Electronics and Robotics – Teaching
Our children’s school asked me to teach the 14 – 16 year old pupils some electronics. To make it more interesting I threw in some robotics. During an intense teaching period I spent morning sessions...
Training and mentoring
Computer building – teaching
Our children’s school (a Waldorf/Steiner school) believes that ideally children should build a computer before they use one. So I offered to work with the 15-16 year old pupils on this. My first computer...
More resources for learning French
Coffee Break French For the last three or more years I’ve been listening to the free French podcast by Coffee Break French. They are by far the best French podcast lessons that I have...
Learn French with Frantastique
Whilst learning French I tried out Frantastique The company behind it I first came across Frantastique when they posted a Paris-based Python job. Unfortunately this particularly job was not suitable for remote working, so I...
Anki – Open Source Flashcards
What is Anki? Anki is an open source application which lets you create and view flash cards. Unlike some of the other online education sites it does one thing, and it does it well....
Duolingo – online language course
I used Duolingo regularly for a couple of months. It was good fun, so why did I stop? What is DuoLingo? As the Duolingo website says “Learn languages completely free, without ads or hidden...
