on the letters you type the letter and gets points.
http://www.freeonlinetypinggames.com/online-typing-games/play-game.php?game=Keyball

"Falling Words" Found by: Alexander
You type words that come down from the top to the bottom. If you miss too many words your screen gets a red bar that gets higher. You also have to hit punctuation keys.
http://www.powertyping.com/trees.shtml

"Keyboarding phrases" Found by: Brandon
In this game you fix the common phrases use to help you type
http://www.quia.com/jw/95821.html?AP_rand=1247097912

"Krazy Keys"
In this game you type the alphabet as fast as you can!
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/games/krazy-keys/

"Meteor Typing Blast" Found by: Chris & Chris
You have to destroy the meteors before they hit your ship. There are up to 20 levels.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

"Molly Lends a hand-Skywords" Found by: Ali
In this game airplanes appear on the right. Then you have to type the word that is on the flag that is attached to the plane. You when you type all the letters the letters turn a color and then turn around and fly away.
http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/molly/lendsahand/skywords/index.html

"Play Typing 101" Found by: Alexis
In this game you have to hit the key that the letter shows on the screen Or else your score goes down and you’ll have to start over.
http://funnycrazygames.com/game/21022/Typing-01.html "

"Play4 Traffic" Found by: Brandon
Type words before it hits a post.
http://www.play4traffic.com/game.php

Save The World Typing Game
Letters fall from the sky. Type them and save the world!
http://funnycrazygames.com/21295/Letters-Game.html

"Spacebar Invaders" Found by: Cassidy
In this game, there are rows of little creates, each with words under them. You must type the words in under each creature to get to the next one above it with more words. If you don’t type all the words before the creatures reach the very bottom of the screen, you lose. There are also spaceships that fly around at the top of the screen. They each carry a harder word. If you type the word before the spaceship goes out of view, you get extra points. There are different levels in the game and each concentrates on certain letters.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play9.asp

"Save the Sailboats" Found by: Gabby
You have to type the word before it hits the sailboat. Its fun!
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play1.asp

"Spacebar Invaders" Found by: Zach
This game is fun because you have to type to kill the alien invaders before they kill you. Good game.
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play9.asp

"Spell Dictator" Found by: Melissa
This is fun. You have to type the word in the box and there will be bubbles at the bottom that show you what you’ve typed and the number.
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/typing_spell/typing.htm

"Spell Fast or Die" Found by: Stephanie
In this game you have to protect yourself from murderers and you have to spell fast and shoot the people before they kill you.
http://www.cognitivelabs.com/word_shoot.htm

"Star Wars: Found by: Anthony
In this game you have to type the letter that comes up to destroy the space ship!
http://www.brentsplanet.com/tie-p%20fighter.html

"Super Speller" Found by: Eddy
Type the letters as they fall or they splatt!!!
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/super-speller/games/game_type_me.html?g=arcade/ktypeme2

"The Frogs are off their Diet" Found by: Ryan
Type the words before the frogs eat them!
http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp

"Type Me" Found by: Summer
This game is a fun educational game it helps you type different words and you learn a lot from it.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_type_me.html

"Type Type Revolution" Found by: Steven
In this game you type the letters as they pass through the typing bar
http://www.alfatyping.com/?mode=game&id=type

"TYPING 01" Found by: Heather
A game where you have to kill ( click ) the letters that pop up on the screen and you are on a timer.
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/games/typing-01/

"Typing Masta"
You are given 30 seconds. See how many letters you can type.
http://www.flashoutlet.com/view/game/

"Typing Master" Found by: Gabrielle
You have to type 10 sentences as fast as you can and it will give you results on how well you did!
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/games/typing-master/

"Typing Test" Found by: Devon
You type as much as you can in 30 seconds and see how you do.
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/games/typing-test/

"Typing with Yasmin" Found by: Cathryn
In this game, you help an experienced astronaut control his ship. You help him by typing letters correctly. If you type correctly, the ship goes far!
http://www.growing.course.com/level_5/keyboard/index.html

"Typo" Found by: Kevin
You must type the sentence in the time given and results of how you do are given!
http://www.freeonlinetypinggames.com/online-typing-games/play-game.php?game=Typo

"Typo 2" Found by: Kevin
You type sentences and and type before the bar runs out
http://www.freeonlinetypinggames.com/online-typing-games/play-game.php?game=Typo%20II

"Word Shoot" Found by: Scott
Play this fun game with ROBOTS1
http://www.cognitivelabs.com/word_shoot.htm

6th Grade: In sixth grade, they learn how to keyboard. All year we try to improve the students typing,
so they can be Typing Stars!!
Pointer-finger typing is now the thing of the past with the lessons once a week and the educational websites you can go to!
NOTE: Not all programs are MacIntosh compatible.

TYPING MASTER FOR INDIVIDUALS

Letters in bubbles will float up and your goal is to type them before they get to the top.

http://www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp

ONE VERY SHORT TYPING TEST

http://www.calculatorcat.com/typing_test/

This is a variation of the quick brown fox test----
You type it and it gives you your words per minute!

TYPING TEST

http://www.learn2type.com/TypingTests/

This site has dozens of nice short paragraphs on a wide variety of topics.
It shows you your errors and comments about your work.
*It offers a certificate for your work-- DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM BECAUSE IT REQUESTS PERSONAL INFORMATION! Use the tests to practice, but that's it!

TEST WITH DETAILED RESULTS

http://www.mtworld.com/keyboard/

This test lets you select the length of the test from 1 to 3 minutes. When done it will tell you how you did and show the areas where you need improvement. It will also compare you to others who have taken this test! Don't panic-- try it!

Nimble Fingers-
keeps track of errors and WPM no annoying noises
5 levels last level (Type states)
http://www.nimblefingers.com/index_1.html

7th Grade: In the seventh grade, the students learn the introductory skills of IMovie and PowerPoint. Some projects they do on powerpoint are about themselves and other people