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Free Wheel of Names Classroom Tool for Teachers with Hidden Activities
Hi everyone,
I wanted let everyone know I have built a free classroom tool in my spare time for teachers, parents and students, called Random Wheel Spin, https://randomwheelspin.com which is a wheel of names spinner. It is different to other spinner wheels in that I have built it to store hidden activities, actions, questions or answers behind each wheel entry.
As well as a random name picker where teachers can pick students at random it can be used by teachers to create interactive classroom quizzes, where the wheel entries can have questions and the hidden information behind each entry could have answers, activities or extra information about a discussion topic.
It is fully customizable: images and colours can be added as well as changing the spin duration or muting sounds, background image and it integrates with Excel, CSV and Google Sheets, where you can import long lists of student names or entries directly into the wheel very quickly.
You can also share the wheel or embed it in your own website.
I've built a few ready-made template wheels too, such as an Alphabet Letter Wheel, Algebra Quiz Wheel and Kindergarten Quiz Wheel and a classic Wheel of Names, as well as quite a few others.
It is also good for helping with neuro-diverse learners as it acts like an interactive fidget spinner. My own daughter has autism and she finds the shark facts wheel a good way to calm down and focus, as well as it being her special interest.
I hope it can be useful to teachers, students and parents.
I've translated it into Spanish so far but I'm hoping to do a few other languages too.
It's all completely free to use (and I am going to keep it that way), including all the ready-made templates. I'm a full-time software developer so wanted to try my hand at a free classroom tool like this in my spare time, to try and help all the teachers and parents out there, to make learning more interactive and engaging.
I've tried to make the user interface as simple as possible and not too complicated. However I am always tweaking and trying to improve it.
I've attached a few screenshots of some of the ready-made template wheels I have created.
If anyone has any questions please let me know.
Matt
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Thank you for sharing this resource!
I can see some fun ways to bring this kind of tool into e-learning. For example, you could:
- Use it to randomize practice questions in a review session.
- Spin for different role-play scenarios during live training.
- Add it to a blended learning course as an energizer activity.
I’m curious how others here might use a spinner like this? Has anyone tried something similar?
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