HPR1470: Learn to read time with ccClock

Over the years the image of the clock has been abstracted and stylized to a point where a long and a short line inside a circle, or even inside four dots on the ordinals, can be instantaneously recognized as a clock. This is perfectly fine if you already know how to read the analog clock but it makes no sense to use such a design as a teaching aid.

As a teaching device, you need to make sure all the information that has been abstracted away has been put back.

That is the basic principle of the ccClock

• The minute hand points at the minute dial
• All the minutes are listed removing the need to know the 5 or 15 math table
• The Clockwise direction is emphasized with arrows and text orientation.
• The two per day rotation of the hour hand is described using a concentric spiral
• The progression of day into night is indicated by recognizable icons of the rising and setting sun and moon
• The written format is described in the traditional dial digits
• The spoken form is described in speech balloons

Links

• Dave Allen - "Teaching Your Kid Time"
• https://openclipart.org/
• https://kenfallon.com/ccclock

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