keyboarding
The importance of proper keyboarding skills
In planning for your future, it is HIGHLY important that students require computer skills. One of the these skills is correct keyboarding. Students who know how to use a keyboard correctly, are likely to make fewer typing mistakes and finish any CBT test more quickly. Take time to visit the keyboarding skills practice sites listed on this page and on the GED Testing Service site. It may also be advisable that you either take an online keyboarding course to learn to type, or take a course to improve your typing skills. Students who can type quickly and accurately, will have an advantage while taking the online GED test. In addition, GED graduates with good keyboarding skills will have an advantage in the work force. Most jobs now include accurate typing as an expected skill in most jobs. Therefore, taking time now to learn keyboarding skills will give you an advantage on the online GED but also in our technology driven economy.
The Keyboarding sampler provided by GED Testing outlines all of the keyboard and mouse skills test takers need on the 2014 test. It will take a few minutes to load this file, but it is worth the wait. The keyboarding file shows you all of the skills you must use during the test. It is essential that you are able to cut and paste text, drag and drop answers into the correct slots, check boxes, and type accurately at a minimum of 120 words per minute. The ability to type quickly and accurately will give you an advantage in the timed t and extended answer responses.
Keyboarding Instruction, Games, and Videos
GED Testing Services created a lengthy list of free online typing tutorials and games. Below are a few selections that give you a choice of methods to learn how to type, have fun playing games and improving your skills, and learning about the different parts of devices and how they work.
Free Typing Game.net This site provides a variety of typing games, lessons, and practice tests. There are several advertisements that my make navigating challenging, but once you get going, the games can be fun and instructional. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://www.freetypinggame.net/
Keyboard or Keybr.com presents a clean screen free of advertisements. The programs shows correct finger position and instructions above the screen keyboard image. The site also has a typing test to check speed. The site contains "non-sense" words and spacing exercises. This technique teaches typing patterns and can easily be transitioned into typing real words once you are comfortable with your keyboarding skills. The site also includes tests that show both speed and accuracy. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://keybr.com/
Typing Arena provides typing lessons, games, and timed typing tests.
Computer Basics from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Individual videos about the basic parts and uses of the keyboard, mouse, and icons. The videos may take some time to load but you can learn quite a bit about the computer in an informal presentation. There are PDF files about each subject that you may print.
Typing Web is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for all skill levels. The site includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and will track a student’s progress. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://www.typingweb.com
Updated: 5/22/14
In planning for your future, it is HIGHLY important that students require computer skills. One of the these skills is correct keyboarding. Students who know how to use a keyboard correctly, are likely to make fewer typing mistakes and finish any CBT test more quickly. Take time to visit the keyboarding skills practice sites listed on this page and on the GED Testing Service site. It may also be advisable that you either take an online keyboarding course to learn to type, or take a course to improve your typing skills. Students who can type quickly and accurately, will have an advantage while taking the online GED test. In addition, GED graduates with good keyboarding skills will have an advantage in the work force. Most jobs now include accurate typing as an expected skill in most jobs. Therefore, taking time now to learn keyboarding skills will give you an advantage on the online GED but also in our technology driven economy.
The Keyboarding sampler provided by GED Testing outlines all of the keyboard and mouse skills test takers need on the 2014 test. It will take a few minutes to load this file, but it is worth the wait. The keyboarding file shows you all of the skills you must use during the test. It is essential that you are able to cut and paste text, drag and drop answers into the correct slots, check boxes, and type accurately at a minimum of 120 words per minute. The ability to type quickly and accurately will give you an advantage in the timed t and extended answer responses.
Keyboarding Instruction, Games, and Videos
GED Testing Services created a lengthy list of free online typing tutorials and games. Below are a few selections that give you a choice of methods to learn how to type, have fun playing games and improving your skills, and learning about the different parts of devices and how they work.
Free Typing Game.net This site provides a variety of typing games, lessons, and practice tests. There are several advertisements that my make navigating challenging, but once you get going, the games can be fun and instructional. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://www.freetypinggame.net/
Keyboard or Keybr.com presents a clean screen free of advertisements. The programs shows correct finger position and instructions above the screen keyboard image. The site also has a typing test to check speed. The site contains "non-sense" words and spacing exercises. This technique teaches typing patterns and can easily be transitioned into typing real words once you are comfortable with your keyboarding skills. The site also includes tests that show both speed and accuracy. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://keybr.com/
Typing Arena provides typing lessons, games, and timed typing tests.
Computer Basics from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Individual videos about the basic parts and uses of the keyboard, mouse, and icons. The videos may take some time to load but you can learn quite a bit about the computer in an informal presentation. There are PDF files about each subject that you may print.
Typing Web is a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for all skill levels. The site includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and will track a student’s progress. Retrieved 06/25/2012 from: http://www.typingweb.com
Updated: 5/22/14