Why Choose Typing.com

With a name like Typing.com, we can’t blame you if you thought we only offered keyboarding lessons. However, that’s far from the truth. While we do offer a complete touch-typing program, there is so much more!

We believe everyone should have access to the fundamentals needed to be successful in today’s world. Having great typing skills, although very important, is not enough anymore. As such, our curriculum has grown to comprise essential digital literacy lessons to introduce young learners to contemporary technologies.

Students are guided over the knowledge that will be expected of them in a professional environment, including how to communicate and collaborate productively within a team. In addition, the program features Coding & Computational Thinking, known to help develop problem solving as well as critical thinking abilities, and we continue adding courses to benefit our users.

Typing.com offers all of this, and more with both a free and a PLUS version.

The Importance of Learning Proper Typing

Learning to type is more important than ever. It's a fundamental skill that you (or your students) will always use, in and out of work settings. Typing is a basic requirement in today's world where we're all using computers all the time.

With regular practice, the fingers' muscle-memory grows and there's no more need to look down at the keyboard so the thought process continues uninterrupted. In other words, proper typing skills enable better thinking while typing and this facilitates the sharing of ideas. Learning to type correctly also helps to:

• Save time while being more productive

• Improve focus and posture

• Improve accuracy

Whether for you or for your students, you'll love that Typing.com offers relevant, interesting, cross-curricular lessons that include engaging games because, when something is fun, learning takes place naturally.

Learning to type is just the beginning. Typing.com also offers an extensive digital literacy curriculum that teaches fundamental 21st century competencies, from online safety to spreadsheets to writing code.

Beyond Learn to Type, the curriculum covers:

• Digital Citizenship - online safety, ethics, and privacy.

• Technology Foundations - core computer and hardware skills.

• AI Literacy - responsible and effective AI use.

• Computer Applications - docs, spreadsheets and presentations.

• Cross-Curricular - typing practice in every subject.

• Creative Writing - guided prompts and story starters.

• Coding & Computational Thinking - web coding and computational thinking.

• Test Prep - reading, vocab, and written responses.

So why choose Typing.com? Whether you use it to teach yourself or others, you have the peace of mind of knowing that Typing.com is trusted by millions of teachers and students around the world. It gives you the confidence of using a program designed by education professionals to introduce the skills needed to get ahead in a digitalized globe. Moreover, you are relying on a program that continually adds to its curriculum so there is something new to learn on a regular basis.

What do you get for free? The whole of Learn to Type - its lessons, tests and games - with ads, 70-day data retention and email support. PLUS removes the ads, keeps your data indefinitely, adds priority phone and email support, and opens the eight units above along with assignments, auto grading, benchmarking, daily goals and the real-time student monitor.

You will love learning with us!