Re: [kidsgames] Typing/Reading Tutors

[Brian Minton <minton@csc.smsu.edu>]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Robert Black wrote:

> 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!

I definitely think it is in scope.  I mean those are both excellent ideas.

> 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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