
	Typing Flash Cards - OVERVIEW

To view an exercise, left click on it. Then use Nimble Fingers, to download. Just click on "Add Online Exercises," and follow the directions.

When typing flash cards, words and word phrases randomly flash up on the screen. You are developing automatic motor response patterns while learning the terms used in a various fields.

Exercises can be fun, such as keying dessert names. Or, the exercises can be very challenging, such as typing Medical Terms. Words within an exercises are randomized, so there are thousands of different sequences that can occur.

The Little Professor is always there as your guide. If he detects a pattern of errors, he will recommend you go "Back to the Classroom" to practice the troublesome keystrokes.

Tell me more about Flash Cards.

	Typing Flash Cards - Terms and Phrases:
Fun	Fun topics.
Geography	Geography terms.
Health	Health care terms.
Legal	Legal terms and forms.
Practical	Practical topics.

Typing Flash Card. Tips and Ideas

Pay Attention!

Do not use flash cards until the basic keystrokes have been mastered.

Flash cards are used to build speed and accuracy after you are comfortable with the basic keystrokes.

There is an enormous variety of flash card exercises.

These FREE downloadable exercises can be used to customize the Word Wacker and the Typing & Data Entry programs.

Did you complete the beginning keystroke exercises? Is you speed too slow? Do you feel like you should have higher speed and accuracy? If so, it is time for Flash Cards!

Fun! But very fast. Words and word phrases are flashed on the screen. Then you have a brief time to type the word, or else it is counted as an error. When you begin, select the option to leave the word displayed for a longer period of time. At least that will give you a fighting chance.

Random Order. Words are presented in random order. You can improve your speed and accuracy keying a vast number of different words. Flash cards is fun, but the pace is furious!

Key the whole word. Stop thinking of individual letters in a word. Train yourself to think of the word as a whole, and to key the word as a whole. For example, do not key “t,” “h,” and “e” as individual letters in the word “the.” Look at the word “the” and key the word “the” without thinking of the individual letters.

Want to learn key terms? Do you want to learn the key terms used in a desired occupation? Review the exercises for interesting categories and download the exercise.

Bored? Use Flash Cards to vary your practice routine and make learning fun.

Are you interested in: Art? Cooking? Military? Fishes? Airplanes? Sports? Gardens? Snakes or even Pets? You name it and there is probably an online available for FREE downloading. So, have it your way, and customize the Nimble Fingers program to reflect your interests.

Errors will happen. When a keying error is made, the error will be highlighted. You will be given a chance at the end of a session to retype the errors made.

Using Flash Cards. Only use Flash Cards after you have completed the beginning exercises. Flash cards are used to develop speed via word recognition. Thus it is useful ONLY after the basic finger-keystroke reaches have been developed.

Tired of people borrowing pencils? I ask the students to leave a shoe by my pencil box. When I get my pencil back, they get their shoe back. They laugh at first, but I get my pencils back.

Re-key exercise. After you have completed an entire exercise, if time permits, re-key the same exercise. The words are presented in random order, so a different "batch" of words will appear for keying.