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Timers & Polls
Quick checks, built in.
Comment enseignez-vous ?
“Does everyone get it?” is answered with silence or a polite yes, and activities run as long as the slowest group. Built-in timers and polls let you pace activities and check understanding in seconds.
“Does that make sense?” nearly always gets a yes. A quick poll asks for real, and a timer gives your student a set time to try on their own.
Asking a class of 25 “any questions?” gets silence. Run a poll to see what they actually think, and set a timer so every activity ends together.
In a virtual training, you can’t read the room. Poll the group to check where they are, and time each exercise so the agenda holds.
A show of hands tells you who’s confident, not who’s right. With students on devices, run a quick poll, and put a countdown on the classroom display for each activity.
Hands up rarely gets an honest answer from a room of colleagues. Run a quick poll from their laptops, and keep exercises on time with a countdown on the big screen.
Kids say “I get it” to finish faster. A quick poll checks for real, and a timer turns practice into a game.
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What it solves
- “I get it” that isn’t true
- Shy, or drowned out by others
Helps you
Teach better
Part of
Déroulement du cours
The problem
“I get it” isn’t always true
Students say they understand to keep the lesson moving, and quiet ones say nothing. Without timing, activities stretch to fit the slowest student.
La méthode habituelle
Teachers ask for a thumbs-up, open a separate poll tool or watch the clock themselves. The answers aren’t honest and the pacing isn’t visible.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
Built-in apps for timers, with countdown, stopwatch and alarm modes, and polls you can run in seconds during the lesson.
Quels sont les changements ?
Paced activities and honest answers. You see what students understand before moving on.
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What it looks like
Dans la pratique
Before moving on, a teacher runs a one-question poll. Only half get it right, so she reteaches the step, then sets a three-minute timer for practice.
In a 1:1 lesson
You poll your student on which of three methods she’d use. Her choice shows the gap, and you set a five-minute timer for her to try it.
In a group class
A quick poll shows 40 percent of the class chose the wrong answer. You review it together, then start a countdown for the next problem.
In a virtual training
You poll participants on how confident they feel about the new process. The results tell you where to spend the next ten minutes.
In your classroom
Students answer a poll on their Chromebooks. You see the split on the classroom display, then start a four-minute countdown for partner work.
In the training room
Participants vote from their laptops on which scenario to tackle first. The countdown on the big screen keeps each round to ten minutes.
At home
You set a two-minute stopwatch for times tables, and your son tries to beat yesterday’s time. A quick poll at the end checks which ones still trip him up.
