Free Educational Software

Welcome to www.educational-freeware.com! This site is dedicated to listings, descriptions and reviews of the best free educational software for kids and grown-ups. Some of the software is web based (see the online section), and some is Windows software that you can download (see the downloadable section).

Many of the software titles are multilingual. In order to see what titles run in your language, you can list the software by language.

Typing

Pacwriter - Typing Game For Kids
PacWriter from Bertesh Studios is a free educational arcade-style typing game similar to the classic Pacman game. The game has fast-paced 3D cartoon-style graphics, nice music and sound effects.
Read more... (01/20/2008) (in freeware)
http://bertesh.com/english/games/pacwriter.php

Simple Keyboard Game
This simple but neat flash-based keyboard game from Big Brown Bear Software displays a keyboard, and hightlights a key for you to press. If it is correct, you gain a point, and if you are wrong, you lose a point.
Read more... (05/02/2006) (in online)
http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/keyboard/index.htm

Senselang.com - Free Touch Typing Practice
In this online typing exercise, you can either practice a text of your own choice, or choose between 15 different lessons. When you strike the wrong key, animation will show you where the key is and which finger to use.
Read more... (02/15/2006) (in online)
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard
Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard is a typing tutor to learn and practice typing. It is designed to accommodate both beginners and experienced typists who are looking to gain speed or accuracy.
Read more... (02/14/2006) (in freeware)
http://typing.qcalculus.com/

Tux Typing - Typing For Children
Tux Typing provides an action-filled experience for kids who want to learn how to type. In the various exercises, letters or words come falling down from space, and you need to type them as fast as possible in order to gain the highest possible score.
Read more... (01/12/2006) (in freeware)
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/

Typing Tutors
This is a good list of links to the best shareware and freeware typing tutors.
Read more... (12/30/2005) (in links)
http://typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm

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