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Start. “Let me Google that for you”. Step 1 to learning anything about anything on the internet. The Internet as a Learning Tool.

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  2. “Let me Google that for you” Step 1 to learning anything about anything on the internet.

  3. The Internet as a Learning Tool • “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” • -Robert A. Heinlein, Science Fiction Writer (Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)

  4. Why this topic? • Inspired by: http://lmgtfy.com/ • My pet peeve about questions • Independent learning and exposure to contemporary conversations. • Foster learning out of interest, finding what you like, and being able to learn it easily and at minimal financial cost.

  5. How this works • This post will contain lots of URLs to resources I mention. You don't have to write them down. I will post this presentation online at richardbarcus.com. • Presentation will last about 20 minutes. • The rest is Q&A

  6. Safe Internet Usage They don't steal your bank passwords, they steal your Iheartpetfrisbees.com account. • Use different passwords, remember one. • http://keepass.info/ • https://lastpass.com/ • If you're using a wireless network, consider a VPN service. (not free) • https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

  7. Smarter searching • Ask simple questions • Copy and paste what you don't understand • Use [keywords], like [weather] greensboro • Use Search Operators like “” , site: , - , $50..$100 , and * • Use the OR operator `

  8. No penalty for failure • Most of these services do not require any software install • Most of these services are free • No one judges on your achievements unless it's a social / competitive service. • If it's leasure learning, don't quit because it's hard. Quit because you don't enjoy it.

  9. Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ Wikiversity https://en.wikiversity.org (Part of the Wikimedia Foundation)

  10. Blender 3D Animation http://www.blender.org/ (With lots of tutorials) Gimp Image Editing http://www.gimp.org/ GNU Image Manipulation Program Audacity Free Multi-Track Audio Editor http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

  11. Anki Community Flash Cards http://ankisrs.net/ Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/ Internet Polygot http://www.internetpolyglot.com/ Language Flashcards

  12. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ Sitepoint http://www.sitepoint.com/ Web Dev Magazine Nettuts+ http://hub.tutsplus.com/ Web Dev Tutorials and articles

  13. Codeacademy http://www.codecademy.com/ Learn to code Python Programming Language https://www.python.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ Php Programming Language http://www.php.net/ Google Dart https://www.dartlang.org/ Ruby on Rails Open Vi Improved http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/ http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/

  14. Fedora Linux https://fedoraproject.org/ Ubuntu Linux http://www.ubuntu.com/ Oracle Virtual Box https://www.virtualbox.org/ Virtual Machine Software CentOS Linux http://www.centos.org/ Explain Shell http://explainshell.com/ Stack Overflow http://stackoverflow.com/

  15. Allrecipies http://allrecipes.com/ W3C Schools http://www.w3schools.com/ Meetup http://www.meetup.com/ Asana Project Management https://asana.com/ Project Guttenbery http://www.gutenberg.org/ Free eBooks Cheese http://www.cheese.com/

  16. Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/ MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Coursera Classes https://www.coursera.org/

  17. The End // Thank you

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