Typing Instructor Deluxe 17.0 CD-ROM
Typing Instructor Deluxe 17.0 CD-ROM
Item #: 012240
Grades: 3-Adult
Retail: $19.95
Rainbow Price: $15.95
Product Review
This fun and easy program is guaranteed to improve your typing ability. It is organized into lessons, tests, and practice material. "Next Step" lessons put you in command of the keyboard, and you use proven teaching methods, such as double and repetitive key-stroking to learn faster. It includes 10-key techniques and instructions for a split or standard keyboard. 3-D graphical hands help guide the student. Tests reinforce the skills that are practiced and provide a measurement of progress. These timed tests provide levels of advancement and make it fun by providing colorful photos and music. After completing any of the typing material, you get immediate feedback on your speed and accuracy with charts and graphs that allow you to see your progress and identify your weak areas. Multimedia presentations on the CD-ROM include the "History of Typing," which gives you a new perspective of the invention and development of typing and teaches the best hand and sitting positions. One of the awesome features on this CD-ROM is something called the Magazine Rack. It includes material from over 300 books, short stories, and articles that you can use to practice your typing with. Also, an Internet site has been designed for this product. New lessons, tests, special exercises, additional articles, and practice material are available to download when you want to use it. My favorite part of this program is the Virtual Adventures section. In this section, you can choose from ten fun games to improve your keyboard or 10-key skills. You have to type quickly and correctly to succeed in these fun games that make you forget you are improving your skills. The games include Sea Adventure, Flotsam Fighter II, Xtreme Typing, Gone Fishin', The Wild West, Tomb Typer, Cliffhanger, Diamond Glider, Typer Shark, and Erik the Viking. This program is for anyone who wants to improve their typing skills and doesn't mind having some fun along the way. Please note that this software comes in a paper sleeve, not a box. Minimum system requirements: Pentium 133PC or higher; Windows Vista, XP, ME, 2000, or 98; 50 MB RAM; 580 MB Hard drive space; Double Speed CD-ROM Drive, 800 x 600 16 Bit or higher display. A DirectX8 compatible video card is also required for the games. ~ Rachel S.
Customer Review
Janelle C. from Montana wrote the following on 04/26/2007:
My 6 and 7 year old girls use this program and have done remarkably well. Within 10 days they had learned the entire keyboard and were typing 20+ WPM w/ 90% accuracy or better. The games are competitive in nature and really make learning to type fun (lots of races). While progressing through the game, you collect treasures and have to type at a given speed and accuracy to move on. You can set certain skill levels to start and the program makes recommendations according to the child's performance. Even when you reach the castle (the highest level), the program offers lots of fun and challenges. My girls would literally spend hours on this game if I allowed them. I even set myself up on the game! It's been a fun way for me to brush up on my typing skills too!
