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Kevin Karplus wrote:

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dragonlady wrote:
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Banty wrote:
One of the summer assignments (from me) for my 11 year old son going into
7th
grade next year is that he learn to keyboard. It would help him with
assignments, now that some can be turned in typed (his handwriting is
atrocious), and he's falling into a hunt-and-peck two-finger habit when he
does type which I don't want to set in.

What is a good software program for this? Windoze98.

My son just bought Mavis Bacon Teaches Typing, and it seems pretty good.
I've noticed that they have one titled "Mavis Bacon Teaches Typing for
Kids"; don't know if it's better than the "regular" one or not -- I
suspect that it may be more game like and have readings that would more
appeal to kids.

We bought Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing for Kids and it wouldn't run on
our Mac, despite clearly saying that it was both Windows and Mac
compatible on the package and on the CD-ROM itself. Luckily the store
allowed us to exchange it for "Read, Write, and Type," which our son
does like to play. It is aimed at a younger audience than 11
though---more like 8 year olds.


Hmm -- the regular Mavis Bacon works fine on our Mac; I wonder what the
problem was? (My son is 18, so the one for kids wasn't what he wanted.)

meh
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