Improve Your Typing Skills

Accurate, quick typing skills are going to become more and more important as you progress in your education. Believe me-- those 50-page college papers will be painful if you try to peck your way through them with two pointer fingers. While you have some free time this summer, you may want to practice the correct placement on the keys. You don't want to get too attached to bad habits!

There are many free sites that will help you brush up on typing skills, like this site which has a little pop-up game that drops letters from the sky.

If you prefer to work with your own software, you can check out Encore’s Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe.

Mavis Beacon programs have been providing fun and easy-to-use instruction for students for decades, and they’re still favorites. Why? This series of “typing tutor” software editions offers learning exercises that are fun and challenging. You’ll find games and programs with detailed progress reports. Hundreds of lessons are available in every edition.