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Using a Timer to Write Articles (Your Best Friend)


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To be really productive with article writing, we need a timer.
From this argument comes a thought: “Surely a timer won’t help. If a stopwatch were the solution to the problem, all the writers in the world would buy a magic stopwatch and that’s it! the article would be written.”

But let’s put that objection aside for a second and examine why a stopwatch works.

A timer works on three separate fronts:

  • Edition
  • Topics
  • Outlining

The edition…
Normally, we always aim to publish a perfect article. This is really a problem. We write, cancel, edit, edit, write, delete, edit, edit the story that is familiar to you without a doubt. And that’s just the first reason. The second reason is simply the choice of themes.

The topics…
Normally when we are writing you will have about twenty topics. But even if you only have two or three threads, problems soon began. You’ll start writing a topic, decide it’s too difficult, move on to the second, then jump to the third. It consumes your time and leaves you frustrated. But if you have a timer, the message is clear, you don’t have time. This is your topic, now get to work. This gives you a clear sense of focus and furthermore forces you to resort to the third point, namely outlining.

The Outlining…
Outlining becomes critical when a timer is involved.
Without a timer, it’s easy to just jump into an article, get lost, and start all over again. But when time is short, you need a checklist outline. You are forced to spend a few minutes creating an outline. And that forces you to make sure you don’t linger on the contour either.

Use an online timers can help you! They are extremely practical to use, as no installation is required.

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Using Timers in Education as a Powerful Motivation Tool


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When teachers use technology in education, for example, using timers in their classrooms, some amazing things can happen. Students become alert and often motivated by ideas that race against time.

Although some students may feel stressed by using a timer, most students seem to enjoy a challenge, especially when using a stopwatch. When we think about it, it’s really not surprising that today’s generation would love the game. Most of our students grew up playing video games, many of which include a “race against time” feature. So this game is the one they’ve been playing all their lives.

The purpose and value of timers are so important, useful and powerful. Try out these great tools, find the one that works best for you, and see for yourself how using a timer in the classroom can motivate your students!

There are online tools that can help you study in the classroom or individually at home to stay focused.
As an example I cite the pomodoro technique with the use of an online pomodoro timer. This is a great way to stay focused on your studies.
For classroom there are funny timers for kids to stimulate their studies.

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Timer and Its Applications


A timer is a special type of clock that measures specific time intervals. The timing mechanism that activates a switch, is sometimes called a “timer”.

The Types of Timer

Mechanical

Mechanical timers use a mainspring to measure time. Manual timers are usually set by turning the dial to the desired interval; turning the dial stores energy in the mainspring, which powers the mechanism. They work much like mechanical alarm clocks. The energy in the mainspring spins the balance back and forth. Each swing of the wheel moves the gear train forward by a small fixed amount, causing the dial to move steadily back until it reaches zero when the lever arm hits the clock. The mechanical kitchen timer was invented in 1926 and is known as a fan that spins against air resistance. Low-precision mechanical egg cookers are sometimes of this type.

Electromechanical

Short-cycle bimetal electromechanical timers use a thermal mechanism with metal fingers made of two metal strips with different thermal expansion rates sandwiched together. Steel and bronze are common. The current flowing through this finger causes the metal to heat up, one side expands less than the other, and the electrical contacts at the end of the finger move away from or toward the electrical switch contacts. The most common use of this type is in “flash” units that flash turn signals in cars, and sometimes in Christmas lights. This is a non-electronic multivibrator.

Electronic

A simple digital timer. Internal components – including the circuit board with control chip and LED display, battery and buzzer – are visible.
An electronic timer [needs further explanation] is essentially a quartz watch with special electronics that can achieve greater precision than a mechanical timer. Electronic timepieces have digital electronics, but can have analog or digital displays. Integrated circuits made digital logic so cheap that electronic timers are now cheaper than many mechanical and electromechanical timers. A single timer is implemented as a simple one-chip computer system, similar to a clock, usually using the same mass production techniques.

Computer systems generally have at least one tackle timekeeper. These are generally digital counters that increase or drop at a fixed frequence, which is generally configurable, and that stop the processor when it reaches zero. An indispensable design uses a counter with a sufficiently large word size that it doesn’t reach its overflow threshold before the end of the system’s life.

Software.

Several timers are now applied in the software. Modern controllers use a programmable logic controller (PLC) instead of a box full of electromechanical parts. On the Web there are several online tools that provide a complete timer without the need to install or download any software.