Below are some useful links for teachers and students:

The Texas Education Agency created a keyboarding curriculum that has been updated by Pasadena (Texas) Independent School District. Designed for grade three, Professor AWHFE Part I (PDF) is a Teacher’s Guide with introductory pages, beginning lessons, and exercises. Professor AWHFE Part II (PDF) contains lessons, exercises, timed tests, and teacher handouts. Another piece of the curriculum is a Keyboard Awareness (PDF) section designed for grades K-2.

Other resources for teacher-led instruction:

• Keyboarding Drill Sheets
• Jeffco Keyboarding Resources
• Keyboarding Practice Drills

Free keyboarding programs:

• Dance Mat Typing
• Peter’s Online Typing Course
• Mr. Kent’s Typing Tutor
• Type Online
• Touch Typing
• Letter Chase Typing Tutor (Windows download)
• Krazy Keyboarding for Kids
• Keyboard Skills: When Should They Be Taught?

Skill builders:

• Typing Tutor
• Typing with Yasmin

Online typing tests:

• TypingTest.com
• Keyboarding timed tests for Macintosh (download)
• Mr. Kent’s Typing Test II
• Typing Master Typing Test version 6.3 for Windows(download)
• See How Fast You Can Type
• Typing Test

Research:

• Research bibliography for elementary keyboarding
• Bibliography on keyboarding research by Dr. Leigh Zeitz