How to Add a Timer to Your PowerPoint Slides
One of the all-time most popular videos on my YouTube channel was about how to add a countdown timer to your PowerPoint slides. Unfortunately, the method used in that video no longer works. I was contacted earlier this week by someone who wanted to know if I could suggest another way to add a timer […]
Free Timer Templates for PowerPoint Presentations
Over the years I have featured a lot of free countdown timers that you can use in your classroom. At the beginning of the 2017-18 school year I published this list of recommended countdown timers. Here’s one more option to consider, using a timer in a PowerPoint slide. Microsoft offers a couple of timer templates […]
Zero Noise Classroom – A Timer and Noise Meter in One – Best of 2017
As I do during this week every year, I am taking some time off to relax and prepare for the new year. Every day this week I will be featuring the most popular blog posts of the year. Here’s one from March. Over the years I’ve shared classroom countdown timers and I’ve shared noise meters, […]
Zero Noise Classroom – A Timer and Noise Meter in One
Over the years I’ve shared classroom countdown timers and I’ve shared noise meters, but until today I haven’t found timer and noise meter in one package. Zero Noise Classroom provides a countdown timer and a noise meter into one convenient Chrome app. When you launch Zero Noise Classroom you can set the countdown timer and […]
Timers, Word Clouds, and Kahoot
At the end of every month I like to take a look at the search terms visitors frequently use on Free Technology for Teachers. It gives me a sense of what people are interested in learning about. That information helps me brainstorm new blog posts for the next month (by the way, I have a […]
Handy Web Tools That Solve Three Problems for Every Classroom
Whether we teach seven year old students or seventeen year old students there are some universal problems that we all have to handle in our classrooms. The following three handy tools can help you solve those problems. Staying on Schedule When I have long blocks of time with students I like to schedule short breaks […]