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Charles's avatar

Hi Breana, That's a great suggestion. If you're looking for an alternative, you might want to try this spinning wheel tool: https://roleta.it.com/

I personally think it's much more nicely designed than other popular sites like Wheel of Names. You should give it a try!

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TechGeekie's avatar

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Chrisi's avatar

Hi Breana,

I recently came across your tip about using the Wheel of Names for random student selection, and I found it incredibly useful. As someone deeply interested in leveraging technology to enhance educational experiences, I thought I'd share a resource that delves into AI and social media platforms, particularly Instagram.

Our blog at https://topfollowapkguru.com/blogs/ discusses various aspects of the Instagram platform, including its issues and the role of AI in optimizing social media strategies. I believe this content could be of interest to your audience, especially those looking to integrate AI-driven tools in their teaching methods.

Happy teaching and tech-ing!

Best regards,

Chrisi

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Nazrul's avatar

Hi Breana, You can also try https://randompickerwheel.com for random choice

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Alan Phillips's avatar

Hi Breana, I'd like to recommend the educational technology resource: SpinnerWheel.com

All entries on wheels are fully editable and one of the main things that makes it so useful and unique is the ability to create *multiple wheels* for use at one time (up to 8).

Example uses of Spinner Wheel for:

- Mathematics: https://spinnerwheel.com/mental-mathematics-quiz

- Creative writing: https://spinnerwheel.com/short-burst-writing-ideas-generator

- Learning English: https://spinnerwheel.com/english-lesson-my-job (>6,600 combinations)

- Learning French (or any language): https://spinnerwheel.com/random-french-sentences

From creating multiple random number generators to equitably selecting students from a group, the possibilities for using this resource in a learning environment are practically endless.

I hope this helps!

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Breana Bayraktar's avatar

Thanks for sharing these great resources!

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