For some of us, knowing our way around a computer is no walk in the park.
However, for some learners of King David Victory Park, their way around a computer is akin to a stroll on a sandy beach. Among the many great things happening at the school, they were more than pleased to share that a few of their learners wrote IT program with some incorporating websites for assistance. Whether you want a computer program to help you with your memory, another to make you a chess savant or maybe one that will help you better manage your time, there is a program for everyone to find great use in.
Learner Jonah Kollenburg, for instance, created several games with one focusing on memory. You are given a list of words which soon disappear and you have to remember as many as possible. You also need to build strong spontaneous mental connections between seemingly unrelated words. Another game of his is completely patterns based where you are given a grid of nine squares. A few squares will flash a colour and then go back to normal and you are to remember the order. Though this may seem easy at first, it gets tougher and requires a large amount of focus.
Brent Butkow designed a chess game that aims to teach people the skill of thinking ahead as well as stratergy throughout the game. Chess is said to be a simple game to play, but extremely hard to master due to the large variety of moves possible at any moment, the complex strategies constantly in play, as well as the uncertainty about what your opponent will play. Chess also helps to improve a person’s logical abilities, attention to detail, patience and critical thinking. If it’s time management you are after, then Dan Rom created the perfect program for you as his focuses on addressing the needs of learners who want to stay organised and prepare well for their examinations or tests, but do not have enough time to sit down and write a study timetable. The program, Make a Plan, allows people to stay on top of their work and be organised without wasting hours creating a timetable for them to follow. Each user will have to create an account before using the program.
Fellow program creator, Jonathan Utian created Periodic Practice, a program meant to help chemistry enthusiasts as it aims at developing the skills of a learner to manipulate, substitute and calculates values pertaining to the amount of substance present. It allows learners to practise and test their knowledge by giving them the opportunity to identify, interpret and subsequently answer calculation-based questions which pertain to the following concepts: mols, volume, number of particles and concentration.
