Pick a student without picking a favourite.
Calling on people from memory quietly rewards the same four hands every lesson, and the ones who never volunteer learn that they never have to. A spin everybody can see takes the choosing away from you, which is the part students argue with.
The argument you are having
Why do you always pick me?
Because the wheel did, and it did it in front of everyone. There is nothing to take personally and nothing to accuse you of.
The same four people answer everything.
Every name occupies the same slice, so the quiet ones come up as often as the confident ones. Turn on elimination and nobody is asked twice until everyone has been.
Sir, that's not fair, you skipped me.
Every spin is recorded with what it landed on and when, so if participation is ever questioned there is a list rather than a memory.
Groups always end up the same.
Spin for partners, for reading order, for who presents first. Nobody negotiates with a wheel.
Try it with your own list
A wheel with your own students on it, right here. Type a few names and spin; keeping the wheel for tomorrow's lesson is what needs the free account.
- Ava
- Ben
- Chloe
- Dev
- Elif
Tap the wheel to spin. Drag it if you want to throw it.
Commas work too. Up to 5 names here; a free account holds your whole list.
Saving needs a free account. Free wheels hold 10 names, Pro holds 10,000.
What you get
Every name, the same chance
Each entry takes an equal slice unless you say otherwise, and a slice's share of the wheel is exactly its weight. The odds are the picture.
Nobody twice until everybody once
Elimination mode takes each name off as it comes up and puts the whole list back when it runs out, so you can work around a class without repeats.
Big enough for the back row
Present mode fills the screen and hides everything else, so the wheel on the projector is the wheel and nothing but. Escape brings you back.
A record of who came up
Every spin is kept with its result and its time, and the history exports as a CSV if you ever need to show the spread.
The whole registerPro
Bring a class list in from a spreadsheet and map the columns. Free wheels hold 10 names; Pro goes to 10,000.
What it costs you
A wheel of 10 names is free forever, which covers a reading group, a table, or a rota. A full class does not fit in 10, so a register-sized wheel and importing it from a spreadsheet are both Pro. Worth knowing before you type thirty names in.
See both plansQuestions people actually ask
Do my students need accounts?
No. Share the link and anyone can open it and spin it. Only saving a wheel needs an account, and only you need one.
Can I put more than one class in?
Each class is its own wheel. The free plan holds 3 wheels; Pro holds 500.
Can I put it on the classroom projector?
Yes. Present mode fills the whole screen and takes the page furniture away, so what the class sees is the wheel, the title and the result. Press Escape to come back.
Does the elimination stick between lessons?
No, and this is worth knowing. Elimination lasts for the session you are in: reload the page and the full list is back. It is for working through a class in one go, not for tracking a term.