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Free, year long self paced programming course

Leia — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:16:59 +0000

From CodeAdademy a new project will email you a year’s worth of lessons, one a week, to get you started coding.

Just had a look at the first week’s set and it’s a really solid overview based on Java. If you’re serious about coding and ready to get straight into the syntax then this is ideal.

I’ll be doing it to refresh my skills so should be able to help if you’re stuck!

Which voice do you like?

Stella — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:09:52 +0000

Our colleagues over at JISC RSC Cymru are on a mission to find out which female voice you would most like to listen to. As you know, eLearning software (like ALISON) uses synthetic voices to read content aloud to the learner. This learning method is particularly good for auditory learners or learners with dyslexia. You might also be aware that often the commentary can sound too artificial and computerised and may be difficult to understand

We’ve got a selection of voice recordings from different ladies and we’d like to know which voices you’d prefer to have reading out your documents to you. We’ve included a good range of regional accents and we hope you’ll enjoy listening to them all and scoring them to see which will be the female voice reading your notes to you in the future!

It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s online and the deadline is 21^st December…

There are 7 voices each speaking for less than a minute and you can listen to them all and score them at http://tinyurl.com/jtdVoice2.

Thanks

Write or Die!

Leia — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:56:02 +0000

A useful tool for procrastination avoidance!

Removes all excess distractions and lets you set a target work count or time limit.

But hesitate too long and you’re treated to a horrendous noise to ‘encourage’ you to crack on, or worst still see your work start to disappear before your eyes!

Write or Die

Big Ambition Wales

Leia — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:33:10 +0000

A newly launched Welsh focussed ICT Career website has launched this week. Big Ambition Wales is full of careers advice, real life case studies from the IT industry, videos and interactive activities to get your ICT career started.

Something to aspire to!

Leia — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:44:45 +0000

The winners of the Wales blog awards are now out – worth checking out to look for good ideas!

http://walesblogawards.co.uk