I found this online clock and wished I’d had it years ago. Why would a high school history teacher want a clock? Well, I also teach some French, and every so often I have to teach the kids how to tell time in French. That’s a surprisingly difficult thing to do.
Why? I have to be honest. I can’t draw a clock to save my life. To get the clock reasonably circular and the hands about the right length is an enormous challenge for me. That’s kind of sad, I know. As well, it’s awkward to draw a clock on the board and repeatedly erase and then redraw the hands.
With this clock, if you have a projector in your room, the clock can be projected on the screen and adjusted by minutes or hours. What’s really useful is that you can flip between an analog display with a face and hands, and a digital display. In this age of digital watches, it’s surprising how many students don’t know how to read a clock face and can only tell time using a digital format. This allows you to use both at once.
Whether you’re teaching primary kids to tell time, or FSL (or other second language students) to tell time in French, this is a nice tool.