EdTech-a-thon July 20 - 22, 2026 • Atlanta, GA
Custom Visualizer Timer
Problem Description
Visualizer timers are extremely helpful but all the sounds when they go off are so distressing. It triggers the very same demographic that relies on them.
Proposed Solution
It would be cool if there was a browser based visualized timer that students can customize the theme and set their own timer or even cooler if I as the teacher could make a preset timer and share it as a link so students can click it and it triggers the same timer. Option for everyone to access the same cohntdown or nore of like a template so they click and it automatically triggers a timer for a certain amount. Students can still adjust colour theme or alarm sound but the time stays the same. Maybe this is a seperate app idea but I would use this all the time if it had this other feature: a visual of a typical wall clock (maybe with different themes as well) but you can organize one visual timer for your whole day so I can put like a blue line from 8am to 9am saying teach music then for my prep from 9 to 10 I can put like an orange line from 9-915 that says set up tech station then a pink line from 915-940 for marking then 940-10 for prepping next lesson and I can have it up on my screen to help me organize my time better since I have adhd and preps can fly by with 4 half finished projects. I love how the google timer has the countdown time in the tab so if there was a way to always see the time like that it would be helpful.