A Duolingo Evangelist?
I was listening to the radio yesterday and it turns out that a Cree tribal council in Saskatchewan has released an app for iOS that does some basic Cree language instruction via input from fluent...
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School’s Out! All Done Grade One
Full Image by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @ http://blog.8r4d.com/]
View ArticleDuolingo Update
@duolingo french status = level 14 w/810 words of vocabulary, on a 158 day streak! by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @ http://blog.8r4d.com/]
View ArticleGun, Jumped
I may have jumped the gun on the Duolingo Dutch anticipation. It’s not an easy task to build a language course, I’m sure, so the release day keeps slipping… slipping… slipping. I am excited to add it...
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Highland Flinging
Full Image I may not completely understand it, but I know how to be a proud papa to see my daughter (the short one in the middle in purple) dancing on stage for the Canada Day celebrations. It was...
View Article171 Days and Counting
As of this morning I’m on a 171 day streak on my French #duolingo studies. And I am assuming with the Dutch World Cup defeat yesterday (boo!) progress will resume on getting that language shipped soon,...
View ArticleNederlands Speaking
Looks like the new Duolingo Dutch course went into beta this afternoon. Time to get busy on my heritage and learn some… what’s the Dutch word for what I’m trying to say?? by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere...
View ArticleDuolingo Status: Obsessed
Did I mention I might be a little obsessed with Duolingo? I’ve been patiently watching the status of the brand new Dutch for English speakers module as it’s reached maturity over the last few weeks. It...
View ArticleIk Spreek Nederlands?
Four days in, I’ve been enjoying the new Duolingo Dutch language course. I just hit 200XP, level 4, and completed the first two skill rows. by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @ http://blog.8r4d.com/]
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Half a Year of Duo
As of this morning’s train ride, I logged my 183rd day of consecutive french language #duolingo practice. For those less mathematically inclined, that’s half of a year. by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @...
View ArticleWhat did you learn in July?
I’ve been forcing myself to shoot almost exclusively –at least 80%– in full manual mode on my new camera. It means some of my photos are not as strong as they could be, but I’ve learned a whole bunch...
View ArticleDuolingo Daughter
I think Claire has been missing school. She asked me to install Duolingo on her iPod, and she spent an hour this morning working through the first four French lessons, ninety percent on her own. She...
View ArticleOne More Week
Grade two begins in just about one week’s time. Not for me… for Claire. I can tell she’s getting bored with summer, tho. She’d never admit that, but I know she loves to learn and two months seems too...
View ArticleDay One of Grade Two
It is the calm before the storm. In a few minutes, after I finish writing this post and hit publish, I need to wander upstairs, turn on the lights, wake up Claire, and start getting her ready for...
View ArticleIf you could go back to school, what would you study?
Theoretical physics. by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @ http://blog.8r4d.com/]
View ArticleFirst Week
Well, the first week of back to school is drawing to a close and things seem to be right back on track. Drop-offs, lunches, pick-ups, homework… ok, well not so much on the homework front. The funny...
View ArticleTwo-thirty Streak!
As of a few minutes ago I hit 230 days on my #duolingo French streak! Am I bilingual yet? by 8r4d [8 Clicks From Nowhere @ http://blog.8r4d.com/]
View ArticleTwo Fifty & Some
I casually strode past another language-learning milestone on the weekend. My Duolingo account told me that I’d earned twenty-five gems for two-hundred and fifty consecutive days of practicing my...
View ArticleDuolingo Status: Obsessed
Did I mention I might be a little obsessed with Duolingo? I’ve been patiently watching the status of the brand new Dutch for English speakers module as it’s reached maturity over the last few weeks. It...
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