Wheel Spinner Spin The Wheel To Decide

Online Wheel Spinner To Make Smart Decision

My colleague Miguel Guhlin and I were working on the ISTE Certified Educator training and we needed a random selector tool.

Of course, Miguel pipes up and had just the right wheel spinner. This joint effort spawned a blog and the hunt for even more spinners.

For more on shape spinners, check out this blog entry.

1. Wheel Spinner

Created by: Random Wheel Spinner

This is a picker wheel that spins and selects a random word based on the information you provide. It's both entertaining and practical! Assume you're a teacher, and today all of your students are required to give a presentation.

Who will be the first to go? You can begin at the top of your student list, but then the same students must always begin first, and you may not always have access to your student list.

The solution is to choose a name at random. How?

Beachball colored wheel with a spinner click sound.

The Steps:

1. Visit: WheelSpinner.net
2. Scroll down the page and enter your choices (The max is 100.).
3. Title your wheel.
4. Click (Apply Wheel Changes).
5. That’s it. You have your wheel.
6. If you want to save the wheel, copy the URL and save it.

Red flag: If you scroll down to the very bottom of Wheel Decide, there are some pre-made wheels that are adult themed: What Wine to Drink?, Tarot Cards, and What Domestic Beer to Drink (US)?

2. Random Name Picker

Created by: Wheel Picker

This free and simple programme allows you to choose a winner at random from a list of names (It supports 2 to up to 200k names).

Raffles, contests, drawings, freebies, and promotions all benefit from our unique 3-step client & server side Randomness Process Certification.

Multiple colors with a spinner click sound and applause

The Steps:

1. Visit: https://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/.
2. Below the Spinner, you will find Edit/Save.
3. Enter your information.
4. Press Submit (your spinner is visible immediately).
5. Or better yet, save your spinner for future use with the following steps:
6. Click Save this List.
7. Provide a password.
8. Save the unique address to access your spinner.

Extra! You can opt to remove each option immediately.

3. Flippity

Created by: Flippity.net

Flippity Random Name Picker is a fantastic tool for teachers who want to pick students at random for a class activity. Fill up the text area with as many names as you'd like, then spin the wheel to discover which name is chosen!

After you've picked a name, a window will appear asking if you want to delete it.

The Steps:

1. Visit: http://flippity.net.
2. Find the Flippity Random Name Picker.
3. Make a copy of the template.
4. Enter your information.
5. Label your roster.
6. Go to File, Publish to the Web.
7. Click Publish.
8. Click on the Get the Link Here tab (at the bottom).
9. Bookmark the page to return in the future.

Extra! You can also display your information in the form of: lineup, group, team, or seating arrangement.

4. Spin Wheel

Created by: Random Wheel Spinner LLC

Random name generator that can be customised. Choose from a variety of genres, such as Spin Wheel and Slots.
Random Name Picker is a free web-based tool that uses a Spin Wheel to select a random name.

It's basic and straightforward, and the names can be changed to suit your preferences. Because it is built on HTML5, you do not need to download or install any plugins or applications.

All you need is a contemporary browser.

The Steps:

1. Visit https://www.randomnamepicker.net/spin-wheel.
2. Click on Name Sets.
3. Delete the list of existing names: James, Mary, John, etc.
4. Enter your information.
5. Click Save and Close.
6. Select Reset Name.
7. Click Play.

Extra! You can opt to remove each option immediately.

Red Flag: I could never get this spinner to save multiple sets, so I think you might have to create an account.

5. Wheel of Names

Created by: Spinning Wheel, Google Developer Relations

Wheel of Names - Random Picker is the ultimate decision-making fortune wheel software, allowing you to construct innumerable custom wheels of fortune, label them with as many custom labels as you wish, and spin away!

Put anything you want on the wheel to make unique raffle pickers, random name pickers to draw prize winners' names, and make your own spinner games that are far more entertaining than flipping a coin.

Red, blue, green, and yellow wheel with spinner click sounds and applause

The Steps:

1. Visit https://wheelofnames.com/.
2. Enter your information to the right of the spinner.
3. Click on the spinner to activate.

Extra! You can opt to remove each option immediately. One other bonus is that this wheel allows you to add images for options.

6. Picker Wheel

Created by: Color Wheel Spinner

Various hues of yellow and green wheel with spinner clicking sounds and upbeat music to announce selection

The Steps:

1. Visit https://pickerwheel.com
2. Enter your information to the right of the spinner.
3. Enter in the yellow “Input here” one-by-one.
4. Or click on the peach-colored button to add a whole list.
5. Click on the spinner’s middle button.

Extra! Works in three modes: normal mode, elimination mode, and accumulation mode.

It is a PWA application which means you can work offline and can be installed as a desktop, iOS or Android app without surfing through a browser.

I certainly hope one of these six fancy wheels will spin you right.

If you happen to have another wheel spinner that would be an awesome addition, please email me at wheelspinner@support.org.

Happy spinning!