Nessy Fingers teaches the 3 skills needed to touch type:
- Memorise key positions - learn correct finger
placement and posture. - Accuracy - an early emphasis upon typing accurately.
- Speed - games motivate practice. Practice develops speed.
Type safely
- 'Kung Fu Fingers' - Exercises to help limber your fingers and improve flexibility.
- Rest period reminders - When the 'Take a Break' icon lights up relax with Nessy.
- Guidance upon correct posture and how long you should spend practising.
A programme that helps dyslexic children
The educational advisory charity Ability Net, have identified development of keyboard skills as being especially important for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia)and those who have difficulty with handwriting.
Computers can be a vital aid for dyslexics but if spatial awareness is weak then finding keys will be difficult. Without good keyboard familiarity using a computer can remain a slow and frustrating experience and the vital benefits a computer can provide for a dyslexic will be limited.
Nessy Fingers is ideal for students who have specific learning difficulties (dyslexia and dyspraxia):- 9 levels of difficulty allow all abilities to succeed
- Keys are taught alphabetically, reinforcing the sequence and giving a logical learning structure
- Multi-sensory lessons use both text and audio instructions with a picture of the keyboard on screen
- Carefully selected fonts address issues of orientation and directional confusion
- Display options: six colour schemes for words and backgrounds using colours found most helpful by those experiencing 'page-glare'
