DTS Technology
(modified December 2, 2005)

Keyboarding Web Sites /Resources

Practice

Keyboarding Practice Web Site
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html

Touch Typing
http://www.addictinggames.com/touchtyping.html
Click the down-arrow next to Lessons and then click on a lesson.

Computer Lab Typing Test
http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/typing_test.htm

Learn to Type Typing Test
http://www.learn2type.com/TypingTest

Games

Typer Shark
Yahoo - All Word Games List
Scroll down and click Typer Shark.
Be Patient. This game may take a few minutes to load.

Text Twist
Yahoo - All Word Games List
Scroll down and click Text Twist. Type instead of dragging the letters and press the Return/Enter key instead of clicking Enter.


Child-Safe Search Engines / Resources

Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
A natural language search engine that is filtered. By natural langauage, you can enter in questions like "why is the sky blue."

Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/ or http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
A database of about 20,000 sites that are kid safe. You can search or select from a directory

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
A database of 56,000 sites.

KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Put together by librarians for kids, the database, as of July, 1998, contained about 2600 records. Well organized and easy to use, though not as thorough as the others.

NetMom
http://www.netmom.com/
This is not a search engine but a compendium of great sites.

SafeKids.com
http://www.safekids.com/
A family guide to making the Internet and Technology fun, safe and productive.

SafeTeens.com
http://www.safeteens.com/
A place for parents and teens to learn how to use the Internet safely.