Timers are powerful. Whether you use them to let students know how much more time before you are going to pick up a warm-up/bell ringer, to indicate station or lab rotations, or just to overall facilitate transitions---timers help keep everything moving along. They can also be motivating for students to stay on track.
Did you know there is a quick and easy way to pull up a timer whenever you want? 1. In Google Chrome, in the omnibox (that's the bar where you also type in web addresses), just type "Timer 2 Minutes" and it will immediately pull up a timer that starts counting down right away! 2. Several timer Chrome extensions that you can get by just clicking "Apps" in Chrome and then visiting the "Web Store" (see screenshot below). Then they will just be added to your Chrome browser! Here are a few great ones (make sure you are checking under extensions): -"Timer" by Kuba - Really quick and simple interface. - "1 Click Timer" - This one plays nice music when time runs up that you can customize. Pinterest is one of those websites where hours can go by without you noticing. We all know why. It has some great ideas---for tons of topics---and education is no exception! We have a Pinterest page ourselves.
So what kind of things might you look up on Pinterest in education? Try searching for these below topics in Pinterest to start finding some awesome ideas: -"Science comics" (or your subject area) -"Classroom displays" (for classroom ideas!) -"Anchor charts" -"Science resources" (or your subject area) -"Educational technology" Perhaps you can relate to this----let's pretend you have some great website bookmarks that you love to use in the classroom. One day, you are on a different computer and want to get to one of those bookmarks. But you can't!
Well you could, if you sign into Chrome. Or Firefox. Or...well those are really the only two browsers we use. But then you have to sign into a browser and there are a few reasons why you may not want to do that. Browser sign ins contain more than bookmarks. Plus, what if you use two browsers...which one is the one that has the bookmark you need? Did you import bookmarks into both browsers? Enter Symbaloo! We love Symbaloo! Once you make a free account, it lets you make your bookmarks in a cloud. You can easily organize your bookmarks, add pictures to them if you want so they are easy to identify, and you can make your Symbaloo private or public. Then all it takes it signing on to Symbaloo from any computer and *poof* all bookmarks present! |
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