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Student Spinner

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Purpose

The Student Spinner is a simple classroom tool for picking a student at random from a class roster — useful for cold-calling, choosing who answers next, or picking teams and turns without it looking like you're playing favorites. It keeps track of who's been picked during a session, so you can spin through a class fairly instead of relying on memory.

When to Use

  • During class discussion, to pick who answers a question next.
  • For quizzes or games where you need to pick students in a random but fair order.
  • When assigning turns for a classroom activity and want it to feel unbiased.
  • To check who you've already called on in a session, so you don't repeat the same few students.

How to Use

  1. Open Spinner and select the class you're currently teaching.

  2. Tap Spin to randomly select a student from that class's roster.

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    The Student Spinner screen mid-spin, with the class roster and a highlighted selected student.

  3. If the selected student is absent or you want to pick someone else, use Skip to draw again without losing track of who's already been picked.

  4. Keep spinning through the period — the session keeps a running history so you can see who's already been picked.

  5. When you're ready to start fresh (a new class, or a new day), tap Reset to clear the session history.

  6. Check History at any time to see the order students were picked in during the current or a past session.

TipUse the Spinner at the start of a discussion-heavy lesson to make sure quieter students get called on just as often as the confident ones.
Common MistakeResetting a session clears the "already picked" list, so avoid resetting partway through an activity unless you actually want previously picked students to be eligible again.