I’m the kind of person who needs
reminders and to-do lists for EVERYTHING. My desk is decorated with various
colored post-it notes with all kinds of reminders and I’m starting to run out
of post it notes and places to put them. This has led me in search of some
online organizational tools that could be used as reminders.
As it turns out, there are a wide
range of free web-based reminder services available. Most of them work by
either sending a reminder by email or text message. One of the most thorough
services I found was Alertful Reminders (found here).
This service allows the user to customize what kind of reminder they wish to receive—Birthday,
Anniversary, Meeting, Holiday, Shopping, Feed the Dog, Things to Do, etc—and
the user can modify on which date to receive the reminder. This is a tool that can be useful to both
students and teachers who need to be reminded of important dates or events.
While I was looking through
reminder tools, I also came across online stopwatches. This was interesting
because online stopwatches have been proven to be an effective classroom tool
in my Assessment class. Teachers often verbally give a time limit for a short
activity, but five minutes can easily turn into ten or fifteen. With the use of
a stopwatch, teachers can more effectively manage class time and keep the class
on schedule.
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