New language, Computer coding and more GIMP!

I have been very busy today- Dad found new homeschooling websites for me to study on! First, Dad found a site called Duolingo- a site that teaches languages for free! I checked it out and set up my account, and I really enjoy it! I am currently taking French and can already say a couple of things. The exercises are simple and fun but still teach basic French. It has actually become my favorite school subject! You can try duolingo here: www.duolingo.com 

But Dad's creativity in teaching me didn't end here. He also found me a site called code academy to teach me- you guessed it, computer programming! At first, I flipped out because I thought that he was giving me the course that he himself had trouble with. However, I was wrong- code academy starts you off with the most BASIC encoding, and works you up slowly. Much like duolingo, it has simple exercises that educate you JUST enough to not annoy you. Try out codeacademy here: www.codeacademy.com 

And finally, on top of all that, I had another assignment due for my GIMP class. You had to edit a photo and add text into it. Here is what I came up with:

Well, that draws this post to a close....

Til' Tomorrow,
Maddie

New Online Course!

I started a new course today! It is called Energy 101, and it's being taught by Sam Shelton from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Both Dad and I are signed up and taking the class. I haven't done the first lecture yet, but Dad has and says it is good. It sounds like it will be an interesting class- if you'd like to check it out and give it a try, click here. 

Other than that, things are going better today. I got up early and intend to get my work done early again, despite being a bit delayed by an Avast update when I woke up. But now I am working. My workload changed this year- I am now doing 2 math, 3 Absolute Animals, 1 Think a Thought, and 1 Mineral per day. Well, and now I guess I will be doing 3 lectures per day too. This course seems very easy- I believe every week there are seven 10-minute lectures. There are then seven 5-question quizzes (one for each lecture) and some easy reading.

I hope that my readers will at a minimum click the link and read about the course- and if you aren't interested, take a look at some of the other coursera classes and see if there IS something you are interested in. All of the courses are free to take and really are not that time consuming.

Maddie