BY ROB MORRIS
Taking Advantage of the
Let’s be honest. We were all going stir crazy within a week of the beginning of all this Coronavirus-craziness. And by the time April hits, we’ve made a serious dent in our binge-watching on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney +, and all the other streaming services. The kids are probably bouncing off the walls with cabin fever as well.
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But one of the great things about our current technological capabilities is that with this chaos comes a unique opportunity. Something that previous generations have not been able to access. There’s a rapidly expanding pool of online resources that all you to turn your at-home time into fantastic opportunities for self-improvement and education. Here are just a few of those opportunities (most are FREE!) to get you started. This is just scratching the surface, folks. More opportunities are being added daily…so if you don’t find something that interests you, use Google to see what else is available.
STUDY AT AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL
Would you like to audit some courses at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, or Penn? That’s right! The Ivy League is at your fingertips. These are all free courses you can take online across multiple platforms. The courses are split into the following subjects: Computer Science, Data Science, Programming, Humanities, Business, Art & Design, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Medicine, Engineering, Education & Teaching, Mathematics, and Personal Development. ClassCentral.com
PIONEER LIBRARY SYSTEM
Whether you have a library card or not (and if you don’t…what ARE you thinking?), the Pioneer Library system has resources for you. With a card you can download eBooks and access streaming services through the PLS website. You don’t need a card to access the library’s YouTube page which is being regularly 20 | MOORE MONTHLY | APRIL 2020
FREE E-BOOKS
OK, you’re not going to find Harry Potter or 50 Shades of Whatever Nonsense in this list. But Project Gutenbergy has more than 60,000 free eBooks available for download or online reading. This includes a wide selection of classics like Pride and Prejudice, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Dracula, Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Peter Pan, and Wuthering Heights. Talk about the perfect time to tackle some literary classics! If that’s not your cup of tea, you’ll also find odd collections like some of the great science fiction anthologies of the 1930’s and 1940’s. Gutenburg.org
