Classroom Timers

It has been a long time since I have added to this blog. I decided to return to the blogging world with a new category for my posts: The Classroom. As I am in transition to a new job, I have realized that I have a wealth of resources that I can share pretty easily, particularly with technology.

I will start with a tool I've used almost every day: Classroom Timers. I've found timers to be a super valuable tool. For my students who typically globally have difficulty making transitions, I've found the timer to be a very simple classroom management strategy. This site provides free timers with a variety of choices for a visual connection to time passing. My students, particularly the boys, loved it when I use the rocket or the bomb option. A warning though, once I used the bomb, and we left the room before the end of the timer, and I neglected to stop it. The "bomb" went off, and my neighboring classrooms were very concerned, as the explosion sound continues until it is turned off.