Tech Tool: Wheel Decide
Tech Tool Tuesdays will include quick tools or tips to use in your classroom.
We can all use some quick tools to keep in our back pockets to pull out when we need something different.
Wheel Decide
Today’s tech tip is a website with many different uses. The best part is that it is FREE!
The website is called Wheel Decide. It is a spinner that can make decisions for you and has many different uses for inside or outside the classroom.
My husband and I used it to decide on what to do for dinner. I typed in our choices and the wheel was made. You can spin it as many times as you like.
Just like the website says, you may realize your true desires as the wheel spins.
I decided I wanted Chinese food while the wheel was spinning. So I kept spinning until I got it to show Chinese food!
But if I didn’t know what I wanted, I could have spun the wheel once and then the decision would have been made for me.
I could see this being used during a probability unit in math. Students could collect true data based on the spins.
Another way you could use this with students is in writing. If your students are having trouble deciding what they can write about, they can use this website to spin the wheel.
You can choose from wheels that others have made or you can make your own wheel.
Maybe you want them to pick from certain topics.
You can type those topics in and the wheel will be made for you. If you login to the site, you can save the wheels for future use.
I used this with students when I wanted to pick a random student for student of the week.
They loved seeing their names on the spinner and tried to guess who would be picked.
I saved the wheel for future weeks so I wouldn’t have to remember who was chosen already.
CAUTION
CAUTION Be careful about letting your students browse the pre-made wheels. There are some topics that are not appropriate for kids.
It would be fine if you gave your students a link to a pre-made wheel.
