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DURING COMPUTER TIME! QUIZ HUB Educational Quiz Games for K-12....Account name is Hennessey. Ask Mrs. Curry for the password......New Print off fact sheets! FREE RICE.COM Learn Free Vocabulary & Give Free Rice LEARNING GAMES FOR KIDS A great way to build the foundation skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These learning games and songs are fun. These learning games teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids. Children will themselves work to develop their focus and skills with these learning games. HOODA WORD Hooda Word is your place for reading, typing, and word games. HOODA BRAIN Hooda Brain is all about working on your memory with games. HOODA MATH Hooda Math is all about making math fun and making math easy. NEW! THE GREATEST PLACES Explore some of the Greatest Places on Earth NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY VIDEOS Watch short National Geographic videos by Category EXCELLENT!!!! GIANT PANDA CAM Smithsonian National Zoological Park Cameras are set up in the Giant Panda Habitat SHEPPARD SOFTWARE Great link to learn geography! FACT MONSTER Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Homework Help! INFO PLEASE All the knowledge you need! MY KIDS K-5 Games and More!! SUPERTHINKERS Get Ready for Deeper Thinking! Games, Stories, Posters and much more!! ANSWERS.COM World's greatest Encyclodictionalmanacapedia!! MAKE BELIEFS COMIX Create your own Comix Strip---It's Easy and Fun! A+ MATH Helps students improve their math skills interactively! GAME GOO Learning that Sticks! BOOKPALS STORYLINE Books read aloud by actors from the Screen Actors Guild NET FROG DISSECTION The Online Dissection of a Frog! MY WONDERFUL WORLD My Wonderful World is a national campaign to give kids the power of global knowledge! KIDS KNOW IT The Kids Know It Network is your student’s free portal into the many exciting facets that make up our Universe .MATHCATS Land of Creative, Open Ended Math Explorations! CURRICULAR LINKS FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED or anyone! |
TECHNOLOGY LESSONS and KEYBOARDING PRACTICE WEBSITES ABCYA! ABCya!!! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn NEW Learning to Type More Efficiently---While typing was once considered the domain of secretaries and office assistants, today the mass use of computers means that just about everyone needs to be an efficient typist. Many schools are teaching children this skill at a young age, in the knowledge that they will continue to use it throughout their education and working careers. Apart from simply being able to type, it is also important to be able to type quickly and accurately to be more efficient. On a similar note, touch typing involves becoming so familiar with the QWERTY-style keyboard that the person is able to type without looking at the keys. This saves far more time and effort when compared to those who type with only two fingers or constantly scan the keys for the right letter. Typing speed is measured inwords per minute, or WPM. Many job postings today specifically ask applicants to pass a typing test or disclose their typing speed. Average typists reach around forty words per minute, while more efficient typists rank around eighty wpm. Professional typists can even go as high as one hundred and twenty wpm. As you begin practicing typing skills, aim to reach around sixty wpm and then try typing faster if possible. There are many online typing tests and tutorials that help typists to improve their skills. Typing tests typically time a typist as they type a short piece of text, and then calculate their speed and accuracy. Other tests allow users to practice alongside other online users in a type of playful competition, as an incentive to motivate people to beat their current speeds. Have a look at some of the resources below to begin improving your typing skills. This site was suggested to us by Julie K., New York, from Mrs. Crawford's after school class! Thank you! Laptop Language: Nowadays, many people use the computer to do their work. One of the main challenges of using the computer is to master the keyboard. It’s normal for beginners to use a finger to type the letters but it can be quite time-consuming to look for a specific letter each time you want to use it. Since the letters on a keyboard are not arranged in alphabetical order, the main thing is to know where all the letters are located. Then, there are also the matters of using Caps and tabs. Have you ever wondered how professional typists can type so fast and accurately? Well, they go to classes to learn the finer aspects of keyboarding and typing. Fortunately, there are various keyboarding or typing tutorials on the Internet. Here’s a resource page with a lot of keyboarding and typing tutorials. Once you go through some or all of these free resources, you will be surprised to find how much your keyboarding skills have improved. This site was suggested to us by students from Bright Futures Charter School in California! Thank you! Numeric Keypad practice------Sense Lang.org PROFESSOR GARFIELD-Infinite Learning Lab and Internet Safety and You TYPING WEB TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. DANCE MAT TYPING Learn to Type in a Fun Way!! A huge favorite with the kids! POWER TYPING Learn to type with Power Typing - this online free typing tutor - the educational web site for kids, students and adults alike! TYPE ONLINE Practice your typing online and your Numeric keypad! TYPING SPEED TESTS (FREQUENT WORDS!!!) Free typing test, practice typing tests, find what is your typing speed, timed typing test. RANK MY TYPING Where does your typing rank? GROWING WITH TECHNOLOGY Technology lessons for K-5 and in Spanish too! ONLY TYPING GAMES Exciting free typing games and keyboard games to play online. NEW TYPING Play free and fun typing games online. Practice typing skills and augment typing tutors GAMEQUARIUM KEYBOARDING 3-6 Keyboarding Games for Grades 3-6 NETSMARTZ KIDS Internet Safety site for Prek-2 NETSMARTZ RESOURCES The NetSmartz online materials provide a learning experience that children will enjoy and understand. These fun activities teach children what to watch out for online I KEEP SAFE.ORG Internet Safety games for kids. FUN TO TYPE Improve your brain-New ways to help! 10 KEY TEST ROOM-10 key numeric key pad test and typing tests TYPING TEST-How fast can you type? KEYBR.COM -Typing at the “speed of thought,” Or perhaps become a more efficient and capable keyboard jockey?
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