Addictive Typing Lessons - Learning touch typing

Don't look at the keyboard. The point is to memorize the keys.
The home row is the keys A S D F and J K L ;
The home row is where your fingers stay, with one finger reaching out to type a key.

Find the home row without looking by feeling for the bumps on the F and J keys.
Try for a little progress each day. If your hand hurts, stop typing.

Which fingers type which keys.
4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
q w e r t y u i o p
a s d f g h j k l ;
z x c v b n m , . /

Here are some tips I found at various web sites.

The correct posture is very important.
Sit up straight, your feet flat on the floor, with the keyboard exactly in front of you.
Keep your elbows close to your body, your wrists straight and your forearms level.
 
Your arms and wrists should be parallel to the floor, not bent up, down, left or right.
Do not bend your wrists.
Do not rest your wrists on the wrist-rest or desk while typing.

Type the keys lightly and quickly. Use your right thumb for the spacebar.

The top of your screen should be near eye level.
Adjust the angle of your monitor to minimize glare.

Flatten your keyboard on the desk.
If there is a tab that lifts the back of the keyboard, lower it.

Take frequent breaks! You will be more accurate if you do.
If typing causes you pain, stop.

Some good articles about typing

Learn to Type Well and Fast  calstaging.bemidjistate.edu/en3930/landar/howto.html
Learn to touch type  www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n4/202_Learn_to_touch_type.php

Learn to type  www.knowledgehound.com/khhow2s/how_to_type.htm
Basic advice, plus lessons  www.sergeyberezin.com/qwerty.php

Basic advice, and ergonomics  www.touch-typing-tutor.com/TypingTest-Doc/ReadMe_EN.htm

An excellent image. Which fingers type which keys  library.thinkquest.org/18709/data/keys.html

The correct posture  www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/keyboarding/ergonom1.html
Safety and posture  www.typeonline.co.uk/safetyfirst.html
The Correct Workstation  www.wikihow.com/How-To-Set-up-an-Ergonomically-Correct-Workstation

Touch typing can cause carpal tunnel syndrome  www.nimblefingers.com/k_carpal.htm
Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury  eeshop.unl.edu/rsi.html

Typing Lessons   www.typeonline.co.uk/lesson1.html
Colorful Typing Lessons  sense-lang.org/typing/
A Large Page describing different Typing Freeware and Shareware  typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm

A huge article:  Instructional Strategies Of Teaching Keyboarding
Keyboarding Lessons and Ideas: www.shelbycs.org/technology/keyboarding.html

Wikipedia: Typing   Wikipedia: Touch Typing   Wikipedia: Words per minute
The frequency of the letters of the alphabet.
Where I copied the words from: The 500 Most Commonly Used Words in the English Language

A Pangram is a sentence which has every letter of the alphabet.
Pangrams are used in lesson 22. I copied the pangrams from these 4 web-sites:
http://rinkworks.com/words/pangrams.shtml   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram
http://fun-with-words.com/pang_visitor.html   http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/%7Eajcd/type/pangram.html

Online Typing Speed Tests
Web-Site Duration What you type
www.typeonline.co.uk One paragraph Quotes from books
www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com One minute Vikings, Princess, To Be or not...
www.programmingart.com Paragraph Dorothy lived in the midst of...
www.learn2type.com Paragraph A variety of paragraphs
www.careerstep.com One minute You are about to embark on a...
www.testmytyping.com Select 1-10 minutes Huck Finn, A tale of two cities
www.typingpal.com Paragraph Some people excel in everything...
www.typingtest.com 1, 2, or 3 minutes 4 storys: Fishing, Oz, etc
www.calculatorcat.com One sentence Quotes
www.shelbycs.org Choose duration Soccer is one of the world's...
http://blackdog4kids.com Choose duration Soccer is one of the world's...

Two alternatives to Qwerty typing that are more comfortable and more efficient:
Colemak keyboard layout       Google search: dvorak keyboard