(Free) Educational /Self Improvement Things

CSnMUS87

Hello so I'm not sure if anyone has posted anything like this before, but I always like to share educational things I find interesting to friends and family. Though often it gets ignored by those I know in person, sometimes online friends seem to be grateful. So I thought I'd create this thread to share some things. I'll try to mostly focus on free resources, but may possibly add ones that I think are just great to buy. DISCLAIMER: I am not in any way paid, nor do I receive anything from this. I just wanted to share with you all (and also have a place for myself to refer to everything in one location).

Oh yeah feel free to share anything as well.

Leo Tolstoy's 3 Questions:

"Choosing Your Own Greatness":

"Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits" :

"Bel Canto Webinar for Opera Singers":

"10 Computer Security Myths to Stop Believing":

"Computer & Technology Basics Course for Absolute Beginners" (I found this to be actually interesting and pretty informative):

"Internet History, Technology, and Security - Full Course from Dr. Chuck":

Educational Playlist:

Bass guitar videos Playlist:

GCF Global Free topics on technology, careers, and more: https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/

Khan Academy has a lot of topics and I enjoy using them: https://www.khanacademy.org/

Free Online Bass guitar lessons: https://www.studybass.com/

Microsoft Excel Tutorial (has you do 6 projects):

Music Theory Lessons and practice tools: https://www.musictheory.net/

Another Site for free Music theory lessons (available in both English and Spanish): https://www.teoria.com/

"Best Free Guitar Lesson Ever" :

Free Weekly Guitar lessons: https://metalmethod.com/michael-angelo-batio-free-weekly-lessons

Completely free coding lessons (with certificates): https://www.freecodecamp.org/

Free coding lessons with App Academy Open (This is structured well): https://www.appacademy.io/course/app-academy-open?_fbp=fb.1.1677531649549.95164300&_ga=GA1.2.269573542.1677531649

Codecademy: https://www.codecademy.com/

DuoLingo (I'm sure others know about this. Also is a phone app to learn foreign languages): https://www.duolingo.com/

More Free coding: https://www.w3schools.com/

SoloLearn (also a phone app) coding lessons: https://www.sololearn.com/?v=2

The Odin Project: https://www.theodinproject.com/home

"Introduction to Linux – Full Course for Beginners":

"Explaining Desktop PC Hardware" (very well explained!) :

"Explaining USB: From 1.0 to USB4 V2.0":

Explaining Computers channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers/featured

Crash Course Computer Science Playlist:

Crash Course Channel (with various topics broken down and explained well): https://www.youtube.com/@crashcourse

Scotty Kilmer (teaches various topics about cars and mechanics): https://www.youtube.com/@scottykilmer

CSnMUS87

I just remembered a few others:

Computer Hope (explains in easy to understand articles various computer related topics): https://www.computerhope.com/

"How to Accomplish Any Goal":

Flavio Copes (I've gotten some free books/articles here): https://flaviocopes.com/

Motivational Affirmations: https://virtuosomusicgroup.com/motivational-reel-sign-up/

"20 Secrets to a Healthy Voice" : https://virtuosomusicgroup.com/20-tips-for-a-healthy-voice/

Learn Linux TV: https://www.learnlinux.tv/

Free Online Guitar Lessons: https://www.guitarlessons.com/guitar-lessons

Justin Guitar Lessons: https://www.justinguitar.com/

ScroogeMcducky

Nice!

Versalius

Love this!

GreatHornedOwl

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks, whose copyrights have expired.
https://www.gutenberg.org/

CuddleBarista1

This is an excellent thread and you are quite resourceful @CSnMUS87!

CSnMUS87

@GreatHornedOwl Thanks for adding and sharing that! 😀 I know I'll be looking around there for a while now.

@CuddleBarista1 Thank you! 😁

Thanks, what a lot of great information!

CSnMUS87

Found some more I had saved:

"Finger Exercises for Guitar" :

"Introduction to Chords":

"Sample Chord Exercise":

"Introduction to playing with music":

"Playing Along with Music":

"Playing Guitar with Notation":

"Guitar Note Names for Beginners":

"Musical Scale Practice - Free Video Lesson with On-Screen Tab" :

stormydaycuddle

I don’t know if anyone posted this already but there are a lot of free videos on bullet journaling. Lol. I’ve got an organization obsession that’s hard to manage.

CSnMUS87

@stormydaycuddle I don't believe it's been posted here. Feel free to share any. ☺
I never heard of the term bullet journaling. Maybe you could give me some of your organization, since I often can be very disorganized in many aspects in my life, yet somehow navigate if I backtrack my thought process far enough. Guess that's why I loved the topic of backtracking (as well as stacks and queues) during algorithms class.

stormydaycuddle

Its a custom organizational system and way to keep track of routines etc. You create it yourself. The first video is the creator... and the second is a woman who takes it to the extreme. The photo is a page from mine. Also, I do say, "new clothes" because sometimes I have a tendency to wear my regular clothes to bed and vica versa and I hate it. I don't do it much but when I do... it doesn't make me feel so great.

The basics

And the insane places it's gone....

CSnMUS87

Very nice! I feel like maybe perhaps we may have discussed this during a session some time after all or my brain is just playing tricks on me. 😂

BoomerSpooner

There are videos to help one with their addiction to watching videos.

CSnMUS87

@FunCartel Wow lol 😂 Hopefully they aren't a series of multiple videos trying to accomplish this.

CSnMUS87

I didn't know whether to add these since they're a bit... "freemium" in that you can sign up for some courses for free, but most of the time need to pay to get all the features, like getting assignments graded and getting a certificate of completion at the end. Anyway here are some more resources:

https://www.coursera.org/

https://www.udemy.com/

https://www.edx.org/

A specific free beginner course is Introduction to Linux: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-linux

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/resources/?_sft_content_type=tutorial

CSnMUS87

"Java in 100 Seconds":

"How to Love Yourself":

"How not to take things personally? " :

"How to upgrade the PS4 with a SSD": (This one was very useful to me, as I upgraded my ps4 from a 500GB HDD to a 2 TB SSD)

"How to Build Self Confidence and Self Worth with Chicago Cuddle Therapy":

"Code a 2D Game Engine using Java - Full Course for Beginners" : (Teaches you how to create your own mario clone, but can be applied to creating others)

In-Person vs Virtual Sessions:

CSnMUS87

I just remembered a website with some educational tools for kids (for those of you with children, nieces/nephews, grandchildren, students, etc)

Here you can create and print out math worksheets (with an answer key if you want): https://superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/

Vocabulary building sheets such as word search or world scramblers (I actually gave my grandpa a customized word search with things he likes): https://superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/

Games of Logic and reasoning: https://superkids.com/aweb/tools/logic/

CSnMUS87

"5 Lessons to Live By":

"CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS CHANGE YOUR LIFE":

"Wishes Fulfilled by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer":

CSnMUS87

In honor of Pi day here are the following:

"Math Antics - Circles, What Is PI?":

"10 FUN FACTS ABOUT NATIONAL PI DAY!":

"Circles: radius, diameter, circumference and Pi | Geometry | Khan Academy" :

CSnMUS87

This guy really helped me (and many of my peers) to get through algorithms class (Abdul Bari Algorithms Playlist):

"The Benefits and Science of Cuddling":

"Six behaviors to increase your confidence ":

Here's a short one - "Python in 100 Seconds" :

"Binary Explained in 01100100 Seconds" :

"Recursion in 100 Seconds" :

"Big-O Notation in 100 Seconds" :

"Machine Learning Explained in 100 Seconds" :

"100 Seconds of Code" (playlist):

CSnMUS87

Since it's St. Patrick's Day:

CSnMUS87

Watched this one this morning and loved it:

""Extreme Healing: The Catharsis of Heavy Metal" | Michael LaRocco | TEDxBellarmineU":

Matt462

@CSnMUS87 , love that video, my therapy song: map change, by Every Time I Die! 🤘

CSnMUS87

@Matt462 awesome. Glad someone enjoyed it.

LondonHug

https://palousemindfulness.com/

Free 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course from teachers with solid credentials

Great thread btw

CSnMUS87

@LondonHug thank you for sharing that. I definitely want to check it out and probably will share with friends and family.

CSnMUS87

I thought this one was a fun little quiz:
"Are you TONE DEAF or MUSICALLY GIFTED?"

I got all 15 correct. Though that last one I wasn't too sure on. Thought it might be a trick lol

Nature_Lover_

@LondonHug Yes, thank you for sharing ! Very cool and also loving this whole thread. 💖

CSnMUS87

Free guitar webinar (They send a link to a video that's about an hour long):

https://virtuosomusicgroup.com/become-a-guitar-master-with-the-commander/

Edit: here is the link to the video itself:

CSnMUS87