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Waitakere City Learning Centre Resource
Lesson 2 Keyboards and Typing
To use a computer the first thing you need to do is learn how to use the mouse. The mouse helps you to move from one place on the screen to another.
Note: when you are finished doing one activity to return to the menu click on the BACK button. It is in the top left hand corner of the page next to a green circle with a white arrow inside.
Introduction
| The keys on the keyboard
| Fun ways to practice typing
| A Typing Test
Introduction
Today's lesson is designed to familiarize you with the computer keyboard, and
give you a chance to practice your typing.
The Internet Resources
The keys on the keyboard
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Special Keys - Click on the keys in grey to find out what they do
Fun ways to practice typing
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Key Attack - This is like a shooting game where you shoot at the letters
to prevent them touching the ground. You can choose the speed at which they
fall. By clicking on the file you can also choose which letters to practice.
- What
finger goes where? - Work systematically through the keys and learn to
touch type.
A Typing Test
Typing Test
- Take a typing test to see how fast you type and what your accuracy is like
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