Random word

A value comes out of your list: a topic, a role, a question, or several constraints at once.

In your classroom

You create four lists, Who?, When?, Where? and Action?, and students write from the words drawn.

Students start from an unexpected idea instead of searching for where to begin.

You assign a presentation topic, a discussion theme or a team role, such as reporter or timekeeper.

Everyone practises something other than what they would choose for themselves.

You draw a question from all those in the unit, or a vocabulary word to use.

The whole subject comes up, not just what you thought to ask.

You draw the word or the challenge for a game of mime, charades or an active break.

The class moves and laughs without you preparing slips of paper.

tune

ListsOne or more. Each has a name, a colour and its values, one per line. With several lists, a draw takes one value from each.
Animation durationFrom 0 to 10 seconds. The values scroll by, then settle.
BackgroundThe background colour shared by all widgets, under “Appearance”.

Each list is drawn independently, and a list with a single value always gives that value.
A list with no values is flagged in the settings.
The same result can come up twice in a row. For a round where everyone goes once, use random draw.
A click during the animation has no effect. The result is not kept and, when the device asks to reduce motion, the values appear right away.

Random drawThe wheel spins, a name comes up: the whole class stays alert.
Random numberA number comes out of the range you chose, and the whole class watches it appear.
Random imageLet chance pick an image for the class: they scroll by, then stop on one.