Re: [kidsgames] Typing/Reading Tutors

["Robert Black" <shadow@info66.com>]

I guess I did jump the gun and did not even think about pre-existing
programs. Maybe I should have just stated my observations that I was pretty
intrigued that a 12 year old could be captivated by a typing speed test
game. She was absolutly thrilled that she increased her speed and accuracy
by 2 words a minute in two days. The other one that got her was a simple
computer chess game. I guess this would fall under the heading of usability
or behavioral observations. If this is outside the scope of the list let me
know. Keep plugging!
Robert 
At 09:42 AM 1/15/00 -0600, Brian Minton wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Robert Black wrote:
>
>> I hope I'm not putting the cart before the horse to suggest a couple of
>> programs if someone was looking for an idea. I was looking for a single
>> floppy program to run on a 486 when our windows machines were tied up for
>> my stepdaughter (age 12) to play some new games and ran across a free one
>> (no charge, not gnu type free) for windows put out by
>> http://typingmaster.com/index.html. 
>> 
>> A short description of the program is a game where words float from the
>> bottom of the screen in bubbles and you have to type them before they
>> dissapear at the top. I was really amazed that she enjoyed playing the game
>> 

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