Great read!

Often we need to strengthen our vocabulary in order to become better at descriptive, argumentative and passionate writing.

One of the best ways to learn is by example, and I feel that the Telegraph Comment articles are exemplary.

They are both a pleasure to read and use a wide range of vocabulary, that is sure to strengthen your own word-bank.

Happy reading. And one of the best articles I read today was this!

The best site for learning the Quaran

Hey, often in Islam class, I had to look over many sites when trying to understand the different ayats in question.

Often, having to learn the separate ayats in the right pronunciation as well understand it’s thorough meaning that I needed a very good piece of software that would show me the meaning, give me the recitations ayat by ayat as well as show me the rules as to why a certain arabic verse is pronounced in a particular manner.

My search led me to Quaran Explorer.

This excellent piece of software can do the following:

• Recite an ayat(s) any number of times
• Say the meanings
• Has a large number of interpretations
• Show the actual meaning and the actual Arabic text
• Has a wide variety of reciters
• Highlights in different colours the different areas of particular pronunciation
• Go to almost every destination in the Quaran in just a few clicks

With addition to all of this, the site also now has a new Hadeeth Explorer, that has pretty much every Authentic Hadeeth there. From Sahih Al-Bukhari,, Muslim and the rest, you will find a plethora of Hadeeth waiting for you, all in the English language.

The Hadeeth explorer is what I use most now because I feel I am good at reading the Quaran right now. But it is really very difficult to get English versions of the Hadeeth. But this piece of software has everything you could ever ask for.

I would like to advise you all that you should strictly use Firefox or IE on this site. Some functions do not work with Chrome.

I hope this piece of software will help you all during the Holy month of Ramadan!

Jazak Allah Khair to you all.

Outstanding site for Video Lessons

Sometimes we do not always completely understand or are unable to comprehend the lessons that we had. And this often leads to us scrambling through the pages of our books to make some descent sense of what on earth we are learning.

But what if, you could actually watch videos of teachers teaching you the subject material. On one of my previous posts, I showcased Thinkwell, a software which just brings an entire class lesson back to your home. But that is a piece of software that you have to buy (if you did not use torrent files), very big and a small area for the lecture.

But the Educational Channel, is a channel that gives you free video revision material which you can study from. Made by the creator of various educational sites, now intends to bring back to life the class room through his free video site.

Right now, it is mainly packed with mathematical videos, but hopefully after the upgrade, it will be a site to marvel at, and a gem for your bookmark bar!

Edexcel A2 Text book answers

Hi again!

The answers to the A2 Physics and Chemistry books follow this path:

{Active-Book folder}>>>{eda2(physics/chem/bio)}>>>{ab}

The word Documents in the ab, are the answers to the questions.

If you do not have the Active-Books, or simply do not want to get into this hassle, then simply download them from mediafire the following links.

Edexcel A2 Chemistry Book answers

Edexcel A2 Physics Book answers

The files are in .rar format.

A great background site

One of the best sites that I used is a site called VladStudio. This place is filled with great back-grounds for your PC. But what I also found it useful was when I wanted to create PowerPoints for my school. You will find all sorts of backgrounds here, fulfilling their roles as backgrounds for a plethora of occasions. I spent eons, just looking at the work on this site.

What I loved most is that you can get a wide range of free backgrounds, for your own personal use. I found this website one of the best I have ever visited.

Click on the Icon, to go to VladStudio!

Dropbox

One of the most useful tools that I used was Dropbox. It is essentially a syncing tool between any number of computers through the web.

Basically with Dropbox, when you save it to the Dropbox folder, and it will be automatically uploaded to your account on the Dropbox site, where you can also access the file from any other computer.

Dropbox also allows you to sync between computers, meaning that you can one file on two computers, and if you edit on one, it is automatically saved on the other.

This means, that for people who have to work between computers, it is an ideal solution to your problems. You can also share files with anyone and directly e-mail them the files. What this helps is that you do not have to keep sending yourself mail!

Click this link to create an account!

Adobe Presenter

Acrobat Presenter is another much over-looked product from Adobe. It is essentially an add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint.

Essentially with this application, you can create flash videos of a presentation. This is especially useful for instructors, as they can capture themselves speaking through their webcam, and record what they are saying through a recorder.

In doing so ,you get a presentation, that almost “Talks” to you. You get this application along with Adobe Acrobat.

You can also download the application from here

And, you can get a comprehensive understanding of what the application is capable of through this PowerPoint.

I believe this tool to be an excellent one for teacher as well as students. For students, it can serve as a very comprehensive way to present something.

The PowerPoint given should give you a very comprehensive understanding of what the product is capable of.