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Master touch-screen typing, and learn cool shortcuts, too.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 10+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
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TapTyping - Typing Trainer
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Create a username, then play the free speed test or sample. Or, with in-app purchase choose a course: iPad Crash Course, or Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced Course. You can also choose extra practice documents. Then tap "Begin" and start the lesson. Read the brief intro to the lesson, tap Start Lesson, and type whatever letters or words appear on the screen as quickly and accurately as possible. View progress data (words per minute, accuracy, and elapsed time). Continue with lessons, view leaderboard, and master touch-screen typing.
Is It Any Good?
Can you imagine typing 100 words per minute on an iPad? TAP TYPING -- TYPING TRAINER is a great way to help kids practice typing efficiently and quickly in ways similar to typing classes some parents will recall from school. But these tutorials include high-tech heat maps and fun typing noises that bring interesting sight and sound sensorial elements to what could otherwise be rather dry, tech skills lessons.
Because touch screens can be difficult to use when typing a lot of content, the more advanced lessons here aren't always easy or comfortable -- especially for kids or adults who just don't like typing on a touch screen -- but they provide interesting content and lots of progress data to encourage users to keep trying. To get the full use of TapTyping, you'll probably need to buy the full version. If your kid is already a proficient touch-screen typist the free speed tests and one-time sample pages may be enough.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Encourage your kid to focus at first on the lessons, not the words per minute or leaderboard, which could lead to frustration.
If possible, let your kid practice on a regular computer keyboard too.
If you have access to an old typewriter (maybe at your local library, or a thrift store), let your kid check it out.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Skills : Self-Direction : effort , work to achieve goals , working efficiently , Tech Skills : using and applying technology
- Pricing structure : Free to try, Paid (The free version has unlimited use of the speed test and the ability to try each lesson one time. The full version, with unlimited lesson usage, is available as an in-app purchase for $3.99.)
- Release date : May 3, 2017
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Flairify LLC
- Version : 5.0.2
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 9.0 or later
- Last updated : September 16, 2021
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