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Alice And Animation: What I learned(And how to get set-up)

Want a simple way to learn animation? Want a way to create 1 minute short films in less than 20 minutes? Well, you've come to the right spot! I took a free, 8-week course on Coursera. The link is below if you would like to take the course, too. Alice Animation is a simplistic way to make animations. Since this platform is for younger and not professional users, so you might think the animation looks a bit strange a first. But not to worry! Combined with storytelling and lots of movement you can actually make some pretty cool animations. So without further ado, here's a prequel for my steps to learning Alice: 1. Download it.  Simply go to this link:  https://www.alice.org/ . Once you click on it, you should be brought to a website that looks like this: Go to the "Get Alice" tab to begin the download, you may look at the other tabs to learn more about Alice if you like. Once you get to the right tab, download the latest version of Alice. Follow the setup instructions, a

Study Skills That Can Help During Social Distance Learning

Okay, I went to a few online classes this summer, and by far one of my favorite classes was "Study Skills". I loved this course because it taught me to really look deep into organizing my things so that they are not only easy to find, but also. completed to the best of my ability I learned to identify my learner intelligence, to prioritize my assignments, and to achieve my goals. So today, I am here to share with you the top strategies. 1.Know Yourself as a Learner Knowing and understanding your learner intelligence is an important factor in being a good student. To figure this out, we will look into 8 different learner types and the 4 tendencies. First, let's look into learner intelligence. What are the learner types? Learner types, discovered by Dr.Howard Gardner, are how you best learn and take notes. Do you learn verbally? Do you use your body to learn? Do you see the world through math and logic? I got most of my source information from this video: https://www.