Typing Tournament v1

Item Description:

In Typing Tournament, a fantastic typing adventure awaits those who dare enter the Medieval keyboard world! Typing Tournament is published by EdAlive by Sundae Media.

In Typing Tournament there are drill- and practice-incentives, things to collect, printable certificates and rewards at the end. It's a great way to master an essential real-world skill!

Games and fun exercises give beginner, competent and advanced typists practice to develop typing skills. Players can increase typing speed and accuracy at a pace that suits the individual.

Overview
Carefully-crafted content is interwoven with an fun story, fresh 3D graphics and challenging games will equip all students (and adults) with the typing skills essential for daily living. Typing Tournament is a flexible keyboarding package teaches beginners, strengthens the competent and challenges the advanced.

Journey through 16 medieval lesson locations presented within 3 maps on your quest to rid the land of the typing tyranny of the Dark Typist! Each location introduces new keys and runs students through one core lesson, three drills, three games and a test. Students must pass the test before they can move onto the next quest.

Students can start their quest at the very beginning or jump directly to a more challenging location - depending on the skill level being developed. Students are also free to speed up their quest and move ahead at their own pace so they're not stuck on lessons that they've already mastered.

Learning Objectives
Content within Each Lesson Area
Typing Tournament is designed for all ages and stages - any student from Grade 1 on up will benefit! Users can start exactly where they need to and progress at their own pace, regardless of whether they are a novice, a typing whiz or someone whose skills are just a little rusty.

Activities at each point along the quest targets the set of Focus Keys for each location.

Focus Keys are taught and reinforced within each activity - Lesson, Drills, Games and the Test

Lesson
Learning to type can seem like hard work. The lessons in Tournament Typing are kept very simple: step-by-step pictures and animations, with minimal reading. Only four new keys are introduced each lesson. Kids progress at their own pace so they can skip ahead or slow down as they need.

Three Drills
The 3 styles of typing drill focus on keys introduced in the lesson and revising keys already mastered. Drill 1 is a single line of content that you must copy by typing in the space below; Drill 2 has 4 lines of content also typed below and Drill 3 is 10 lines typed directly over the given content.

Three Games
The perfect practice ground for fun learning of Focus Keys. If you can reach the Target Score for the game, you are ready to try the Test to complete that location! Click here to see images.

The Test
Once players have taken the lesson, drilled the drills, and played the games they can take the test for that environment. If they reach their speed and accuracy goals, they progress to the next landmark on the map. If not, they simply continue to practice the drills and games and try again later. After completion of each test, players receive a certificate of achievement to applaud their chivalry!

Instructional Design
Typing Tournament is an integrated touch typing tool for any classroom

The Quest

Full-install versions that do not require the CD once installed

PC
Windows 98 or later (including XP/Vista/Windows 7), 233MHz Processor or faster, 800x600 capable screen.

Mac
OS X (PowerPC or Intel Mac) 10.3/10.4/10.5 or later (including leopard), 300MHz Processor or faster, 800x600 capable screen.