This website is designed to teach people how to type using the touch-typing method. The website and lessons are free. TypingClub teaches kids the parts of the keyboard, finger placement, and other skills needed to become proficient. The app also offers interesting games for kids to do between lessons.

Website: https://www.typingclub.com/

What Users Love About the App

“I feel this is a great teaching tool for my students. At the beginning of the year they were cherry picking keys and now most of my class can type fluently and with more accuracy.”

“I use this as a rotation station for my third graders. They are learning to type and having fun at the same time.”

“It is a great tool to get my students ready for end of the year testing when they have to type responses on the computer and they don’t have a ton of time. I like how they throw challenges in for students to get better and the kids love it!”

“As a teaching tool, TypingClub is a great venue for practicing and mastering keyboard skills. I love that each lesson is embedded into the challenges so students can progress as quickly or slowly as they feel comfortable with and I don’t have to repeat lessons over and over for each one.”

“The language and quality of the mini-lessons are kid friendly and digestible–YAY! I look forward to continuing the TypingClub challenges with my students next year.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“One downside would be the fact that students can jump to a higher level, even if they have not mastered the more basic levels. I would prefer for students to need a certain score in order to move on to higher levels, and I would like for each level to be mandatory.”

“One issue I ran into was the fact that some students would become so engrossed with the speed of their typing, they would stop paying attention to accuracy. While the program does provide “phantom fingers” on the screen to remind students of which finger goes with each key, I realized that if I did not monitor and offer feedback to students on keeping the correct fingering, they would revert to just using their index fingers.”

“Kids sometimes get frustrated that they completed the exercise with high accuracy but slow speed and then have to repeat the exercise to move the next level.”

“The extension activities are limited. While teachers can create their own tests and activities, it seems a shame that more of those features are not already built in and ready to go, given the wide variety of typing games available for free online.”

“I do use the typing club to introduce basic typing skills and keep track of student progress through the lessons, but I will continue to use other typing activities to supplement this program. If you are considering purchasing a license to this program, look at the free programs available first.”