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Keybr: Typing Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Free online typing tutor will help you teach touch typing. Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory.
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Oregon Occup. Safety and Health Div.: Computer Ergonomics for Elementary School

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about ergonomics and how it affects computer users. "Workstation Setup" has suggestions for teachers and students to think about as they work at computers.
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Sense Lang: Free Touch Typing Program

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn how to type correctly or test your typing skills with this free tutorial.
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Powertyping: Alphabetic Rain

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Learn to type with this online free typing tutor game which focuses on learning typing with the rhythm of music. There are five levels of play; post your score to see if you're in the top.
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BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Typing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource provides factsheets, a video, and worksheets on how to improve typing.
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Arcademics: Typing Jets

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Typing Jets is a multiplayer typing game that allows students to race against each other while practicing typing and home row keyboard skills.
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Piano Music Sight Reading Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Piano

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about keyboard instruments and the piano in particular. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the piano alone and with the orchestra.
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The Abc's of Chord Voicings

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of chord voicings for keyboard instruments is illustrated by this site. Material could also relate to pianists who would like to learn voicing. MIDI files are included for added demonstration
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Class Flow: 2 Letter State Abbreviation Codes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use Internet resources such as the USPS website to locate the 2-letter state abbreviation codes. Using the floating keyboard and font/color tools, they will display the correct code on...
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Indiana University

History and Literature of Music: Renaissance Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource classifies Renaissance instruments in the following categories: winds, plucked strings, bowed strings, keyboard, and percussion.
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Piano Nanny: Piano on the Net

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive piano lessons, utilizing helpful guides complete with audio. Detailed information on the computer configuration needed for this site is given, as well as a 12 note keyboard.
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Programming Art: 10 Things to Know About Photoshop

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of 10 things everyone needs to know about Photoshop including keyboard shortcuts and how to make specific images such as stars.
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Class Flow: Enharmonics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to introduce enharmonics to students. It uses the keyboard from musictheory.net (thanks Ricci!).
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Power Typing: Barracuda Typing

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
The Barracuda is a typing game which combines learning and fun with typing on a computer keyboard, tablet or phone.
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Pbs: Caillou's Magic Keyboard

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site allows young children to explore composition using elements supplied by the program, to create short, original musical pieces. The instructions are read aloud.
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Lute Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting website on the lute-harpsichord, which is called "one of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments." Provides an in-depth history of this "forgotten instrument" and the ordinary lute.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Electronic Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Look into the collection of electronic and electrical musical instruments from the Canada Science and Technology Museum's collection, some artifacts dating as far back as the late 1800s. The collection is divided into two main groupings:...
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Math Open Reference: Math / Scientific Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online scientific/math calculator supports functions for algebra and trigonometry. Operates using both the keys on the computer keyboard or pressing the keys on the calculator with the mouse or a combination of both.
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Curated OER

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Music in the Renaissance: Regal

For Students Pre-K - 1st
16th Century Regal, a keyboard instrument made in Germany.
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Nimble Fingers: Finger Stretching

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site there are tips about warming up your hands before typing. The site shows you how to stretch and exercise your fingers. Includes helpful typing hints as you go through the exercises. Just click "Next Typing Exercise," at the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Comparing Vocal Ranges: How High and Low Can You Go?

For Students 3rd - 5th
What is the highest note you can sing? How about the lowest? Do you think males and females can reach the same notes? How about children and adults? Find out the answers to all these questions in this "note"-worthy science fair project.
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Music theory.net: Interval Trainer

For Students 9th - 10th
This online quiz is a fantastic tool to check your knowledge of intervals. Keeps score, and can be customized to fit specific lessons (augmented intervals, diminished intervals, double accidentals.)
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Phrases and Cadences

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of phrases and cadences with illustrated examples. Also provides audio clips, and a printable chart at the end of the lesson. By MusicTheory.net.

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