Research Summary: Keyboard Ability Significantly Boosts NAPLAN Results
Research shows that students who can type have a clear advantage in NAPLAN Online.
Congratulations to our Touch Typists!
Last week was a phenomenal blast! Congratulations to all of our avid typists across Australia and the world on a typing challenge well done! We at EdAlive cheered you all on through last week as we watched that word counter spinning away rapidly. With over 6.6 million words typed and […]
Full Research Details: Maths Invaders Online Adaptive Learning
Students’ Stellar Gains from Maths Invaders Online Introduction – Maths Invaders Online, Adaptive Learning Mode Maths Invaders Online is an online learning website published by EdAlive, marketed to school and home users in Australia and some other countries, to support instruction in mental arithmetic across school years 1-10 maths curricula. The content […]
Massive 6 WPM per Term increase in typing speed quantified
We have analysed students’ progress when learning to type with Typing Tournament Online. The results are incredible. We have established that regular use of Typing Tournament Online increases average typing speed by 6 Words Per Minute (WPM) per term per student! This means that if you take a class and […]
Why does Australia lag behind the rest of the world in the teaching of typing skills?
Why does Australia lag behind the rest of the world in the teaching of typing skills? Over the past 40 years in Australia we have seen the skill of touch-typing move from being a vocational (secretarial) skill learnt by a few to a key skill for all, in the age […]
The changing eSafety, Privacy and Security landscape for schools
Rapid change is with us Over the past few years, cyber threats to the safety and security of the student and teacher data contained in online learning systems have escalated. Concurrently changes in community expectations regarding the privacy and security of this personal data have increased. Fortunately, EdAlive has always […]
The ST4S Safety and Privacy Standards and the EdAlive Online Learning websites
The Typing Tournament Online and Maths Invaders Online results The EdAlive Central titles Typing Tournament Online and Maths Invaders Online, being the two completed websites at the time, were both submitted for ST4S evaluation. Both easily meet the minimum standards of the new ST4S (Safer Technologies 4 Schools) assessment conducted […]
Ready, set, go! Come join the Typing Challenge!
Get those fingers ready at the home row, the Term 1 Typing Challenge Has Begun! Year in and year out, classes across Australia and the rest of the world show off their typing skills in hopes of topping the Typing Tournament Online leaderboard. With two categories for both speed and […]
The ACARA Literacy Progressions require Advanced Keyboarding skills
In 2018 ACARA defined new Achievement Standards within the Literacy Progression as part of the Australian Curriculum. The Standards relate to the Writing Element and specifically the Handwriting and Keyboarding Sub Element – (Previously Handwriting). The new Achievement Standards are HwK1, HwK2, HwK3, HwK4, HwK5, HwK6, HwK7, HwK8. The progression addresses […]
Keyboarding and Typing Australia: Curriculum References
Each Australian State and Territory maintains it own department of education and is responsible for its own curriculum. Most fulfil this requirement by referring to the ACARA administered Australian Curriculum. NSW and Victoria use the Australian Curriculum as a base and then overlay their own structures on top of it. […]
Touch Typing Helps Prepare Children for the Future
Touch Typing is a key skill for today’s world In a world where 50% of the workforce needs to have skills in technology (World Economic Forum Report ) the base skill of Touch Typing becomes ever more important. To help provide that necessary building block Typing Tournament Online presents itself […]
Adding Typing to your Home-schooling Schedule
When deciding what to put in your home-schooling schedule, many parents look to other home schoolers for advice. “Does it work with more than one child” or “Does it fit the curriculum?“ are some of the questions I heard my own mother ask when home-schooling my siblings and me. To […]
Home School Families say yes to EdAlive Central!
EdAlive Central prides itself in making our products accessible and usable by students from all walks of life, whether they be in private, public or home school education. Recently we asked the Home School Review Crew, an American Home-Schooling group, to take a look at EdAlive Central. This is our ground-breaking […]
New NSW HSC Requirements Depend on Touch Typing Skills
The new NSW HSC requirements coming into effect in 2020 require Touch Typing as an educational skill and also as a life skill. As of next year, students who did not achieve a Band 8 or higher in their Year 9 Naplan will need to sit a selection of Minimum […]
Teacher shares their account of a 23 wpm increase in 8 months!
As this year draws to a close, we reached out to some schools and classes which have shown growth over 2019 through using Typing Tournament Online. Mr Dennis Alexander’s class of 5G at St Mary’s School in Dubbo NSW has shown massive improvement. Over the course of 2019, 5G had an […]
Join in with our first Typing Challenge of the decade!
Come one, come all to Typing Tournament Online’s first Typing Challenge of the decade! Once a semester our classes battle it out to see who is the better typist. Competing in both speed and words typed, all classes between 5-100 students will have the chance to top the leaderboard and win […]
Teaching your Students with EdAlive’s Online Learning
Over the past month, teachers across Australia have been rushing to prepare their students with the necessary tools to work from home. Mass producing packets, preparing lists of approved learning sites and making sure students have the infrastructure needed at home; the list goes on. This only covers the tip […]
How long should my kids learn at home each day?
“How long should parents teach their kids at home each day?”. This is a question that many parents have had on their minds recently as they add the role of school teacher to the many hats they wear. Between working from home, doing house chores and wrangling your kids to […]
Massive Boost to NAPLAN Writing Task Results
Our research has shown that Year 5 students who have learned to type with the leading touch-typing tutor, Typing Tournament Online have a clear advantage and a pathway to improved NAPLAN scores for the whole class. On average, the result for children in the class will be boosted by 7 marks […]
History of the QWERTY Keyboard
The development of typewriting and the QWERTY Keyboard QWERTY is a keyboard layout for Latin script used to write English. The name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard (Q W E R T Y). The QWERTY arrangement has […]
Full Research Report: Keyboard Ability Significantly Boosts NAPLAN Results
Research Summary available here… New research has shown that Year 5 students who have learned to type with the leading touch-typing tutor, Typing Tournament Online have a clear advantage going into their NAPLAN Writing Task at Year 5 and above. Data Target Typing Tournament Online Schools were identified where classes […]
Forrestdale students place third in worldwide competition
Children from Forrestdale Primary School placed third in a worldwide typing competition in term four last year and earnt a trophy for their efforts. About 115 children from the school took part in the competition, which tested more than 300 classes worldwide on their typing skills. The competition had multiple […]
Willetton Senior High Scores Top Marks in Typing
WILLETTON Senior High School students were recently presented with trophies for winning awards at a World Typeathon last year. The competition involved 315 participating classes worldwide. Willetton SHS was sent several class trophies for its category wins. Year 8 classes won first and second place in the advanced category awards […]
Official NAPLAN Online Information, State-by-State
Each State or Territory has a NAPLAN Online timetable ACARA NAPLAN Online information To find out more about NAPLAN Online click here New South Wales timeline for NAPLAN Online To find out more about NSW NAPLAN Online timeline click here Victoria info for NAPLAN Online To find out more about […]
Maths Fact Fluency explained
What is “tables and number fact fluency”? Tables and number facts fluency is the quick and effortless (automatic) recall of basic math facts from long-term memory without conscious effort or attention. Every child should instantly recall that 6 x 8 = 48 without counting on their fingers on in their […]
Enhancing Student Engagement in the Classroom through Fun
If you type “Enhancing Student Engagement in the Classroom” into your search engine, you’ll find many dozens of articles covering hundreds of ideas that real teachers use to achieve and maintain student engagement – because they know that engagement is key to learning. Of course, there are certain themes that recur, but no […]
Visiting the Under 10s Winners for the Maths Challenge!
In November we visited some schools to see how they use Adaptive Learning in Maths Invaders Online. This adaptive learning tests a child’s abilities in maths topics and then gives them questions suited to their skill level. We placed this revolutionary new system into Space Rescue as it is the most […]
Savvy Teachers and Students at Dalby State School Start their own Class Competition using Maths Invaders Online!
The Savvy teachers and students at Dalby State School caught the attention of the staff here at EdAlive with their amazing usage of the program! Interest was piqued when two classes from the school hit high numbers of questions answered on the Weekly Leaderboard. Eager to know more , Investigative Journalism […]
Richmond Primary School Blitzes Term 4 Maths Invaders Challenge
Mrs Tertipis’ Year 5/6 class from Richmond Primary SA completed 91,328 Maths Invaders questions during the Maths Invaders Online Maths Competition. This is a massive result. On average the 32 students in the class completed around 2,850 maths questions each. Graham East, the CEO of EdAlive, happened to be in […]
Growing up with Maths Invaders
Like most kids who grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s, educational software was part of my schooling. With a combination of getting children comfortable with computers and having them learn at the same time, what wasn’t there to love? History, English, Mathematics; it was all there at […]
Boost Maths Age by 12 Months in just one term!
Maths Invaders Online: Boost Maths Age with Adaptive Learning Our research shows that most students can dramatically boost their arithmetic skills with Maths Invaders Online. Students are routinely improving their maths age by the equivalent of an entire school year, in a matter of months. This is thanks to the […]
Keyboarding and typing and the New South Wales (NSW) Syllabus
The typing outcomes in the New South Wales (NSW) Syllabus are found in the Digital Text Production Section of the K-6 English Syllabus and explicitly requires the practice of keyboard skills although no acceptable standard is set. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch […]
Keyboarding and typing in the Queensland (Qld) Curriculum
Schools in Queensland (Qld) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing. Keyboarding and […]
Nimble Fingers Net Second Spot – Warrigal Road State School
THE students of 4C at Warrigal Road State School have typed their way to success by claiming second place in the Most Words Typed in Queensland category of the Typing Tournament: Quarter 1 Typing Challenge. Deputy principal Karen Coombes praised the students and classroom teacher Sam Heron. She said more […]
Students are reaching speeds over 45 Words Per Minute
45 WPM for students is readily attainable Students using Typing Tournament are reaching speeds of 45 Words Per Minute (wpm) by the time they finish primary school. This level of typing speed sets them up for success in their careers and gives them a massive time advantage over those that […]
Students Type Their Way To Victory
The students of Mrs Weeks’ Year 2/3 class at Channel Christian School have just typed their way to success by winning first place in the “Most Words Typed”, Intermediate category in the Typing Tournament World Typeathon. The Typeathon was conducted during Term 4 in 2016 and involved over 315 participating […]
Matthew Gibney Catholic P.S Present Typeathon Trophy
Recently, we were sent a picture of our 1st place “Most Words Typed”- Beginner overall champions receiving their class trophy and individual certificates. The students collectively typed 9,035 words and had an average speed of 10.6 wpm. Here is what their teacher Jessamy Savory had to say: “Late last year […]
Australia: Typing in the School Curricula
The Australian Curriculum and the various state-based curricula and syllabi do not clearly mandate the teaching of efficient keyboarding. Neither did the preexisting state based curricula that predated the current curricula. Typically the related outcomes and content descriptors describe keyboarding in generalities and not measurable dynamics. Consequentially most Australian teachers […]
Keyboarding and typing and the Victorian (Vic) Curriculum
The Victorian Curriculum F–10 sets out what every student should learn during their first eleven years of schooling. The curriculum is the common set of knowledge and skills required by students for life-long learning, social development and active and informed citizenship. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the […]
Learn to Touch Type
Learn Touch Typing with TypingTournament.com Touch typing is the ability to use muscle memory to find keys quickly using all ten fingers and without using the sense of sight. It is the same kind of skill piano players use. Being able to type correctly significantly improves typing speed and eliminates errors. Being able to […]
5 Ways To Increase Your Typing Speed
How to increase your typing speed Being able to type fast is a great skill to have especially when it comes to ongoing education and the work environment. Being able to quickly and accurately type up assignments, tests, documents, replies or articles, etc. will make your day go more smoothly […]
United States: CCSS keyboarding and typing skills
The United States Common Core State Standards form the basis for education in the USA with most States adopting them as their standard or in dissenting States, as a minimum. Keyboarding and typing specifically addressed The Common Core State Standards specifically address the matter of keyboarding skills with a general […]
Why Learn to Touch Type?
Typing is faster than writing When you can do it well, touch typing is the fastest way to write. Many years ago handwriting was the primary skill people used to communicate over distance but today most are now typing what they have to convey. Just like handwriting is a skill […]
Keyboarding and typing in the South Australian (SA) Curriculum
Schools in South Australia (SA) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing. For […]
Keyboarding and typing in the Western Australia (WA) Curriculum
Schools in Western Australia (WA) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing. For […]
Keyboarding and typing in the Tasmania (Tas) Curriculum
Schools in Tasmania (Tas) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing. For detailed […]
Keyboarding and typing in the Northern Territory (NT) Curriculum
Schools in he Northern Territory (NT) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch typing. […]
Improve your typing skills with Typing Tournament Online
Improve your typing skills with Typing Tournament Online Our new-generation typing tutor! Typing Tournament Online will help you learn to use your keyboard efficiently. It features a great range of typing games for children built on top of a highly developed didactic sequence known as our Multiple Progression Model. Children […]
Keyboarding and typing in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Curriculum
Schools in he Australian Capital Territory (ACT) follow the Australian Curriculum. The typing related content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum focus mostly on keyboard awareness. Underlying them is the assumption that students can type effectively. The assumption is that these outcomes are achieved through the teaching of touch […]
NAPLAN Online trials plagued with technical problems and poor keyboard skills
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter for The Age, writing on October 2nd 2016 said that the new Online NAPLAN tests have been seriously disrupted by power failures, freezing, browser issues and interrupted internet connections as well as other issues. The following excerpt from her article is instructive “They (NAPLAN trial schools) are […]
75% of Principals want to improve students’ typing for NAPLAN Online
The Australian Primary Principals Association survey reinforces the need for typing in preparation for NAPLAN Online. EdAlive is delighted to endorse the published findings of the Australian Primary Principals Association in its summary report: APPA NAPLAN Online Trial Survey. It indicated that in preparation for NAPLAN Online: 78.61% of Principals […]
All Australian states abandon online NAPLAN (2017) due to glitches
Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald on April 19th 2017 Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks published an article entitled: “All Australian states abandon online NAPLAN (2017) due to glitches“ Excerpts from the article are reproduced below: All Australian states and territories have now abandoned a trial of online NAPLAN tests during 2017 […]
Massive and growing use right around Australia.
There is massive use of Typing Tournament Online right around Australia. Here’s a typical usage map that gives the picture. Every morning our server goes into overload as kids around the continent sign in and start typing. The following statistics are instructive: 50,000,000 words typed in 6 months Over 220,000 student […]
Typing Tips Posters released
We have had many requests for posters to support the teaching of typing in the classroom. In response, we have made an initial release of 14 great posters that cover all kinds of issues relating to the teaching of typing. The series covers typing posture, Quirky QWERTY facts, the history […]
Class finds key to speed – Merbein P-10
THERE are some fast fingers at Merbein P-10 A Year 7 class was awarded third place in the Fastest in Victoria category of the Typing Tournament Quarter 1 Typing Challenge. After spending 15 minutes of each IT class learning to touch-type with the Typing Tournament online course, it never occurred […]
School’s typists are third fastest in NSW – Deniliquin Christian School
Deniliquin Christian School students have typed their way to success after claiming bronze in last term’s Typing Tournament. Hosted by educational published EdAlive, the school’s Year 8 students competed against more than 759 classes nation-wide to finish third in the ‘Fastest in NSW’ category. Their class typing average was more […]
Holiday Typing in Preparation for NAPLAN Online
The Typing Tournament Online staff would love to wish you a safe and happy Easter and Term 1, holiday break. We know this term has been very busy for your school and would like to thank you for your on-going support in the classroom, teaching typing skills to your students. […]
Typing Competitions : Typing Tournament And The World
Typing Challenge CONGRATULATIONS to all our Typing Challenge Winners for Term 1, 2018; you should be very proud of your results! The Typing Challenge was held between the 18th and 24th of March with over 1400 classes participating worldwide. This term, we have seen a number of records broken and […]
Give Your Students a Fresh Start in Term 2 : How to Clean Your Keyboard
Keyboards in schools get a lot of use – by a lot of different people! On top of this, students, especially young students, aren’t known for their cleanliness! In fact, some research shows keyboards to be dirtier than toilet seats! Coming into a new school term is a perfect time […]
Typing and Autism
People with autism often express that they feel misunderstood. Both academically and socially, typing can open up possibilities for communication. Typing is a form of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). This means it can be used as a form of non-verbal communication for people who are either unable or find […]
Just For Fun : Learning New Typing Skills
The school holidays are the perfect time to try and hone skills students don’t have time for in the school term. Whilst we at Ed Alive recommend the use of hands with Typing Tournament where possible, some people get creative with their typing skills! Vinod is currently the world’s fastest […]
NAPLAN Online 2018 and the future
We are approaching the time when the 2018 NAPLAN Online testing will be implemented. Thousands of students from the states and territories will be participating in a test which will measure student ability in: conventions of language, numeracy and reading. They will use a point-and-click interface to do so, which […]
Why NAPLAN Online will help educators re-examine the basics of ICT General Capabilities and the value of touch-typing
The overview of general capabilities as provided by ACARA is essentially just an overview. Like most of the capabilities it uses broad language in order to empower teachers to determine how capabilities are developed within their school’s particular context. Two or more different forms of work may achieve the same […]
Touch-Typing: Rote vs Integrated Learning or Rote and Integrated Learning?
As a pre-service teacher I have always found the arguments around different forms of teaching and learning to be highly frustrating. Authoritative and Egalitarian models of teaching are considered superior to Authoritarian even though we know that in some cases the Authoritarian approach may be the best due to factors […]
Just For Fun: Typing DNA
It sounds like science fiction but the program TypingDNA analyses a user’s manner of using a keyboard into an accurate identity verification. Whereas other authenticators might use methods such as a secret question, personal information or a mobile phone to confirm identity, TypingDNA verifies a user’s identity by using their […]
Tenacious Typists Win Gold!
The Year 7 Students from Cerdon College have been learning to master the skill of touch-typing. Cerdon College places great emphasis on ensuring its students “receive an education that equips them to take their place as citizens … beyond their formal school years”. The determination to see this promise through […]
Accessibility: Typing For Students With Visual Impairments
As technology becomes a larger part of our lives, it becomes more and more pertinent that technological skills are accessible for all. Typing is an important skill for work and for play in this modern age. Many students who are visually impaired rely on technology to assist in their learning […]
Typing Milestones: Over 250 000 000 Words Typed!
The Typing Tournament counter for words typed has broken 250 million! Well done to all our dedicated typists and teachers for being part of achieving this milestone. Your continued use of the program serves to improve words per minute and builds the vital life skill of touch typing. To […]
Typing Tournament would like to extend a huge welcome to our new Twin sister : Maths Invaders Online
Maths Invaders Online is packed full of highly innovative and motivational features shared with the massively successful Typing Tournament Online. They both interact with the EdAlive Central Teacher Management Module and Single Sign On systems making students and teachers feel instantly at home. Maths Invaders Online teach tables and maths […]
So You Think You Can Type?
It’s Competition time again! Has your school been participating in our Bi-Annual Typing competitions? Your next chance is coming up this Sunday (The 24th of June) ! Entry is open to all schools including those on free trials. If you don’t already have an account, it’s quick and easy to start […]
Challenge 1 – Finding time to teaching typing in a crowded curriculum
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 3-4 . Many teachers find that fitting just one more thing into the crowded school programme is difficult. In the case of teaching typing skills a little work […]
Challenge 2 – Developing a whole school approach
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 5 . Typing is a key life skill that should be acquired and developed longitudinally. Typing Tournament has been built to help teachers achieve the relevant keyboarding curriculum […]
Challenge 3 – Breaking bad habits and substituting good habits
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 6-9 . Most students come to Typing Tournament with well-established poor typing habits. Children as young as 2 regularly interact with iPads and as they grow the approach […]
Term 2 2018 Typing Challenge Winners Announced
Well done to all of the students who competed in the Term Two Typing Challenge last week and congratulations to all of our winners! View the Typing Challenge Leaderboard Print personalised Typing Challenge Certificates for your students by logging in and clicking on the print icon next to the Fastest […]
Challenge 4 – Keeping students’ eyes on the screen and not the keyboard
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 10 . To touch type correctly students must focus their eyes on the screen and not the keyboard; the prerequisite to this skill is the establishment of automaticity […]
Challenge 5 – Keeping the student results pure and relevant
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 11. Sometimes, a student’s recorded results may be fail to accurately reflect a student’s typing ability, or just be plain incorrect. Generally speaking, recorded results are wrong because: […]
How Fast Should Students Be Able To Type?
Are your students typing quickly enough? Many Typing Tournament Students attain speeds over 80 Words Per Minute. Make sure that the students at your school are not left behind hunting and pecking at 10 WPM! A recent analysis of the typing speeds being achieved by students using Typing Tournament Online […]
Good keyboarding and typing skills are critical for NAPLAN Online
It is highly likely that Typing Tournament Online boosts NAPLAN Online results The results for the first round of NAPLAN Online are in. For the 20% of Australian students who participated, it appears to have been a great success with 99.8% of students able to complete the online test. ACARA […]
The critical place of touch typing in literacy – Video interview
Catherine Oelhman – Literacy Teacher 18th October 2017. Catherine Oelhman: Literacy Teacher – Gifted and Talented Programme – St George Christian School, Sutherland, NSW, Australia. Graham East: Managing Director EdAlive. Transcript from the interview Catherine: I’m really interested in the process of children’s reading and writing. Writing incorporates so much now. […]
Challenge 6 – Maintaining motivation
The following information has been lifted and adapted from Ed Alive’s Typing Tournament – Guide to best classroom practice © 2018 Page 13. For many students learning to type is a challenging exercise. As with all poor habits It takes a lot of discipline for a student with bad typing […]
New! Galactic Campaign – Released!
We have just released the amazing Maths Invaders Online “Galactic Campaign” mastery learning system. It makes the challenging task of teaching maths so much easier and totally changes rate at which your students can progress. It channels students through 128 sequential Steps through 10 learning Zones from Year 1 to […]
Maths Invaders Online passes 1,000,000 questions answered!
Maths Invaders Online passed the 1,000,000 questions answered landmark at 11:05 am on Monday 6th August. This is astonishing growth as Maths Invaders Online was only released at the end of Term 2 2018! Feedback from teachers is really positive. They love the idea that the students do so much […]
Kids’ Drought Relief Typing Challenge – 9th to 16th September
Kids learn to touch type and help drought affected families at the same time! Many kids across Australia will be raising funds for drought relief by participating in the Term 3 Typing Tournament Online Typing Challenge. It’s free to participate and available to all schools right across Australia. Participation is […]
Colour by Numbers with Maths Invaders Online!
We love hearing about creative ways to use our products! Maths Invaders Online features the option to print out “Defender Level Awards”. Defender Level Awards are fun characters that are milestone markers for how many questions a student has answered. All “Defender Level Awards” unlocked by a student have the […]
Emmaville Kids Love Maths Invaders Online
Emmaville Central School – Friday 24th August 2018 Thanks to Ms Alicia Cubis from Emmaville Central School and the enthusiastic group of children who hosted our Managing Director, Graham East, for a Maths Invaders Online session last week. Graham is constantly visiting schools to learn more about the way kids […]
What Is Maths Invaders Online?
Maths Invaders Online : A multifaceted maths resource of unparalleled power The new Maths Invaders Online is a resource of unparalleled power and capacity for teachers of maths. It is concurrently: a tables/maths fact teaching environment a comprehensive mastery learning programme a massive Printable Maths Practice Worksheet Generator Its focus […]
Join EdAlive on Instagram!
Attention all teachers, school staff , students , home school parents and general EdAlive Fans we now have an Instagram! If you’ve got any fun memes or simply want to chat to us follow or contact us at : edalive_onlinelearning https://www.instagram.com/edalive_onlinelearning
Winners are Grinners: Richmond Primary School places First in Typing Challenge!
Our touch typing program Typing Tournament hosts a competition each Australian term called “Typing Challenge”. Every week, the Typing Tournament Leaderboard calculates and displays in rank order, the average speed and total words typed for each class broken down by country, state and age group. Quarterly we run a Typing Challenge […]
Maths Invaders Online : New Enhancements
The new Maths Invaders Online is built on the rich, multi-award-winning pedigree of the original Ultimate Maths Invaders CD Edition. It has been substantially upgraded and transformed to create a hugely powerful mastery learning system and flexible tables tutor! Maths Invaders Online is a total transformation of the old: […]
Spring Has Sprung!
The Typing Tournament Online staff would love to wish all our Australian Users a safe and happy Term 3, holiday break. We know this term has been very busy for your school and would like to thank you for your on-going support in the classroom, teaching typing skills to your […]
Reviews of Maths Invaders
Teacher Reviews “Maths Invaders is a game children will enjoy as a means of improving maths skills, a boon to busy teachers and a well-constructed programme of arithmetical skills for home use.” Ken Docksey, Teacher, ICT Coordinator & Assistant Principal, Sandon Primary School “We have been using and recommending Maths […]
EdAlive Central
TypingTournament is now hosted by EdAlive Central! If you haven’t already checked it out visit : https://central.edalive.com/library and see how it looks! EdAliveCentral: Powering and unifying EdAlive titles. EdAlive Central is a modularised student, teacher, class, school and parent subscription management system that supplies services to our growing range of EdAlive online […]
EdAlive Central : New and Improved
SSO (Single Sign On) EdAlive Central creates one record for each student with a user name and password. Students can use this one set of credentials to sign into any licensed EdAlive web app linked to EdAlive Central. Integrates with Office 365/Azure, Google, Facebook and SAML Single Sign On systems […]
Big Plans for EdAlive Central!
About EdAlive Central EdAlive Central is a ground-breaking system that simplifies access for students and teachers and unifies the EdAlive suite of online learning web apps. EdAlive Central provisions and powers these services with innovative solutions that make learning fun and easy. Its integrated design makes it easy for teachers […]
Announcing the inaugural Maths Invaders Online : Maths Challenge!
The sister Program to Maths Invaders: Typing Tournament has held a quarterly competition since it’s inception in 2016. Now following in Typing Tournament’s footsteps Term 4 , 2018 brings with it the first Maths Challenge! Announcing the inaugural Maths Invaders Online Maths Challenge! The Maths Invaders Online Maths Challenge is […]
Graham East Heads North
Our CEO, Graham East, recently travelled from our humble home in Armidale, New South Wales to visit various Queensland schools to obtain staff and student feedback about Maths Invaders Online. During these visits Graham observed classes from Eight Mile Plains State School, Nambour Christian College, Ormeau State School, Redlands College […]
Maths Invaders follows Typing Tournament with it’s Inaugural Online Challenge
Has your school been participating in our once a Term Typing competitions? Your next chance is coming up 25th Nov – 1st Dec ! Entry is open to all schools including those on free trials! If you don’t already have an account, it’s quick and easy to start one now…. […]
EdAlive Central
SSO (Single Sign On) EdAlive Central creates one record for each student with a user name and password. Students can use this one set of credentials to sign into any licensed EdAlive web app linked to EdAlive Central. Integrates with Office 365/Azure, Google, Facebook and SAML Single Sign On systems […]
Interviewing Members of the Typing Tournament Kingdom
Name : Lumber, Jack Occupation : See Above. How Many Words per minute can you do?: 6wpm Name : *Dragon roars* Occupation : *Gestures towards treasure horde* How Many Words per minute can you do?: *Hold up six fingers* Name : B.Ware Occupation : I sell goods. How Many […]
Keyboard shortcut “hacks”
The humble keyboard is a fixture in many people’s everyday lives whether it be at school or work, however many people are not aware of the numerous useful shortcuts out there. Scrolling using the space bar : Hitting the space bar will scroll down the page for you whilst tapping shift […]
Announcing “Space Rescue”, the new Maths Invaders Online real-time interactive game
Announcing “Space Rescue”, the new Maths Invaders Online real-time interactive game The revolutionary interactive multiplayer Space Rescue game is fully integrated with Maths Invaders Online. Space Rescue breaks new ground in educational design. It harnesses its own real-time game server to deliver dynamic gaming in a fully-featured online learning system. […]
Hear ye, hear ye – all Villagers are here by invited to participate in the Quarterly Typing Challenge!
Maths Invaders Online has undertaken it’s first competition but that does not mean there’s any time for rest in the Typing Tournament village! It’s Competition time again! Has your school been participating in our once a Term Typing competitions? Your next chance is coming up this Sunday (The 25th of November)! Entry is […]
Maths Challenge Winners announced & Typing Challenge is just around the corner!
Well done to all of the students who competed in the Term Four Maths Challenge last week and congratulations to all of our winners! View the Maths Challenge Leaderboard Print personalised Maths Challenge Certificates for your students by logging in and clicking on the print icon next to the class […]
Typing Tournament : Typing Challenge Winners
Well done to all of the students who competed in the Term Four Typing Challenge last week and congratulations to all of our winners! Term 4 has certainly gone out with a bang! View the Typing Challenge Leaderboard Print personalised Typing Challenge Certificates for your students by logging in and […]
Mackay West State School takes yet another prize!
Teacher, Rebecca Williams and class 5A from Mackay West State School have been doing extremely well in the Typing Challenge Competitions in 2018! The EdAlive team noticed and decided to reach out. Ms Williams was kind enough to give us a statement about their success. “In 5A at Mackay West State […]
Future Innovators Type to Victory at Kawana Waters State College
Meet the Future Innovators The Year 9 Future Innovators class FIN092A (a group of about 20 students) at Kawana Waters State College has been using Typing Tournament since Grade 7 their Digital Solutions classes and it has well prepared them. However, some of the students, who joined Future Innovators this […]
Term 4 Break!
The Typing Tournament Online staff would love to wish all our Users a safe and happy Term 4, holiday break! We know this term has been very busy for your school and would like to thank you for your on-going support in the classroom, teaching typing skills to your students. […]
Typing Tournament Online passes 400,000,000 words typed!
Students across Australia are gearing up for NAPLAN Online 2019. Schools across the nation are doubling down on the process of teaching students to type as they know that when typing becomes automatic students are more able to focus on academic expression and will perform better in NAPLAN. Aussie students […]
Maths Invaders Builds Maths Fluency
It’s fun, flexible and focused on quickly and painlessly developing maths fluency and recall of essential math facts from times tables to square roots and beyond! Save the planet from waves of descending maths questions! From a home-school perspective Maths Invaders Online is a great tool to get your kids […]
Helping Home Schoolers with Maths Invaders Online
The key to any good resource for home schoolers is usability, accessibility and ease. For students in the school system there is a wide array of options set out for them. For home schoolers, this set of options can sometimes be limited. With Maths Invaders Online we have worked to […]
Save the day with Space Rescue!
In late 2018, EdAlive premiered our new multiplayer maths game Space Rescue. This game has students verse each other and/or computers to locate spaceships. Set on a grid, students complete maths questions at their adapted level and select a tile it to find ship parts. Be careful though as finding […]
Maths is Fun with Galactic Campaign!
Ever been doing your maths homework and wondered “how could anyone think Maths is fun?” Well you’re not alone, but with Galactic Campaign from Maths Invaders Online you’ll find that maths can be fun. Set in space you need to save the planet from waves of descending maths questions. Only the correct […]
Cool Maths Games In Maths Invaders Online!
Ever wanted to play some cool maths games with your friends and didn’t know where to start? Well look no further because Maths Invaders Online has it all! Maths Invaders Online is the cool new educational program created by EdAlive. Set in space, you are a space defender who has […]
SACE (South Australian Certificate of Education) Electronic Exam and typing
A new online exam for South Australian students The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) is a modern, internationally-recognised secondary school qualification designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and personal capabilities to successfully participate in our fast-paced global society. In 2018 the South Australian Department of Education introduced […]
Articles by teachers and Principals re the need for Typing
Teachers and Principals often refer to the need for typing skills. Willeton Senior High School “The English department has started teaching touch typing to their lower school classes in an effort to improve speed and accuracy of typing skills” Forrestdale Primary School “Touch typing skills have become important for children […]
WACE Requirements
The Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) The WACE is awarded to senior secondary school students who satisfy its requirements. Achievement of a WACE signifies that a student has successfully met the breadth and depth standard, the achievement standard and the literacy and numeracy standard in their senior secondary schooling. […]
75% of Principals want to improve students’ typing skills
Results of the Primary Principals Association NAPLAN Online Survey EdAlive is delighted to endorse the published findings of the Australian Primary Principals Association in its summary report: APPA NAPLAN Online Trial Survey. It indicated that in preparation for NAPLAN Online: 78.61% of Principals want to increase teaching time allocated to […]
Mooted standards based test for VCE
VCE students to face minimum literacy, numeracy standards under proposed shake-up Victorian students could face another test in order to finish secondary school, with the State Government considering introducing minimum standards for literacy and numeracy. Education Minister James Merlino has asked the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) to review […]
Australian Standard – Keyboarding Speed Tests AS 2708-2001
The Typing Standard drives Typing Tournament Online. Since the invention of the typewriter in the 1850s the race has been on for typists to type quickly and accurately. To judge the actual speed and accuracy of typist there has long been a need for an impartial umpire. This needs is […]
Term 4 2019 Maths Challenge Winners
Well done to all of the students who competed in the Term Four Maths Challenge last week and congratulations to all of our winners! Under 8’s 1E, South Melbourne Primary School, VIC 2R, Smithfield West Public School, NSW 1/2W, Emu Park State School, QLD Under 10’s 3/4KD, St Margaret Marys […]
Team Australia and EdAlive. We are here for the kids of our country.
When the Prime Minister declared on Monday night 30th March 2020 that in the face of the Coronavirus Pandemic that this was a “Team Australia moment” I applauded. He had just announced over $130 billion dollars in subsidies to keep Australians in jobs. He is right. In difficult times Australians […]
Coronavirus eLearning Help
The EdAlive team are here to assist Automated Adaptive Learning websites. Ideal for disrupted times. 35 years of experience. Unprecedented times In a matter of weeks, the Coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption to education around the world. Here in Australia is clear is that there will be major disruption to […]
Teaching my kids at home with EdAlive Central
My social media feed has been full of useful learning-from-home resources, photos of children happily being taught by smiling parents and fun stories about alternative learning options – baking to learn fractions, for example. So I decided that it was time for our family to adhere to social distancing recommendations […]
Join over 40,000 Students Online Learning Every day!
With the increasing pressure for school’s to provide online learning resources in the wake of Covid-19, usage of EdAlive Central has surged. Providing students with comprehensive learning in Mathematics, Touch Typing and Literacy, it is not hard to see why. Why Online Learning? With the changes and uncertainty facing […]
Teach the basics in the Covid Crisis
COVID Crisis parents only need focus on teaching the basics as they struggle with their new roles as teachers in their own homes. As parents struggle to balance jobs, working from home and their newly acquired role of home schooling, Sarah Mitchell, the NSW Education Minister has urged parents not […]
Research Underpins Development of All EdAlive Central Websites
EdAlive is committed to educational design directed and validated by research. Ongoing development of our products follows evidence-based best practice. 3 new EdAlive Central powered websites released in 2020 Using this approach EdAlive has launched three exciting new EdAlive Central powered online learning websites during 2020: Words Rock Online, Baggin’ […]
Typing games have never been so important
Typing games as a kid It was 1990 when I first learned how to type, the same year that my father was laid off from an office job. Kindly told that it was to allow him to enjoy his ‘twilight years’, the reality behind it was employing someone younger, cheaper […]
EdAlive School Installable and CD-based Software is now “End of Life”, but this is not the end of the story!
EdAlive CD and installable software is “End of Life” We last updated our famous EdAlive software titles back in 2010 when Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6 were around. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of students have used this software on their school servers and networks including titles like […]
Mammoth 50,000,000 Words Typed Milestone Reached
We had a Typing Tournament office celebration today to mark the occasion of 50,000,000 words typed! Most of them have been tapped out by Australian students in the 6 months from October 2016. This is a massive achievement both for the school community and our team. It reflects the high […]
All New Student Motivation System
Our research has indicated that when learning to type students must engage in the process for sufficient time to build the required kinetic memory. All typing tutors struggle with the motivational challenge. Typing Tournament Online already uses a large range of effective motivators to keep students engaged but we believed […]
Now Over 100 MILLION Words Typed!
It feels almost like only yesterday we were celebrating a number half this big! Yet, now here we celebrating the incredible milestone of over 100,000,000 words typed by our amazing students. Most of them have been tapped out by Australian students in the 9 months from October 2016. This is […]
Wow! Now over 200 MILLION Words Typed!
The Typing Challenge for Term 1 of 2018 has seen multiple milestones broken. Before the challenge even started, the counter for words typed broke 200 million. The Monday of the challenge had the highest usage for any Monday since inception. The Tuesday had the highest usage ever recorded for a […]
Meet The Characters of Maths Invaders Online
Hazel – Hazel is generally friendly towards others but ruthless against those that want to hurt her or the fellow inhabitants of the Cumulus Nebula. Hazel is the current Guardian of Zone 1 and leads you into your Maths Invaders Adventure! Talon – Talon is a bird like alien whose […]
