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Any recommendations for software to help my nine-year-old son learn how to type? I've been searching around a bit and have found many, many options. Has anyone--better yet, anyone's kids--had a good experience with a particular title? One limitation--my son does NOT want the program to be a game-like program for whatever reason. Thanks for the help:o

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What about the bash shell? Learn some useful commands at the same time.

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If I was VirtualBox, I could load my virtualization module into Hannah and boot up another kernel in the same address space.

Tankman

Try Mavis Bacon (SP?), been around for a decade or two!

My children used Maivs' program 20-25 years ago.
The program has a teachers' mode, you can monitor their learning and
add some ideas where needed.

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Originally Posted by Tankman

Try Mavis Bacon (SP?), been around for a decade or two! My children used Maivs' program 20-25 years ago. The program has a teachers' mode, you can monitor their learning and add some ideas where needed.

That's a great idea--I remember that program, now that you mention it. I'll give that a try. Thanks, Tankman

davidtm

Yep Mavis taught me to type as an adult - she was great! (However, I did "drop" her class when she got to numbers.)

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My Old middle school used to use Mavis Beacon teaches typing... My very old middle school used to use Mario teaches typing and putt putt teaches typing... Mario and putt putt were ALOT better.

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Originally Posted by davidtm

Yep Mavis taught me to type as an adult - she was great! (However, I did "drop" her class when she got to numbers.)

Numbers? Same here! Seem a bit distant from the home row!

Although I did learn typing the old way, in class, I enjoyed honing my skills with
Mavis' program. At one time I was hittin' around 90 WPM! Today, pluggin' along around 50 WPM.

The ability to type helped me get some "soft" assignments during my four years
in the USMC.

When I taught the siblings to type, I had them write their assignments first!
A keyboard was no excuse for bad penmanship! :approve:

Staples often offers Mavis' program, free after rebate.

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[QUOTE=Tankman;1059143433]Numbers? Same here! Seem a bit distant from the home row!




That's why I got the ThinkOutside bluetooth keyboard

Thanks for the tip about Staples!