Thank you very much to everyone who responded to my request for sources of countdown timers for use with PowerPoint. Below is a summary of the suggestions I received.
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Countdown-timers-embedded-into-PowerPoint-6257613/ (Need to subscribe to TES to view this.)
Smartboard users - Use the smart Notebook.
Create a group of PowerPoint slides which advance automatically after a set time period.
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ (A variety of countdowns and stopwatches.)
https://sites.google.com/site/technologyenhancedlearning/home/the-resources/Essentials/countdown-timers
http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/timer
Thanks to Nick who sent me notes from an LIS Coalition seminar in 2010 at which they used countdown timers produced by A6 Training. Dave Foord, of A6 Training, has given me permission to forward a link to his timers to you and has directed me to a video on YouTube which shows how to use them.
http://www.a6training.co.uk/resources/Countdown_Timers_For_PowerPoint.ppt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeRcfhsR2U
I wanted to embed one of these timers in PowerPoint. Unfortunately I couldn't manage it on my own but a colleague in IT did make it work using "Developer mode" - so it is possible.
Once again - thanks for your support.
Anne-Mary
Anne-Mary Inglehearn
Librarian and Learning Resources Manager
Leeds College of Building
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