Author Topic: Free learning resources for you and your kids during the pandemic. (Read 28,790 times)

KynloStephen66515 · « **on:** March 21, 2020, 03:45 PM »

Rosetta Stone (Language Learning) free for Students during the C19 issue.

Note: This actually works for everybody - it doesn't even confirm your email address or school, so if you have been wanting to learn a new language and/or check out Rosetta Stone, now is your chance to do so (Account is valid for 3 months...unknown what happens after that time)

Note 2: This also gives you full access to the Android (and iOS one if that have it) App so you can learn on the go!

https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/

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For anybody trying to keep their kids amused whilst all the schools are closed for the foreseeable future (and, anybody learning languages or just likes audiobooks), Audible just opened a LOT of books to everybody, for free...no login, no credit cards, no messing around...just click..look...listen!

Note: This is mainly children's stories, but there are also classic literature ones and there are books available in multiple languages.

https://stories.audible.com/discovery

If anybody else finds some great resources, feel free to post them in here!

panzer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2020, 04:46 PM »

Cambridge made their textbooks free for everybody, but they hade to remove free access (at least temporarily) because of high demand and misuse:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks

"... So today, we’re very proud to announce the launch of a new Redgate Coding Club. Aimed at children aged 6 to 14, we’ll host free online workshops every Friday teaching the basics of computing ...":
https://medium.com/ingeniouslysimple/launching-our-redgate-coding-club-for-kids-fdc29b715d04

"... To support our institutions during this challenging time, JSTOR and our participating publishers are making an expanded set of content freely available to our participating institutions where students have been displaced due to COVID-19 ...":
https://about.jstor.org/covid19/

Deozaan · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2020, 05:40 PM »

If you wanted to learn how to use the Unity game engine, they've made their Unity Learn Premium free for all for the next ~3 months:

https://learn.unity.com/

panzer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2020, 04:50 PM »

https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/

app103 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2020, 12:11 PM »

SitePoint has decided to give all Australian students/educators (with an email that ends in .edu.au) a free premium membership until Jan 2021. https://go.sitepoint.com/t/ViewEmail/y/7C44EBBCDE7C854F

Disclosure: I work for SitePoint but they have not compensated me nor encouraged me in any way to make this post.

panzer · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2020, 08:35 AM »

Cybersecurity Activity Book for Kids:
https://www.balbix.com/resources/kids-cybersecurity-activity-book/

panzer · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2020, 02:43 PM »

Python for non-programmers:
https://store.lerner.co.il/python-for-non-programmers-live

mwb1100 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:03 AM »

Pluralsight is offering its courses free for the month of April.

panzer · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:22 AM »

Pluralsight and Oracle have partnered to provide you with free access to Oracle Cloud courses (free for one year):
https://www.pluralsight.com/partners/oracle

panzer · « **Reply #9 on:** April 03, 2020, 03:55 PM »

Exo’s Retro Learning Pack:
https://exorlp.xyz/

panzer · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2020, 04:05 PM »

https://www.hoppersroppers.org/bootcamp.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/courseSecurity.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/courseCTF.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/course.html

panzer · « **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2020, 10:00 AM »

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/freely-accessible-textbook-initiative-for-educators-and-students/17858180 (free until July 30th)
https://github.com/alexgand/springer_free_books/blob/master/README.MD
https://uploadfiles.io/ih7dx11o

panzer · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2020, 11:01 AM »

Safety and Cybersecurity at Home 101:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EOcDUDAIQHSthpZdLOCn0Q

Deozaan · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2020, 03:27 PM »

Quote from: panzer on March 24, 2020, 04:50 PM

https://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/

Quote from: panzer on April 03, 2020, 04:05 PM

https://www.hoppersroppers.org/bootcamp.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/courseSecurity.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/courseCTF.html
https://www.hoppersroppers.org/course.html

Quote from: panzer on April 06, 2020, 10:00 AM

https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/freely-accessible-textbook-initiative-for-educators-and-students/17858180 (free until July 30th)
https://github.com/alexgand/springer_free_books/blob/master/README.MD
https://uploadfiles.io/ih7dx11o

A list of bare links isn't very helpful. Please include a short description of each of your links so we have an idea of what we might be clicking on.

wraith808 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2020, 06:03 PM »

agreed

panzer · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2020, 06:07 PM »

Crybabies

Amazon supports free computer science during COVID-19:
https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/free-courses

Deozaan · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2020, 06:30 PM »

Quote from: panzer on April 06, 2020, 06:07 PM

Amazon supports free computer science during COVID-19:
https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/free-courses

Thank you.

panzer · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2020, 06:42 PM »

You are welcome.

panzer · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2020, 07:28 PM »

Codekeep - curated collection of resources offered for free during this COVID-19 crisis:
https://resources.codekeep.io/

Another collection:
https://github.com/yusra-haider/Give_Back_COVID19/blob/master/README.md

panzer · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2020, 08:24 PM »

"... Before school closures, our Treehouse (after-school virtual reality clubs) have been very well received.

Clubs have included getting children to virtually kayak down rivers to learn about how they develop and to explore volcanoes to discover more about their geology.

Given the current pressures on schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we have decided to now teach these lessons virtually ...":
https://www.trekview.org/blog/2020/treehouse-academy-emergency-timetable/

panzer · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2020, 01:44 PM »

"... In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to catalog such resources in a single location and to highlight titles of particular interest ...":
https://www.publicbooks.org/public-books-database/

panzer · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:01 PM »

Free music lessons for 3 months:
https://try.fender.com/play/playthrough/
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1116032929?mt=8

panzer · « **Reply #22 on:** April 07, 2020, 02:55 PM »

This book is an introduction to programming in C, and system programming (processes, threads, synchronization, networking and more:
http://cs241.cs.illinois.edu/coursebook/index.html

panzer · « **Reply #23 on:** April 07, 2020, 07:53 PM »

Free cybersecurity:
https://blueteamblog.com/free-cybersecurity-training-and-certifications-april-2020

panzer · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2020, 04:08 PM »

Free Security Tools, Resources Offered During Coronavirus Outbreak:
https://www.securityweek.com/free-security-tools-resources-offered-during-coronavirus-outbreak