One of the teachers at school runs a lunchtime computer club, currently for year 2s, she was saying that they were using the BBC schools

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program to learn touch typing and commented how well they were doing. I can type reasonably quickly, but only while looking at the keys, so thought I would give it a go Not got very far yet but it seems a really good program so think I will continue with it whatdoes anyone else think, or are you all expert typers

More interesting that my 'office practise' of the 70's

i did that too True!!!

i used to touch type but now im faster with my erratic typing

i learned to type at 14 on a manual typewriter

although now the typo demon is on my back and although im a lot faster Im nowhere near as accurate

I often think of the tune.... when typing

I was walking through the park one day
In the merry merry month of May
I was taken by suprise
by a pair of lovely eyes................


Anyone else learn to that tune?

I used that program last year to help teach a group of ASN puppils to type. Had one who hit keys very hard with one finger when he started and another who was very anxious about using the keyboard - all loved it (ASD pupil had to have the sound off) and made it to the end. Love seeing them now setting their fingers out and trying to remember how to do it properly.

Ooooo. I like this. May try this with my A&T group who are good with computers but can't type that well.

I'll give this a go.Thanks for the link.

I love that game and have the yr 6's at lunchtime doing it. I myself type using six fingers max, lol and usually get have typed as ahve and the same with has/ahs.

one of the best skills i ever learnt was touch typing.

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I love it Will show it to CT at school when we are back and will try it out myself Thanx for the link

I'm a two finger typer so I'm going to give it a go. I really envy touch typers!

I used this today with a class of year 5/6 and most loved it (only one yr 5 boy didn't and that was probably because he couldn't do it staight away).

Biggest problem was that we only have 20 workstations in our ICT suite and there were 26 children in the class. Why oh why do they do this. How many (lucky) schools have 20 or less in a class.

Anyway vast majority of children loved it and all achieved at it (although I know some looking at the keyboard was going on LOL)

OOPS all achieved except the one that didn't like it.

We use a touch typing software but not sure of it's the same. We use it as a guided reading activity on 6 laptops already set up for the morning session in yr 6 and now yr 5 have also begun to do the same. This is alongside 2 separate reading groups with CT and TA, a group listening to stories on headphones and a group doing a spelling activity. We find it very useful as it helps all the children improve their typing skills especially when it comes to longer ICT and document creating tasks.