The Need for Speed!

Keyboarding has always been one of my favorite classes. I can remember sitting at my desk in class working my keyboard until I got every letter correct.  We started with the blinders over our hands so no one could see their keyboard and worked daily until we mastered our typing abilities.  Tonight, I got to relive the action. 

I looked at the website www.freeonlinetypinggames.com  Once on the site, I found three fantastic typing games that varied for expertise and speed.  The first game is called "Typing Passage."  This game gave basic directions before starting the game which included typing for correctness with finger position and letter choice.  It started with repetition of the same letter, followed by the rotation of two letters, and finally words.  Each round got a little harder with letter mixture and level of the word.  To win, the typist had to reach the 26 level and receive the high score.   

The second typing game I looked at was "Speed Typing."  This game would be for more advanced students who had already mastered their basic letters.  I was to type the word given correctly and was only allowed seven mistakes. With this game, if I missed the word I did not get a second chance to try it again. The 14 words given per round drastically got harder as the rounds continued.   

I could have played the games all night! I absolutely loved them, but for times sake, the final game I tested was "Falling Words."  Again, the goal of this game was correctness and speed.  I'm starting to think I have a need for speed. This game was lots of fun and very trying.  I had to type the words as they fell from the sky (or top of my screen) correctly before they hit the ground (the bottom of my screen,) which moved up with every word that hit it.  I was only given seven misses total. "Falling Words" gave the chance to retype the word I mistyped until it hit the ground and then it would be counted against me.  I believe as a student all three of these typing games were very educational and fun.  As a student, I would have loved the competition!