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In this issue we learn how to learn (🤔) as well as learn editorial illustration, practice kata for coding, breed pigeons, make a robot and an interactive game, and more.
Let's dive in!
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My name is Naveera Ashraf , and I write and research this zine. I am a homeschooling mom, self taught developer, (I make web apps, bots, and eLearning content) and founder of Creative Melon.
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🎨 Editorial Illustration, From Drawing to Photoshop
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Editorial illustration is an illustration created to better express an idea from the text, usually used in a book, magazine, newspaper, or web resources. You can learn how to transform a written article into an editorial illustration with this Udemy course.
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⚡ Become a Google Search Power User
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Power Searching With Google makes it amazingly easy to find information. Learn about the powerful advanced tools that are on the Internet to help you become an advanced power searcher with this free MOOC (open course).
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🕵️♂️ Play Crime City (or make your own)
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Crime City is a fun board game which is played on a hand-drawn city map. The demo of the game can also be played online as an interactive map. Or create your own game based on interactive image map, like Crime City, by creating map tiles from your image using a JavaScript library - Leaflet.js
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Learn how to learn with one of the most viewed MOOC. You will learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. You will also learn about illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.
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Are you learning programming? Codewars is a superb way to sharpen your programming skills or expand the understanding of a new programming language. Once you sign up you will have to solve short programming challenges (kata) which get more and more challenging as you progress. You can also compare your solution with others after each kata for greater understanding. Or discuss the kata, best practices, and innovative techniques with the community.
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Learn the basics of genetics by breeding pigeons in Pigeonetics. This charming game teaches the fundamentals of genetics and inheritance in a very fun and interactive way. After playing the game learn more about pigeon genetics here.
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🤖 Build your first robot with Micro:bit
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If you're bored stuck at home, why not create a little microbit robot as a first project or educational device to learn about robotics and programming. Read this guide to create the duck robot in the picture above.
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That's it for this issue. See you in next month.
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