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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen’s book We’re Going On a Bear Hunt was brought to the stage in director Sally Cookson’s adaptation at the Cultural Hall.
VERDICT: A useful tool for improving your reading. Performers on stage
Site: www.spreeder.com Rating: What is it? Suhana, Gaby & Ashley
Aleena & Luawa
Spreeder is the web’s leading destination for speed reading. It helps you read faster and comprehend more of the text you’re reading, so you can save time and be more productive in life.
The Good
It’s a simple, but effective tool. It basically lets you upload text and practise reading at speeds way higher than you imagine you could possibly read at. It’s amazing how quickly you find yourself honing your speed reading skills, and even using the website for an hour can make a big difference. When you translate that to your morning newspaper or even novels, you’ll find yourself getting a lot more reading done in less time. Terry, Abbie & Jade
Alda & Yousif
The Bad
You can only read text that you copy and paste into the tool, or some preselected passages. This unfortunately means you can’t read your favourite books on it. Also, there aren’t many options for the visually impaired, such as changing the font size or the colour/boldness.
www.dog-vision.com Ali, Dalal, Amina, Mouaz, Saleem, Jivitha & Isa
Maya, Yasmin & Fatima
Sofia, Akshaya & Jey
74 June 2017
Ever wondered what a dog pictures when it sees something? It definitely wouldn’t be able to visualise the amazing rainbow that you marvel at. This website lets you upload an image and it renders the image to reflect what a dog would see.
www.googlefeud.com
This Family Fortunes-style game is a brilliant new website that will kill hours of time with your friends or in the office. You have to complete questions across four different categories to predict the top 10 Google autocomplete suggestions. The more you guess correctly, the higher you score.
Xitong, Jana & Zakaria
Yashraj & Abdul
www.bahrainthismonth.com