Fun and Easy Way to Learn Typing

Whether we would like to admit it or not, technology rules our world right now. This technology revolves around a keyboard. The mastery of the keyboard is key to thriving in this society. Whether you are communicating with friends and family, or if you have to type for work, all of us encounter a keyboard in our day. With this dependance on typing, all of us need to improve our skills and our children need to learn. There are several different methods and strategies to improve. Some are boring and laborious, while more interesting and fun methods are emerging.

The first method is repetition. This is the old fashioned way of finding some words to copy and just repeat them over and over again. One good sentence for this is: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. This sentence uses every letter in the alphabet and when typed several hundred to thousands of times, your typing will be quite good. Another way to improve is to take a page or two from your favorite book or an encyclopedia and type away. This type of practice may take a little while, but mastery of the keys will soon come. The longer you keep at it, the faster and more accurate you will become.

There is another way. This way is much more entertaining and can really help the younger crowd. I personally use this method to hone my skills, too. There have been several different video games to emerge that use typing as a method of control. Usually, these cost a little bit and come bundled in educational software. For those like me (i.e., cheap and broke), this just doesn't seem feasible. Armor Games has come out with a solution. They have at least two different games that will greatly improve accuracy and speed. The first is called Qwerty Warriors. This one may be for the older crowd. It doesn't have a lot of gore, but there is violence. This game is similar to Mech Warrior, but to shoot the enemy you have to type the word under them. As the game progresses, the enemies come faster and in greater numbers. The words are simple to spell, but the speed that you must complete them will really help you out. This is not the only one though. For the younger crowd, there is a new game called Clockwords. This game will also stimulate your vocabulary. This game involves a book store owner that builds a machine to decode things. Another book store owner wants the decoded documents and sends little robot spiders to steal them. You must use put metal balls with letters on them together in words and shoot the balls at the spiders. There is no blood at all in this one. You are just knocking down robot spiders with bingo balls. This game spurs your mind on many levels. Not only must you quickly and accurately type the words, but there is no set list of words. No matter what your vocabulary level is, you can use this game. Any word in the English language can be used. You even get a special power blast if you use the word of the day at Dictionary.com.

These two games are just the beginning of the tools out there to make you, or anyone else, a much better typist. There are many of these types of games on the market, but these two will truly hone your speed and accuracy. The best part is that they are free. A lot of repetition is really all that it takes. These games are just one way to make it fun instead of an assignment or a chore. As long as you are enjoying typing, you will improve. It may take months or, for some, years, but it is a skill that anyone can acquire.