Geography Website Review

EAL/ESL Review

English is known as the hardest language if you are not of English-speaking origin with many complex grammar rules and spellings. So prepare to learn the 3rd most widely spoken language in the world with a selection of useful and helpful websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/-Definitive and essential guide from BBC World Service.
http://www.rong-chang.com/  - Created by a Chinese doctorate Ron-Chang Lee with a PHD in English Language, very useful.
http://a4esl.org - has bilingual translations of languages from across the globe, useful for any ESL student for any country.
Enjoy! Apprécier! Tanoshimu! Disfrutar! Xiǎngshòu! Jeulgyeo! سے لطف اندوز! 

SEN Website Review

SEN stands for Special Educational Needs. This means that people need certain things to help them progress in their education. The website that I found ( www.senteacher.org ) gives resources to help SEN pupils to learn. It is for many different types of SEN. I could not find many general websites for SEN but you can find ones for separate forms. Also, try this quiz about what type of learner you are: http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/extra/module1/2.shtml

Jacob :)

SEN Review: What Type Of Learner Are You?

These questionnaires are used to discover the way you learn: visually, auditory (listening) or kinaesthetically (movement). They ask a variety of questions from whether you like reading textbooks to gather information or watching/drawing videos and diagrams or even the way you tackle the building of Lego models by explanation (auditory), simply feeling the structure and shape of the bricks to make it fit together (kinaesthetic) and following the packets' images and diagrams (visual). The websites may also feature a guide on how to effectively use your preferred learning style as with my favourite Brainboxx, they are also differing versions from Edutopia and the Discovery Channel.
Sites-: http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/a3_aspects/pages/vak_quest.htm
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/what-type-of-learner-are-you-quiz.htm

ART - Lazy Paint

Lazy Paint is a app for Tablet,but you can still get in on some computer app stores.
The lazy paint slogan is "No Talent, No Problem"  as it is very easy to create a piece of art without very little effort.
To start of with You upload a picture that you have already taken of your self or something else e.g. landscapes, animals...
You can choose how much your background shows through as well as different styles of paintbrush e.g. Splat, Spray Can, Scribble, Flowers, Pointillist.
Using all these tools can make you pictures look like amazing Paintings, which you could be pound of.

Click here to look at the Download Page!

Art Review: Major Cities Without Light Pollution

On the website I am going to review, are stunning interpretations by a pioneering French photographer called Thierry Cohen about what major cities would look like without light pollution, so billions of stars and the entrances of galaxies are visible so these first-class cities become even more attractive. The list of cities are: New York, Rio De Janeiro, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Paris and São Paulo. Unfortunately for Britons, there's no depiction of London, but with the shiny beauties at differing angles and areas of the cities, this website is ensured to leave you "starry-eyed", no matter the circumstances!

An awesome abundance of stars shining stunningly in terrific Tokyo 

Site-http://www.danzigergallery.com/artists/thierry-cohen/



Alas, I will be absent at Digital Leaders this week, so I wish Ms Findlater, the best of luck at her new job :) :) Goodbye :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

History Review: Japanese history

Here are a frenzy of recommended websites which showcase information on Japanese history of samurai, ninjas and video games and much more!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~malokofs/SCA/Persona/History/samurai.html
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2127.html
http://www.history.com/topics/samurai-and-bushido
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2295.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario
http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml
http://www.mariowiki.com/mario#History
http://mario.ign.com
http://classicgames.about.com/od/consoleandhandheldgames/p/Super-Mario-Bros-The-Game-That-Saved-Video-Games.htm
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/History_of_Pokémon
http://mashable.com/2013/10/08/pokemon-history/
http://www.gamesradar.com/history-pokemon-box-art/
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Corporate/Nintendo-History/Nintendo-History-625945.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_manga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_anime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli#History
http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/
http://doraemon.wikia.com/wiki/Doraemon
http://harumelati.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/doraemon-cartoon-history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon

Recommended sites for Maths, Science, MFL and Geography

Sorry for my recent lack of posts but here I hope get back up to date. ;)

Maths

Pearson active learn is a great resource for students to use outside of school. It means that students can access their textbooks, to get help with homework or to work on things they are struggling with. It is also useful for stretching yourself and having a go for those A* questions you didn't have time for.
It currently only has GCSE textbooks on there, so is very useful for years 10/11 but less so for younger years; although if you think you are ready for it go ahead!

www.pearsonactivelearn.com

Science

If you are interested in science or technology pick up a copy of focus magazine (available in the library). It features lots of interesting articles and is great if you want to know more. This month is about memory; how big is our brain's capacity?, Will our brain become full?, Can we implant false memories?

MFL

wordreference.com is a great website for translating between many languages, it provides an online dictionary so unlike Google translate it will show you all of the translations of a word and associated phrases, this means you will get a more natural and more correct translation. Hopefully you will find it useful!

Geography

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a great website to track natural disasters, earthquakes or other world events. It is great for extending your background knowledge and it may surprise you how many earthquakes are happening around the world every day, some even under your feet!

GeoGuessr

I know that there was a short introduction on this amazing website GeoGuessr done by Jacob.
http://rcdigitalleader.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/website-review-geoguessr.html#comment-form
Click the link above to see the general overview of what the website is.

 

 

Since the last blog on this The Geoguessr website it has changed a bit. You can now set a time limit for when your playing with others and they are just taking FOREVER, as well when you set up the challenge it will give the web address which you can give to friends or family to complete to see who is the best at geography.
The website now has a help section for new comers that are not so sure how the game works. The Controlls are easy to use and many of the sites around the world are abouoltly amazing. Some that I have come across are Waterfulls, Beaches and famous landmarks. although sometimes if are in a very remote area you may not always be able to move.

Modern Foreign Language Websites!

Salut, bonjour! Hallo, guten tag! Hola! Konichiwa! I love Modern Foreign Languages and here are some websites to use to revise or to practice or to learn!

Pronounciation websites:

http://voki.com/

http://www.pronouncehow.com/

Here is a learning/practicing/revising website:

You may have to pay for subscription, or you could get your school to use this: http://www.linguascope.com/

Here are some translating websites, but they are not always correct so try not to use them a lot:

http://translate.google.com/

http://www.babylon.com/

Have fun learning/revising/practicing Modern Foreign Languages!

Learn Japanese! 日本を学ぶ！

Konnichiwa! For my MFL blog post, I'll reviewing websites which help you learn my favourite language JAPANESE! First up is anime-manga.jp. Which helps learn basic phrases using anime and manga style characters with a interactive manga comic and audio to learn pronunciation of words.

Next up is http://www.erin.ne.jp which also uses child-friendly cartoony characters although includes more detailed lessons with real-life Japanese people videos, suited more for beginners.

 Finally is http://marugotoweb.jp, my favourite of the three websites which also uses cartoony characters and real-life Japanese people videos similar to Erin's Challenge-I speak Japanese! website although is more intricate than the others creating you from a unknown to a fluent. With a wide variety of topics ranging from Basics to Food to Holidays.

The only disappointment of the sites is the requirement of Adobe Flash Player making them non-mobile/tablet friendly in this modern age of technology.

A Great Collection of Science Websites

Despite the absence of Digital Leaders this week I feel obliged to write a blog post to sustain popularity and do what was meant to written today. So without further delays here is multiple scientific websites. For Periodic Table obsessives: I recommend webelements.com which shows the entire Periodic Table (including Actinoids and Lanthanoids) in which you discover extensive and key information about any element. For those of you want to learn and master the lyrics to Tom Lehrer's magnificent 'Elements' song to impress your friends here's a YouTube video (and it's accompanying lyrics). For space fanatics here's NASA's official site:  http://www.nasa.gov, which includes a educational and children's section for learning more about space and The Solar System.

For those who want science featuring famous intellectual masterminds I recommend, the previously recommended TED, which includes talks by Professor Stephen Hawking and Professor Brian Cox. For those who enjoy unconventional and oddly interesting science I recommend the also previously recommended awesome Vsauce (more details in my review here).

Hope you enjoyed this review! Look out for more science website recommendations by my fellow Digital Leaders.

Recommend for Maths lessons: Mathletics

The website called "http://www.mathletics.co.uk/" is a fun and entertaining website which helps children with their math skills.

You also get to have a character to start off with and then as more matches you win against opponents you earn fake money and then you can buy accessories, clothes, backgrounds and many other things for your character. Also you can enter a competition and earn a certificate. I will strongly advise you to use this website for maths even though it will cost £39.99 for a child.  

By Lagosan

Recommend for Maths lessons: Watch Simpsons and Futurama episodes-it's that simple!

If you watched any episodes of the Simpsons or Futurama, it has very clever and nerdy mathematical references from Pi to 1729 embedded in it. This is because the writers have Masters and Bachelors even doctorates in mathematics.

They have even created a proper mathematical theorem hidden in 'The Prisoner of Benda" Futurama episode. From more in-depth details of these awesome secrets I recommend reading The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by British mathematician Simon Singh (buy it here, SPOILER-it's brilliant).

So in your maths class, have a story time of this book or ask your teacher to turn on Simpsons/Futurama episodes on projector from WatchCartoonOnline.com or YouTube then locate these deliciously excellent easter-eggs, then the teacher can explain the mathematics behind it.

Recommend for Maths lessons: BBC Bitesize, Calculator and My Maths

For KS3 I recommend http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/maths/ . You can use this to revise or learn.

Here is a calculator http://www.online-calculator.com/

Good websites for students and teachers are:   http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ or http://www.mangahigh.com/en-gb/


Have fun learning maths!

Recommend for Maths lessons: IXL Learning

I have found a good website for revision called IXL it has revision for reception to year 12.

http://uk.ixl.com



By Sam Shackleton

Recommended for English lessons: No Fear Shakespeare

No Fear Shakespeare (nfs.sparknotes.com/) is part of the excellent Spark Notes website (www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/), it is designed to make shakespeare easier to learn for anyone! 

No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today. This makes it much easier to understand and infer from the text; as both versions are avalible side by side it makes comparison and understanding of not so common words so much simpler.

It also provides summaries and in depth analysis of each act/scene and character. This is useful during revision to quickly remind yourself of the story or for some extra perceptive points for your essay.

It is a huge resource for both students and teachers and the best bit is that it's free!

Recommended for English lessons: freerice.com

Freerice.com is a website in which you answer multiple-choice question on the definition of easy and difficult English words, for every correct answer, 10 grains is donated to United Nations World Food Programme, aiding those in necessity and poverty, just through your English vocabulary knowledge. Fortunately nothing negative occurs via incorrect answers. So not only does it improve a student's vocabulary knowledge, but helps improve the quality of someone's life in poorer countries. Overall I think it is a fantastically amazing website for both leisure and for teachers/students in English lessons. It also many other subjects including maths, science, modern-foreign languages, humanities even test preparation/revision, although the main and original subject is English.


Site-http://freerice.com/

Recommended for English lessons: Google Books

Students who are reluctant readers will begin reading, once they grow awareness of this book recommendation service by Google Inc. People can search and browse, even purchase from Shakespeare to Marvel comics, it is for any age, from primary to adults. The purchasing is from the most common booksellers e.g. Barnes & Noble, Amazon or Waterstones. For e-book and technology obsessives, there is an Android app and e-books to download for your Kindles, Kobos and Nooks. It even allows you to read books for free, so no online freenium.
Overall I think this will be a great resource to encourage reading among adults and children.

Site-http://books.google.com

Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en_GB

Reccomended for English lessons: Wordement

Wordement is available of window 8 stores.
The Game gives you a grid as shown below and you have to try and find as many words in it as possible.
So say for this you would be able to get:
Man
Me



Game Background

Say if the Word started with M you can only have the 8 letters around.

This game if Fun as well as educational