http://academycaritas.org Lifelong Learning with Katie & Cyn Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:15:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= AcademyCaritashttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/uAxGVuRxiFE/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/30/free-courses-online/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:06:49 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=115 I’ve been looking into online education lately, beyond my experiment with learning programming (which is still ongoing). These are some of the resources I’ve identified. They’re all free, although you don’t get college credit for the courses. Coursera — courses taught by instructors various top universities. Khan Academy — video courses on every topic under [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/30/free-courses-online/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/30/free-courses-online/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/DXpyDoOp0Sc/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/14/learning-to-code-part-5/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:40:30 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=112 I just can’t stay away from CodeAcademy. I went back and finished the Web Fundamentals course. I had been waiting because there’s JavaScript involved in the last few assignments, but it turns out I was able to do those without finishing the JavaScript courses. I feel all warm and fuzzy now. It’s good that I [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/14/learning-to-code-part-5/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/14/learning-to-code-part-5/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/1g_GC5uY1bk/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/13/learning-to-code-part-4/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:38:49 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=109 After looking around at the Q&A forums at CodeAcademy and finding that most of the other beginners are as lost as I am, I’ve decided that maybe I’m stuck on the current lesson because the author just isn’t very good, rather than because I can’t understand the content. A friend has offered to write up [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/13/learning-to-code-part-4/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/13/learning-to-code-part-4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/G2AsOI3t06g/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/12/learning-to-code-part-3/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:52:32 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=107 I got a response from CodeAcademy acknowledging that the problem I experienced was on their end. They gave me some code that would let me get past that lesson, but it contained a variable that wasn’t mentioned in the lesson. That’s frustrating, and I don’t know that they’ve fixed it for everyone else yet. At [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/12/learning-to-code-part-3/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/12/learning-to-code-part-3/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/zfZnXjQoU6Q/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/09/learning-to-code-part-2/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:14:28 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=103 I’m still exploring CodeAcademy, which has proven to be a very interesting site. I made it through their JavaScript Fundamentals and found that I wanted to know more, so I started on their Code Year project, which picks up right after that with JavaScript Conditionals. Unfortunately, I seem to have hit a buggy lesson on [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/09/learning-to-code-part-2/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/09/learning-to-code-part-2/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/Ico9Zlb_Z4E/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/08/learning-to-code-part-1/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:22:54 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=101 I’ve decided that I want to learn basic programming, and I’ve decided to document my journey here. I already know basic HTML and some CSS. I don’t (yet) know HTML 5, but that’s going to be part of my eventual curriculum. I want to learn programming, though, not just freshen my web creation skills. I [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/08/learning-to-code-part-1/feed/ 2 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/08/learning-to-code-part-1/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/eWx6OmBKgNw/ http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/04/lifelong-learning/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:24:56 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=99 Now that Katie is in college, I plan to use this site to continue talking about home learning, but to change its focus to learning at any age. I’m open to posts from guest bloggers with something to say about homeschooling or lifelong learning, as well. If you’re interested, please contact me through the contact [...] http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/04/lifelong-learning/feed/ 0 http://academycaritas.org/2012/07/04/lifelong-learning/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/aLzDeDGCTDw/ http://academycaritas.org/2008/09/25/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:16:25 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/?p=36 I adore LifeHacker. They have a sweet list of free online college courses! http://academycaritas.org/2008/09/25/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online/feed/ 0 http://academycaritas.org/2008/09/25/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/2ExlvhRLLS8/ http://academycaritas.org/2008/03/02/online-courses-not-for-everyone/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:34:51 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/2008/03/02/online-courses-not-for-everyone/ It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that education is not a “one size fits all” endeavor, online or elsewhere. This bit about learning styles, however, did surprise me: “Correlations between learning styles and success in distance education have shown to be inconclusive,” Strickland1 said. “However, one common theme reappears: the successful traits of a distance [...] http://academycaritas.org/2008/03/02/online-courses-not-for-everyone/feed/ 10 http://academycaritas.org/2008/03/02/online-courses-not-for-everyone/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AcademyCaritas/~3/mn3chiJQZRA/ http://academycaritas.org/2008/01/19/homeschooling-high-school-in-college/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:53:55 +0000 Cyn http://academycaritas.org/2008/01/19/homeschooling-high-school-in-college/ It’s be SO long since I updated things here! Not that I think anybody really missed me, but still, I should have kept it up a bit better. Katie tried attending a good high school near us, and loved it. She got great grades, was chosen to work on the yearbook (it’s a very competitive [...] http://academycaritas.org/2008/01/19/homeschooling-high-school-in-college/feed/ 1 http://academycaritas.org/2008/01/19/homeschooling-high-school-in-college/