| Title | Typing Pal Online |
| Subject | Keyboarding - Technology |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Language | English, Spanish, French |
| Cost |
Yearly Subscription based on student enrolment 1-400 students: $325 401-700 students: $550 701-1000 students: $800 1000+ $0.70 per student |
| Standards | Aligned with National Standards, NETSS, Title 1 and IDEA |
| Goal | Have every students ready for the 21st Century work place. |
| URL | http://school.typingpal.com |
| System requirement | Flash 9 and up Internet connection |
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Typing Pal Online, The Most Complete and Engaging Web Based Keyboarding Tutorial
Since 1991 Typing Pal has taught more than one million students worldwide. Based on a proven keyboarding method, Typing Pal develops accuracy and speed, giving students the opportunity to improve their typing in the most engaging way. It helps them communicate more rapidly and use computers more efficiently through quick and efficient learning.
Typing Pal Online is the most effective and engaging web based keyboarding program with 3 different work environment for all K12 (a K-5, a middle and a high school environment) The Managing module allows teachers to monitor their students work, report their progress and customize their lesson plans.
It is recommended that all students begin to learn correct placement of fingers on the keyboard as soon as they begin to use the computer. However, mastery is most efficiently attained at the fifth- to sixth-grade years. Most teachers know that such skills are best learned in short lessons, and that the skills should be practiced over time. Research tells us, too, that practice is best when it takes place in the context of use, and this is why Typing Pal Online offers teachers the option to create their own practice text, to maximize its use across the curriculum.
When students develop a keyboarding proficiency at two to three times their average handwriting speed, it becomes an aid to the improvement of writing skills and the best preparation for the work place.
We all know that one of the biggest problematic isn't teaching or not teaching keyboarding, but rather when to teach keyboarding. Typing Pal Online offers unlimited access from school and from home without downloading anything, and clicking on a URL link.
Bringing the classroom home with Typing Pal Online will make your educators use technology as a tool in creating innovative learning environments. It will give your parents more opportunity to be involved in their children's education, and will engage each student to type with the proper method, giving them a better chance at succeeding in life.
Many states are working on state-wide internet access, which will help break the gap, and allow students from every economical background to have access to reliable, effective and engaging educational assessment, quizzes, and test from home.
Typing Pal Online has more than 1 million users world wide, and meets the National Technology Standards.
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Pedagogical Approach
Typing Pal Online is based on a proven and thorough pedagogical approach developed by keyboarding experts. The keyboarding method is based on:
- Short exercises
- Many practice texts (different lengths)
- Repetition
- Quick and frequent feedback
After going through the entire typing course, students will develop important keyboarding skills that will enable them to be more at ease when working with a computer.
- eyboarding proficiency (smooth and rhythmic keystroke patterns, correct hand and body positions, etc.)
- Efficient touch keyboarding techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, and symbol keys
- Accuracy and speed on keyboards for an every day use and future career
Typing Pal Online Unique Advantages
Typing Pal Online offers more than exercises and practice texts: the program has been carefully designed to meet not only the needs of students, but also of teachers and network administrators alike. Its unique advantages make Typing Pal Online a very flexible tool that really helps the teachers integrate the teaching of keyboarding in the curriculum.
Teachers can :
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Adapt lessons for each grade and determine :
- the level (beginners, medium or advanced)
- the word per minute objectives and number of error allowed
- Customize practice texts and add their own
- Teach proper ergonomics
- Give keyboarding assignments to do at home:
- Unlimited access from home and school
- Monitor students’ progress, analyze statistics, export results
- Create report charts
- And more!
IT administrators interesting features :
- Compatible with any computers: all Mac (including Mac Intel) and PCs
- Import of students’ lists automatically or manual accounts creation
- No installation required
- Free automatic updates
- Portal or VLE integration available
- Free technical support (phone or email)
There are two different methods to set up your schools’ accounts: you can import students’ lists automatically or create students’ accounts manually.
Order :
Please contact us in order to get a quote for your school or your district
Comments from our educatiors :
"This is one of the best typing programs I have used in my 15 years as a computer teacher. I review computer typing software on an on going base. I had my students do an hour and a half blind study review of typing software. When they came back with their results, all students unanimously selected Typing Pal. Overall, I would say it's a great program with for extremely low price."
Joseph Alter, Independence High School, SFUSD, CA
"The kids are really enjoying it. I like the administrative feature that allows us to see student progress. We love the program."
Joey Brush, Irman Middle School, Paris Special School district, TN
"The program is excellent. Very well designed. I currently have 5 elementary teachers and 1 high school teacher using it with their students."
Scott Petterson, Glendale School District CA
"My teacher is really impressed with the program. She said she is able to diagnose student problems and errors better than with the other typing program she has been using. Also there are no compatibility problems with computers."
Willis Crabtree, IT, Brewster USD 314, KS
"Keyboarding is a motor skill. It is a matter of training fingers to respond correctly and quickly to press the correct key - kind of like in athletics where you keep doing it over and over again until it becomes habit. Years of research have been done on the correct way to teach these skills. This research found the drills dealing with key combinations not only to develop these motor skills the quickest way but also to develop those skills so they won't be lost. There is a reason for those fff fjf jfj jjj drills."
Craig Nansen - technology coordinator at Minot Public Schools
Other comments include :
- Personalized exercises for my students
- Allows me to add my own text
- Wide Range of Exercises
- The ergonomic section
- I can keep track of my student learning
- The Tracking/monitoring
- It's customizable
- Very effective
- Real situations
- Interesting content
- Doesn’t get boring, but isn't like a videogame
- The Online Access
- It can be used and practiced anywhere
- My students can practice at home
- I don't have to install anything
- No need to be concerned with operating system
- The reasonable price point
- Low short term cost
- It’s constantly updated!!!