PAWS in Typing Town

Publisher: SRA McGraw-Hill
Grade Level: 3-6
Platform: Mac/Win

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The popular PAWS in Typing Town program is the leading product for building typing speed and accuracy for children ages 8 and up! No more hunting and pecking! PAWS and his friend will have you typing properly and efficiently in no time. Featuring sixteen Lessons with Review, Learn, Practice and Build Speed features. Typing has never been such fun, and the PAWS in Typing Town teaching methods have been a favorite of educators for years.

Supplementary Games and Activities:

* Journal: A mini-word processor that lets young learning compose their own thoughts as they practice keyboarding skill. Importable graphics and plenty of font, color, and style options encourage creativity.
* Classroom Reward Pack: A delightful set
of stickers to help motivate kids to do their best.
* QuickTime Movies: 16 movies, one for each lesson, feature student demonstration of proper key reach and technique.
* Arcade Games: Learners can choose from eight arcade games. Students earn game-playing time by accurately and quickly keying lesson lines. Games include a race car game PAWS 500 race game; a basketball game, Slam Dunk; a space game, Alpha Invaders; and five others.

Features & Benefits

Key Features:

* PAWS does not "teach" faster hunting and pecking. Proper skills are emphasized throughout.
* A short key reach animation is featured before each key lesson, as well as plenty of encouragement from PAWS, Tabby, Caps and Keys.
* Sixteen Lessons emphasize two new keys per session. Featuring lots of feedback and rewards throughout.

System Requirements

Macintosh
* Power Macintosh or higher
* 32 MB Available RAM
* 10 MB Free Hard Drive Space
* 4X CD-ROM Drive
* 13-inch/8-bit Color Monitor using full screen resolution
* System 9.x or higher, or System OSX

Windows
* IBM Compatible with Pentium II processor or higher
* 32 MB Available RAM
* 10 MB Free Hard Drive Space
* 4X CD-ROM Drive
* SVGA Monitor, 640x480, displaying 256 Colors
* Windows 98 or higher

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