Classroom
How to use a random name picker in the classroom
A practical guide to cold-calling with a name wheel: the routines that raise participation, the mistakes that raise anxiety, and how to set it up in under a minute.
The Wheel Spinner blog
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Classroom
Routines, privacy and practical setup for teachers using a name wheel with a class.
Classroom
Ten ways to raise classroom participation with a spin wheel
Beyond cold-calling: ten classroom routines built around a random name wheel, from group formation to exit tickets and revision roulette.
Privacy
Choosing privacy-first classroom tools: a checklist for teachers
Student names are personal data. Seven questions to ask of any classroom website before you type a register into it, and what good answers look like.
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Prize draws
Running raffles, giveaways and event draws that entrants and audiences believe in.
Prize draws
Running a raffle people actually trust
How to collect entries, run the draw in the open and announce a winner nobody disputes — a step-by-step process for charity raffles and community prize draws.
Giveaways
Drawing giveaway winners live: a streamer's checklist
How to run a social media giveaway draw on stream so the result is transparent, watchable and impossible to accuse of favouritism.
Events
Using a spin wheel at events, conferences and trade shows
Stand prizes, session giveaways and stage draws: how to run a wheel in front of a live audience without the technical wobbles.
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Randomness & decisions
How randomness actually works, which method to choose, and when to let chance decide.
Randomness
How random is a spinning wheel, really?
Pseudo-random versus cryptographic randomness, why every segment is genuinely equal, and why repeat winners are normal rather than evidence of a rigged wheel.
Comparison
Wheel vs dice vs coin flip: which random method should you use?
Coins, dice, hats, shuffled lists and spinning wheels all pick at random. They differ in fairness, transparency and how many options they handle.
Decisions
Using randomness to beat decision fatigue
Not every choice deserves deliberation. How to spot the decisions worth randomising, and why handing small choices to a wheel protects attention for the big ones.
Teams
Seven team-building games that run on a spin wheel
Icebreakers, retro formats and rota systems that work better when a wheel makes the choice — for on-site teams and remote calls alike.
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