hello my name is Kylie and welcome to typing basics in this video you'll learn
about how to use our typing games and why it's important to learn proper
typing techniques to be smart and accurate typist I think I can already
hear lots of clicking let's get started
you probably see people type notes and messages using a touchscreen on a
smartphone or tablet all the time however in this video we are going to
talk about the proper technique for typing on the keyboard of a desktop or a
laptop computer it is important to be able to type quickly on a computer when
doing more serious types of writing have you ever had to write a book report or
essay for school if you haven't yet you will in the future if you learn and
practice proper typing techniques you may even be able to type your paper
faster than writing it by hand so let's get started first you want to make sure
you have a proper location to type posture is very important so you want to
make sure that you and your computer are in the right place to keep that posture
it's a good idea to use a desk or table and chair that you can adjust to your
size to have proper posture you should sit up straight look straight towards
the screen not down at the keyboard keep your knees and hips and elbows at 90
degrees and don't put your weight on your wrists also you can roll your
shoulders back and lift your chin up don't put weight on your wrists in order
to do this you may need to adjust the height of your chair and desk or table
to the height that is just right for you if you don't have an adjustable chair or
desk you may want to use a box to rest your feet and a pillow to boost you up
so you can see the screen properly next you want to make sure that your fingers
are in the proper position your index through pinky fingers should be placed
on the home row you may notice that the F and J Keys have a little bump on them
this bump shows you where to place your fingers find those bumps with the index
finger on each hand then place the rest of your fingers on the letters to the
side you'll notice that your left hand fingers are resting on the letters a s D
and F while your right hand fingers are
resting on the JKL and semicolon with your fingers in this
position your thumbs will rest nicely on the space-bar as you learn to type you'll
start by learning the letters in this home row a few at a time
once those are mastered you'll begin to add in the keys on the keyboard for the
letters in the top row you'll use the finger resting on the key just below it
for letters on the bottom row you'll use the finger resting on the key just above
it for the keys in the middle and on the sides you'll use the index or pinkie
finger closest to those keys for example when you need a capital letter you'll
hold down the shift button with the pinkie on one hand while the other one
is used for tapping the letter with the proper finger of the other hand you may
start out pretty slow but don't worry we all were slow at first don't let that
stop you as you practice you are building muscle memory make sure you
don't rush as that might cause you to make mistakes
accuracy is better than speed just go at a speed that you are comfortable with in
time as your fingers learn the keys your speed will increase naturally it is also
important to remember not to look at the keyboard while you practice I know it's
kind of scary but just try it your fingers will build this muscle memory
faster if you don't use your eyes when I was learning to type I had a sheet of
paper taped to the top of my keyboard I put my hands in the proper position then
rested the paper over my hands so I couldn't see the keys our beginning
typing games show a picture of the keyboard on the screen when new letters
are introduced that way you don't have to look down the best way to learn to
type is by starting out with just a few letters at a time as your fingers begin
to remember the letters you can start adding in words start with small words
then move on to bigger words and eventually sentences and so on next
thing you know you'll be writing your own book you'll notice that our games do
just that on our sites start with typing for beginners
in this game you have a conveyor belt with scoops of ice cream moving across
it each scoop has a letter on it when you type the letter the scoop disappears
if you miss the letter the scoop stays on the belt and you have another chance
to get it right the goal is to get to the letter correctly before the scoop
falls off the end this game has three options for speed and fifty levels to
progress through once you have completed typing for beginners you can move on to
intermediate typing in this game you will practice typing words on each level
you will be presented a set of words each letter you type accurately will
turn from black to gray and you cannot move to the next letter until you have
correctly typed the letter you're on a keyboard is displayed with fingers
showing you where to type the keys are highlighted green when correct and red
when incorrect this game has three options for speed and fifty levels to
progress through after completing intermediate typing we have typing texts
this game is similar to intermediate typing except instead of individual
words you'll be typing sentences also the keyboard is no longer shown on the
screen by this point your fingers should know where to go there are three options
for speed the number of levels will vary depending on which typing text game you
choose alternatively for advanced typist we have typing Guardian this is another
fun way to increase your typing speed in typing Guardian you are playing as a
dragon words gradually start moving toward your dragon as you type the words
your dragon spits fire toward them a word is destroyed when it has been
accurately typed as you progress through the game more and more and more words
are presented and you have to type quickly to knock them out don't let one
touch you how far can you get in this game a keyboard is not presented on the
screen now that you know about proper sure the way to learn typing and a
little bit about each of our typing games you're ready to get started which
type of game do you want to play keep practicing and you'll be a clever typist
before you know it