Okay, I have to thank Phillip Cummings for providing me this link. I am really intrigued about ways to use this in education. The idea behind NextUp is that you enter in the topic that you are covering, provide a time limit (MM:SS) and then it will countdown to help keep you on task. NextUp would be a great tool for those teachers that are struggling with time management.
As mentioned in his Tweet, NextUp would be a great way to keep time during a faculty meeting or even during a professional development. It could also be used in the classroom as well. One thing I remember early in education is always give students a certain amount of time to get things done. Don't leave time open ended. You could put your entire lesson for the day on this and use it to help you stay on task. It would be a great way to keep time during a quiz or test, or while giving students a certain amount of time to work on a project, have a discussion, give free time for good behavior, etc.
I really think this would be a beneficial tool for educators.
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