Keyboarding Stuff
Here are some links to Websites with free or trial keyboarding lessons: |
Ainsworth Typing Tutor - free download of trial version (limited lessons) |
FreeTypingGame.net - free lessons, games, and tests online |
PowerTyping - free online lessons and tests for Qwerty or Dvorak keyboards |
TypeOnline - free lessons and tests online |
There are many, many more sites available online if you don't
like any of these. Do a search for free keyboarding lessons at your favorite search engine to see other choices. |
Below are some handouts I use in my Keyboarding classes. They are being made available here by request. You may find them helpful if you, too, are trying to improve your keyboarding skills at home! They are all Word 2003 documents. Right click and choose Save target as... to save to your own Documents folder. |
Keyboard layout |
Keyboard Symbols (Lists symbols and their names). |
Do you have very large hands? Did you know you can get a keyboard with oversized keys? I think this is so cool! |
Regular Keyboard: |
Same hands, oversized keys: |
Thanks to Doug, my hand model! |
The
keyboard
shown here is from
Chester Creek. They also sell it with all white keys, if you prefer to be less colorful. |