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Typing is an important skill, and you don’t have to spend money to learn how to type. These five sites have lessons to learn to type or to help speed up your typing.
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Typing is an essential skill in a world that is increasingly digital. Typing has been a required subject in school for many years, but if you never took it or you need a refresh, here are five sites you can use to build your typing skills.
For Personal Tech Media, this is Two Minute Tech. I’m Jim Herman.
First, the website Typing Club has hundreds of lessons available to help you learn how to type and improve your speed. You can also take a placement test, which will help you see what videos would be most helpful to improve your typing. There’s also a section for teachers to monitor the problem areas of their students.
Second, if you have a kid trying to learn to type, consider Dance Mat Typing. This site uses animal characters and games to make typing fun. The site also breaks down the lessons into small, manageable chunks so your child won’t feel overwhelmed.
Third, Turtle Diary is a great place to visit if you have no experience. The first lesson covers locating the home row and typing just J and F with your two index fingers. It gradually introduces more letters, capitals, numbers, and symbols as you progress through the lessons.
And finally, the last two websites take a fun approach to improving your typing. Z-Type and TypeRacer offer games to help you improve. Z-Type is a space-themed game where you shoot the enemy ships by typing the correct word. TypeRacer allows you to compete against people worldwide in a short typing sprint.