This month Typing Club became a financial supporter of Free Technology for Teachers. As I do with any new supporter I like to share a quick post about what they offer to teachers and students. 

Typing Club is a popular website offering free online touch typing lessons for students of all ages. Whether you use the Typing Club website or the free Chrome Web App the lessons work the same way. Typing Club provides 100 free activities that begin with the basics and progress in difficulty until you can touch type on your entire keyboard including the use of lesser-used keys like “<” and “{.” As you type during each lesson you are given instant real-time feedback about your accuracy
and speed. Unlike other typing lessons that make you wait until an
activity is completed to determine your accuracy or speed, Typing Club
recalculates that information with each keystroke.

Applications for Education
Students can use Typing Club without creating an account on the site. If students do create an account they will be able to log-in to track their progress through each lesson. Typing Club provides a free portal service
for teachers to use to track their students’ progress. In addition to
use of the standard lessons, the portal service allows teachers to
create customized lessons for their students.