Classroom screen
Classroom screen widgets for teachers
Classroom screen widgets help you manage your classroom and keep students engaged. These tools are designed for everyday teaching, from starting your morning meeting to wrapping up with an exit ticket.
Browse the list below to find timers, name pickers, noise meters, polls, and more. Each widget is easy to use, works on any device, and can be combined to fit your lesson needs.
Time
- TimerCountdown and stopwatch with a sound when time is up
- StopwatchCounts up, with laps, for races, reading and experiments
- Visual timerShows the time left as a shrinking circle, a bar or an hourglass
- ClockThe time now, on a clock face or in big numbers
- DateToday's date in big letters, or this month's calendar
- CountdownCounts the days until an event, like a trip or the holidays
- Day planThe plan for the lesson or the day, with the current step highlighted
Classroom routines
Random picks and groups
- Name pickerPicks a student at random, fairly, from your class
- Spinner wheelSpin a wheel of names, topics or anything you type
- Dice and coinRoll dice, flip a coin or pick a random number
- Group makerMakes random groups or pairs from your class
- Seating chartRandom or planned seats for your classroom
- ScoreboardPoints for teams or students
Text and media
- TextInstructions or a sticky note you can type on
- PictureShow a picture or photo
- VideoPlay a YouTube or Vimeo video, or your own video file
- PDFShow a PDF document or worksheet, page by page
- WebsiteShow a website, Google Slides, Padlet, GeoGebra and more
- Link buttonA big button that opens a website in a new tab
- QR codeTurn any link into a QR code students can scan
- StickerDecorate the screen with a big sticker
- Drawing boardA small whiteboard to draw and write on
- CameraShow your camera live, for example as a document camera
Student answers
Games
- Tic-tac-toeTwo teams take turns to get three in a row, with optional questions behind each square
- Guess the wordGuess the hidden word letter by letter before all the balloons pop
- Letter gridRandom letter grid with a timer: find as many words as you can
- ChessChessboard for class demonstrations, with legal moves, undo and a move list