Разработчик: Individual Software
Описание
Reward-Seeking Program!
This program offers rewards every step of the way! Kids visit distinct lands for lessons, challenges, tests, and games. They search for treasures, earn points, and add gold and jewels to their treasure box, on a journey to reach the Castle and become the Ruler of Typer Island. Once they reach the Castle, they advance to the Lost City, for more challenges and exciting games!
Explore Distinct Lands!
Kids visit The Old West, On the Water, In the Air, Over the Edge, and Under the Sea. They can take a break from lessons and go to the cave on Explorer Isle to play games, or to Story Lagoon to practice typing stories from Classic Literature and Fairy Tales.
Exciting Castle Adventures!
Once kids get to the Castle, they can play new games, like Tomb Typer and Xtreme Typing, and they can go to the Lost City for Treasure Quest and the ever-challenging Ziggy!
The Mysterious Lost City!
Kids get to visit the Lost City once they complete the lessons, tests, and challenges of all five lands on Typer Island and "Capture the Castle!" In the Lost City they can explore the ruins and the shipwreck, and play Treasure Quest, the first typing adventure game, and the challenging arcade action game, Ziggy.
30+ Game Challenges!
Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum has over 30+ Game Challenges! Kids can play games in a variety of ways by selecting options from the drop down menu, including words per minute (wpm), level of difficulty, and in some games, select an opponent. Games include multiple levels of play and points scored, so kids are motivated to win the first level, advance to the next level, and achieve a high game score!
Xtreme Typing
This fast moving game teaches kids to keep their fingers on the keyboard to move their motorcycle across the desert and through the heart of the city. When they type accurately and faster than their target words per minute, they see a motorcycle stunt fest! Their bike makes several jumps, flies off ramps, rolls over limousines, and flies over buses.
Typing With Sharks
This action-packed, underwater adventure helps kids learn challenging keys on the keyboard. They type words quickly to zap hungry sharks and piranhas before they attack their submarine. The deeper they dive, the harder it is to escape, especially from the electric eel, giant squid and the boss shark.
Flotsam Fighter
Kids use their Flotsam Fighter Space Ship to clean-up space debris (flotsam), and save all four planets in the Aeon Galaxy by zapping space debris from around the planets. The more debris they collect, the more intergalactic credits they earn. Eight challenging levels of play help them develop their typing speed, typing accuracy, and save the Galaxy!
Tomb Typer!
This 3D interactive game helps kids to improve their typing skills and use their wits! They search an ancient Egyptian tomb by correctly typing words and characters to navigate their way through two levels of intriguing exploration for treasure.
There are 10 customized Typing Plans to teach kids of all ages to type:
Learning the Home Row
Home Row and Upper Row
Home Row and Lower Row
Ages 7-8
Ages 9-10
Games Plan
Skill Building Plan
Suggested Typing Plan (no games)
Suggested Typing Plan
There are over 30 typing challenges. These include:
There are hundreds of tests in Typing Instructor Platinum for Kids. Tests measure speed and accuracy, and results are provided for adjusted words per minute, based on both typing accuracy and speed.
Instant Results Give Kids Incentive to Improve Keyboarding Skills
Instant Feedback is provided on typing results. Kids can see how they did on a lesson, challenge, test, or game right away. Results are given for:
WPM scores & Accuracy Percentages
Results Calculated from All Activities
Performance Assessment for Key, Finger, Hand & Row
Printable Results
Results Tracked for five Typists
Certificates of Achievement
Kids can print a certificate of achievement to show they have successfully conquered Typer Island and Rule the Island!
Charts and Feedback
Detailed results show kids the keys they know well and the keys that need more practice.
Step-by-Step Typing Instruction is provided, including proper posture, finger position, and ergonomic features. Visual Guides show finger/key placement.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, spanish - spain
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 10, 8, 7, XP
- Processor: None
- Graphics: None
- Storage: 480 MB available space
- Sound Card: 16 Bit Sound Card
Отзывы пользователей
Bought this for the nostalgia I swear. I would play this game for hours when I was younger, it was addictive.
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yes good help me type fast no gramar mistake
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this is very fun. my daughtar loves it. plz get it.
I think it's really funny that this is on steam and I bought it for nostalgia
When I was 7 or 8 my parents bought me Typer Island for our desktop (still $20 then) to help me learn how to type. And I gotta say, it worked really well. The games made it really fun and interactive for me, and I looked forward to playing it. Even after I'd learned how to type, I would log onto the software just for fun and play some of the weird games like the Lost City one or Ziggy's adventure. Being a visual learner, having helpful visuals for finger placement and the overall playful nature of the graphics made it all very approachable. If you want to get your kid typing really early, this is a great way to do it
It's great
IMPORTANT: This is an older game. So. you will need to change your resolution to the lowest settings or the screen will be tiny. For windows (and the computer illiterate) follow these instructions- *right click* on desktop, select "screen resolution", *click* "resolution" drop down, set resolution to 800-600 or whatever your screen preference happens to be.
I originally wanted a newly developed kid's typing tutor with updated graphics or the Spooky typing tutor from the 90's. Since there have been NO newer kids' typing tutors, and the classic Spooky typing tutor are nowhere to be found for sale (unless I go to an unfamiliar site and pray that the "free" downloads aren't malware). So, we were "pushed" to try this tutor out.
As for the game itself, my kids like it. And better yet, I am very pleased with it. The kids seem to be able to stay focused long enough that they appear to be learning something (considering their ages 5/7 yo). With how cartoony it is, it is perfect for what it is meant to do; keep younger kids focused just long enough to learn a little bit each computer session. Even though we had no other typing tutor options for the kids, I think this tutor was done well enough that I certainly recommend it. It met and exceeded my expectations.
There are a couple of glitches in the game. But once we identified them and figured them out (ex: there is a glitch in the "help" section), we have been able to work around them without it interfering with the game.
This software is easily two decades outdated. The menus either don't work (lists that aren't selectable) or are pictoral (confusing and not labelled). I was getting infuriated trying to help my seven year old navigate TO THE VERY FIRST BEGINNER LESSON which is definitely not the first thing you would intuitively click on when starting this program. In essence, this is a learn-to-type program that will turn you off learning to type.
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I'd like to start by stating that I have never been the type to be able to type without looking down at the keyboard. I've always wanted to learn but never knew how to go about it. I tried a few books but they were quite boring to say the least. So over time I became discouraged because the idea of being able to type with simply feeling out the keyboard seemed like it was never going to happen.
One day, as I was browsing Steams amazing deals, I decided out of curiosity to look and see if there were any fun programs that could aid me in learning to type when I came across Typing Instructor for Kids. I was a bit put off at first I'll admit because I felt a bit embarrassed I was considering a program aimed at a younger audience. Still I decided to go for it not expecting much.
It was a VERY slow start as I got introduced to a few letters at a time, and slowly things progressed to incorporating more and more letters. A few hours a day and 13 hours into the program later I am now able to type this whole review you are reading without looking down at my fingers! For me it's an emotional goal accomplished because only until recently it has always been a goal that was very much out of my reach. I suffer from ADD so learning certain things is a big challenge, yet this little learning tool was able to help me work with that in that it was able to keep me interested in what I would be exposed to next to help improve my typing skills.
Now I'm not a very advanced typist in that I'm not yet able to type 60 words per minute, I'm still at a very low 20 wpm. What I am very proud of those 20 wpm because they are being done without ever needing to look down at the keyboard. Maybe one day I'll improve enough to type like many of you out there but for now I'm happy with what I'm able to do.
Anyways, many years later and I'm finally able to enjoy my typing :). For any considering this product I highly recommend it.
Doesn't work with family sharing.
Menus are confusing.
Graphics won't rescale to full screen.
Even my 7 year old found the voices annoying.
There are better free options that you can find on the web.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Individual Software |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 16.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 85% положительных (13) |