Learn To Code

Coding. A topic that is avoided by many. Why? Probably because it seems like an impossible and unreachable goal to attain. It is a difficult skill, but if you have the purpose to learn to code, there’s no better time than now. There are an abundance of free resources and tools, all of which are available online. Sure you could take some courses on the topic at a nearby community college, and you might still want to. However, if you’re on a budget, have limited time or just simply want an additional source of quality education, these websites can be a tremendous help.


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Wonderopolis: A Digital Platform for Learning, Awe and Wonder

5 Great YouTube Videos To Learn About Real Japanese Culture

Japan has always been considered a bit weird when it comes to Japanese culture. On the one hand, Western TV would have you believe Ultimate Warrior and Human Tetris are like the Japanese Olympics, up there with classic cultural icons like ninjas and Samurai. On the other you have the Japan-obsessed who believe every anime has artistic merit and nothing is more beautiful than white-faced geisha.


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7 Free Resources To Learn About Sound Engineering

If you’re a geek who’s also a bit of a musician, you’ve probably occasionally thought about using your own equipment to record and produce CDs. I mean, you’ve got the microphones, a decent computer, a sound editing program like Audacity and various other useful tools. What’s stopping you from making your own demo CD? Well, that could possibly be a good understanding of sound engineering, music recording and music production. Because, deep down you know that without getting these things at least halfway right, your demo CD will sound rotten and no-one will want to have you in their venue.


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Top 10 Highly-Desired Skills You Can Teach Yourself

On countless occasions, you've likely said to yourself "I wish I knew how to do ______." Then, of course, life got in the way and you put it off until you could find the time. Maybe you wanted to become fluent in a language, learn a new instrument, start performing your house repairs, or a master a myriad of other skills. With the vast amount of knowledge online, you're now your only excuse. Here are the top ten most highly desired skills that you can teach yourself—and should.


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Skillshare Says Anyone Can Be A Teacher

Raise your hand if the classes you took in college got you so excited that you couldn’t wait to share the knowledge you gained with others and keep coming back for more. Ok, hands down. Now raise your hands if you wish you could learn something useful for your career or want to pick up a new hobby but don’t know where to start. Skillshare wants to help by letting anyone become a teacher and share what they’re passionate about.

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SnappSchool Connects Parents With Classrooms

A startup called SnappSchool is compiling a weekly rundown of the Kindergarten to 6th-grade math curriculum — for parents.

The idea is that if parents understand more about what and how their children are learning, they can better support their children’s education.


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Beginners guide to Linux

It's that time of year again, when lots of people set resolutions for themselves, trying to break bad habits and form a few good ones.

Many aim to start exercising more or eat less junk food, but here at LXF towers, we think you should consider trying a new operating system.


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Taking Free Classes & Courses At iTunes U

At Apple’s recent live event at the Guggenheim in New York to launch its most recent application,iBooks Author, the company also used the occasion to introduce another education related iOS 5 app and iTunes service called iTunes U.


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Apple’s iTunes U Offers Full Courses For Free

Apple has launched a whole new version of iTunes U, now available on both the iPhone and iPad.iTunes U is Apple’s take on education, and provides entire courses from different universities, colleges, and other facilities from around the world.


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Apple Revolutionizes Learning And Studying Through Textbooks

Learn to Code in 2012 with Free Weekly Programming Lessons

If learning to code is one of your goals or New Year's resolutions, then Code Year is a program for you. The initiative, provided by previously mentioned webapp Codecademy will email you free interactive programming lessons each week.



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MIT Announces Platform for Free Online Courses

MIT is planning to launch an open platform for free online classes, complete with certification for those who demonstrate mastery of their topics.

The university announced “MITx” on Monday, though it doesn’t plan to launch the experimental prototype version of the platform until Spring 2012.


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Best Laptops For College Students

Finding the best laptop for college students is not an easy task because as a student you want to purchase a laptop which is not only productive, portable and stylish but also available to you at a cheaper price. At the same time students also want to have fun time and they usually do so by playing games and watching movies on their gadgets.




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Best Sites To Rent Or Buy College TextBooks Cheaply

The reason for my ire is that we didn’t have websites which told us where to find (rent or buy) cheap college textbooks. But today’s generation just has to type in a URL and hey presto, there are more than a dozen sites plying cheap textbooks for sale or rent.




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Tools to help you learn a foreign language

"With globalization comes the need for multilingualism, and speaking multiple languages helps bridge linguistic and cultural divides which are the last remaining barriers in creating the global village McLuhan envisaged. But if you were born as a native English speaker, there’s a good chance you’re monolingual, a fact that rears its head whenever you travel the world or simply go on a two-week break to the Mediterranean. "

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Showcase Of Beautiful University Websites

"What makes an effective university website then? It should provide great user experiences such as smooth user interactivity, attractive design, informative content and ease of use. Among these requirements, website’s design is what initially captures the user’s attention and attracts them to explore the institution’s offerings."

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Organize An Offline Class With Skillshare

"Skillshare, which launched in April, is a marketplace for offline classes. Anyone can sell tickets for a class. Karnjanaprakorn’s poker class was one of the first to go up on the site, but since then more than 100 people have hosted classes on everything from “Crocheted Wire Jewelry Made Easy” to “How to Invest Your First $10,000“."

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Free E-Books on Learning Objective-C, the Programming Language of iOS and OSX

"Want to write apps for OSX, the iPhone or the iPad? You can learn JavaScript and use a frameworks like PhoneGap or Titanium. Or you can learn the official language of Apple operating systems: Objective-C. The debate over whether to build mobile apps in JavaScript or Objective-C is beyond the scope of this blog post. But if you want to learn Objective-C, these resources will get you started."

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How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education

"As connection speeds increase and the ubiquity of the Internet pervades, digital content reigns. And in this era, free education has never been so accessible. The Web gives lifelong learners the tools to become autodidacts, eschewing exorbitant tuition and joining the ranks of other self-taught great thinkers in history such as Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Allen and Ernest Hemingway."

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