The Best Free Training

Looking for some great resources to help your kids succeed at school this year? Here’s a list of some of The Best Free Training reviews published in the last year that might help you find what you’re looking for. Enjoy!

Pictured above: One of many great free resources for students reviewed on this website last year. Check out the list below!

• Study PDFs & eBooks, then Highlight & Add Notes with PDF-XChange Viewer
• Khan Academy: Over 1600 Videos on Math, Science & More!
• Best of LearnOutLoud’s Free Resources
• How to Upload PDFs (eBooks) to Your iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader & NOOK
  
• LinkExtend Toolbar: Learn More While You Search & Stay Safe!
• 2010 Collection: Boredom Breakers for Kids on Summer Vacation
• click! photography changes everything
• Simple Studies Online Accounting Training
• Get Ready for Your SAT Exams (College Boards)!
• Web MD Health Video A-Z: Videos & Much More!
• From AARP: “How to Learn Just About Anything Online … For Free”
• Guide to Online Schools’ Listing of Free Online Classes
• 2009 Update: The Kid Stuff Collection
• Stocking stuffers? Why not stuff an iPod or MP3 player with free learning challenges?
• Free Kindle Software + 1000s of Free Downloads = Free Kindle Books on Your PC!
• eduFire Business Channel: Attend or Teach Free Online Business & Career Classes
• Over 6000 Free Math Worksheets!
• Study Skills Guide from Education Atlas

Below are links to Back to School Guides that I published in previous years at this time. Most of the sites reviewed are still going strong, so I hereby encourage you to revisit these posts. Happy back-to-school days!

From 2009…

• 2009 Back to School Guide: Useful Free Resources for Students

From 2008…

• Back to School Guide: Useful Free Resources for Students

Adobe’s PDF document format is everywhere! PDF stands for “Portable Document Format” and its used by publishers to distribute eBooks, user manuals, course study guides, and all sorts of documents. PDFs may be downloaded and displayed on computers, ebook readers, and many other hand-held devices.

Since most computers come with the free Adobe Reader software, almost everyone is able to view PDFs as soon as they turn on their device.  However, if you use Adobe’s free Reader software to view these documents, you won’t be able to make changes or annotations.

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(Above: A Sample eBook Page Annotated by PDF XChange Viewer)

Enter Tracker Software’s amazing free software, PDF-XChange Viewer.

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Topic: Math and science (comprehensive) and many other topics
Format: Online videos with self-paced practice exercises, feedback, and instruction [free Google account needed for exercises]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This site is amazing!! Hundreds and hundreds of videos take you from the simplest math basics through the most complicated calculus and trigonometry. Broad science topics include many videos on biology, organic chemistry, physics and more.

Finally, there’s an idiosyncratic collection of other videos on topics as far-ranging as brain teasers, history, and the Geitner plan to solve the banking crisis!

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Topic: Lists of free audio & video resources from LearnOutLoud
Format: Free MP3 audios, videos & podcasts (free registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

LearnOutLoud is a GREAT place to find all kinds of free audio & video resources (MP3 files, podcasts, and more) to support your self-guided learning.  Their latest free emagazine featured a collection of links to summary lists of freebies they’ve published in the past. I’ll let them explain, below:

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Topic: Overview of Windows 7 Professional Features
Format: Web-based training with text, screen shots, and comparison table (free registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Have you been wondering if its time to switch to Windows 7? This tight little mini-course from the HP Learning Center can help you decide. According to the website: “This quick lesson is designed for small business owners and their employees all around the world.”

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Topic: Meditation: How, why, and tools
Format: Blog posts, podcasts, and links
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

If you’re like most of us, you wish your vacations would last much longer. In fact, I confess that I used to start feeling the dread of “vacation’s over” several days before my precious vacation was actually over.  I’ve since discovered, however, that my meditation practice provides me with brief, refreshing “daily vacations” every day.  So this year, why not use your official vacation time to learn to meditate? Unlike that sunburn and your empty wallet, your new meditation practice will continue providing daily benefits long after your official vacation’s just a memory.

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I’m teaching a free, live video class on eduFire: “Become a Project Management Minimalist!“ on Friday,July  23, 2010. To learn more and to register, click the graphic below.  Hope to see you there!