Sitmo Latex code editor

Often, one of the problems I have when posting a math solution or question on a forum, or a site, I need to use a variety of symbols. Just typing math in plain text can often be hard to read, and what more, it feels awkward to me.

When there is a large amount of text in it as well, the formulas and working is hard to distinct.

To solve that problem, SITMO has developed a WYSIWYG(What You see Is What You Get) programme on the web, unfortunately, there is no offline version.

It is called the SITMO Latex Editor, and I find it does wonders when trying to express your mathematical formulae on the web.

Below is a sample of what a formula from the SITMO Latex editor would look like

What I was most impressed by is their vast collection of symbols.

I find it very useful, I hope you enjoy its features as well!

You can click on the image or you can simply click here to visit the website.

Enjoy!

A great website for the SAT, ACT and GRE

One of the best websites, that I found after browsing the virtual corners of the internet is a site called “number2.com”. The site is free, and gives you ample resources to practice these tests from, as well as having a comprehensive word bank.

Enjoy!

The SAT

I often find, having to learn the same thing again to be something demeaning. I mean, doing the SAT is just a repetition of an inferior version of the IGCSE, with no subject oriented tests, the SAT exam only poses a potential problem at its word list.

The 2000 word list, is something that is not only a bore to learn, but also something, that I find has rather obsolete words. I mean, if I were to use those words in public, people would assume I somehow crash landed from the 18^th century.

So to help with the SAT, I believe that I have a very good collection of resources that you may be able to use.

Click on the icon file!

Thinkwell

I came to a new country, where the teacher need to learn from their students, how to do their jobs.
It saddens me to think so lowly of the very people that make the back-bone of a country, but sad to say, there is little reason for their sloppy teaching methods and standards.

So, I had to find a way to somehow learn the things I needed to, but at the same time, I needed to keep it feasible.

The internet offered a great source of learning resources, but one particular resource called the Thinkwell series, seemed to distinct itself.

These were essentially lessons inside a CD case, as well as experiments to come with. Using great lecturers to carry out the lessons, this resource prepares you most adequately for the AP course, which is very closely related to the IGCSE, the IB and the A Level courses, and would be useful to any student studying for a public school exam.

Just go to Google and type in “Thinkwell”, and I can assure you, you will not be disappointed with the material they give you.

S-cool

S-cool is by far one of the best free sites out there. It has loads of subjects and more important, the notes are concise.

As an A level student, I believe that the notes provided from the A level section are excellent.

The notes have flash videos in them, that make them even more effective. Although it mainly focuses on the UK boards way of classifying chapter, I can assure you that the topics can easily be related to an international syllabus, like CIEs.




 
The Link to the website

Google wave

One of the great things about google, is that it gets products out to the normal people. They are often simple and really great to use. Say Gmail, a great too, ZERO spam and a very simple yet very effective interface.

Now google, revealed something really stunning in I/O, that I have recently started to use. Its called google wave, and its google's idea of a 'revolutionary' new way to communicate.

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Now, I have been using it for quite some time now. Its a great product believe me, it is an integrated chat interface with e-mail like qualities, all in real time. Its still not fully functional yet, it does not even have an options menu operational. But, it is something that will surely rival microsoft's sharepoint.

Now the idea is simply: to work together without needing to ever go to each other's houses. I also have belief that it will be quite good fore slow connections as it is written in HTML 5 and not flash.

The things you can do

What cant you do???

This sleek new product has great potential. You can collaborate projects in real time, meaning u can work on the same document or presentation file at the same time, and in real time, you can see what your friends are doing. But how fast it is updated all depends on your  internet speed.

Although the interface takes a while to get used to, it seems seemless after the first few visits. The UI is still in the works, but it seems very well done, just needs to work out the bugs.

So if you have projects to do with you friends, and dont want to or cant go to their houses, you dont need to. If you have a 512 kbps connection, it'll be be like they are there.

It has a nice brainstorm app, that allow you to make drawings, and plans and share them all in real time. Infact, I see this becoming a great tool for tablets.

It works fine with all browsers, although I would encourage people not to use IE8. Firefox runs it superbly.

However, it does seem a little has some codes that need fixing, and it needs more extensions and customisations, which will eventually come.

Coming back to the great features, it has a great spell checker, that searches the web to get the right word, in the context of wat you type. So good infact, that if you turn it to auto, you wont even notice a problem with your spelling, and for me I had no typos.

The idea behind it all is to make working 2gether easier. You can request a free account at this website:
Google Wave

Opera

Opera released a monster of a web-browser recently. Amazingly fast, check it out here: HERE

The only thing missing is a good ad-block add on