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What Are Historical Keyboard Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about historical keyboard instruments such as the clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Ghost Typing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This resource is an educational activity for children of all ages to practice keyboarding.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Ghost Typing Junior

For Students K - 1st
Ghost Typing Junior is an educational activity for children of all ages to practice keyboarding. Players must keyboard the letters that are on the ghosts before they get too close! If the ghosts get too close the game is over! Ghost...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: School Ergonomics Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the hazards of keyboarding and ways to improve the situation. Illustrations of correct seating arrangements are included.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Typing Rocket Junior

For Students K - 1st
Typing Rocket Junior is a fun keyboarding game for early elementary students! Kids have 3 minutes to type the letters on the rockets. The score is calculated by hits minus misses. Keyboarding practice has never been so fun!
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Typing Test: Free Typing Test and Typing Games Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Take this free online typing test to see how fast you can type. Personalize the test by picking the language, time, and text. To improve your typing skills, there are a variety of keyboarding games to play.
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Saudi Aramco World: Keyboard Calligraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
In a recent exhibition on Ottoman culture held in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk was an unimpressive-looking little 18th-century book, a printed version of a manuscript produced 150 years earlier. Usually a manuscript is more rare than a...
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Tb on Web: Alternate Temperaments Theory and Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of various keyboard tunings, and why modern Western music uses "equal temperament."
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BBC

Bbc: My Web My Way: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The tutorial explains how learners can alter their computer, browser, keyboard, and mouse settings to make the web more accessible.
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Ftw Innovations: Typing Web: Learn to Type

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to type or improve your keyboarding skills and earn certificates. Many parts of this website are free, however some features require the user to be logged on.
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Ki Dware: Kid's Typing Skills

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn how to keyboard with this free typing program that can be downloaded to your computer. This is an introductory program that covers key locations and finger placement with activities including: keyboard drills, character drills, and...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Dance Mat Typing

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The BBC helps you learn how to type or just improve on the typing skills you already have in this introduction to touch typing. There are 12 levels to master, then you can test your speed. Teaches correct finger placement.
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Typing Club: Learn Touch Typing

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Use this free, online typing program to improve typing speed and fluency. Does not require an account. A school portal is available for teachers to customize lesson plans.
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Arcademics

Arcademics: Owl Planes

For Students 1st - 6th
Owl Planes is a multiplayer typing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
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Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Unix / Linux Shortcut Keys

For Students 9th - 10th
Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software programs. Here is a listing of keyboard shortcuts for UNIX / Linux opearting systems.
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Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Microsoft Shortcut Keys

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains basic key terminology and computer shortcut keys (keyboard shortcuts), and lists shortcuts for these Microsoft applications: Windows, Excel, Word, Internet Explorer, FrontPage, and Outlook.
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Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Apple Computer Shortcut Keys

For Students 9th - 10th
Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software programs. Here is a listing of Apple Mac OS keyboard shortcuts.
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Arcademics

Arcademics: Sky Chase

For Students 1st - 6th
Sky Chase is a multiplayer typing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while practicing typing and keyboard skills!
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Keyboarding

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Xylophone

For Students 3rd - 5th
The xylophone is a percussion instrument that is tuned and has a keyboard shape. Use this resource to learn more about it and the other instruments in the percussion family. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the xylophone by...
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Education.com: W.3.6 Worksheets: Use Technology to Produce and Publish Writing

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 7 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Sound Burst

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sound Burst is a fun way to experiment with sounds, colors and patterns. Simply tap the keyboard letters and the space bar to reveal different sounds and colorful artworks.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time

For Students 9th - 10th
View this collection of documents and objects to find out about music in Mozart's time and music in the present time 250 years after Mozart.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Working With Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson focuses on enhancing students' vocabulary usage and spelling which, in turn, benefits reading. This lesson also includes keyboarding practice and computer usage.

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