About this wheel

Random Student Picker Wheel: Everyone Gets a Turn

Random student picker wheel with 24 sample names and Fair picks on. Each student picked leaves the wheel until everyone has had a turn.

Good for

  • Class questions
  • Reading aloud
  • Away today

On this wheel

  • Ava
  • Liam
  • Sofia
  • Mateo
  • Aisha
  • Kenji
  • Amara
  • Omar
  • Priya
  • Arjun
  • Mei
  • Hana

Why use a random student picker wheel

Fair picks is already on: each student picked leaves the wheel until the whole class has had a turn, then everyone comes back for a new round. The 24 first names are made up, so make your own copy for your class.

  • Pick who answers the next question

    Teachers can spin for each question, and nobody is picked twice until the whole class has had a turn.

  • Choose who reads aloud or goes first

    Students see the wheel land, so nobody can say the same child always gets chosen.

  • Skip students who are away today

    In your own copy, hide a student who is away for the lesson and bring them back with one tap when they return.

This wheel wears the Wheel-ementary theme: crayons on a chalkboard, push pins and a gold-star arrow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the random student picker wheel

  1. Click the wheel to spin it.
  2. Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
  3. Fair picks is on, so each winner leaves the wheel until every entry has had a turn.
  4. Click “Create your own student picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 24 entries on the random student picker wheel

  • Ava
  • Liam
  • Sofia
  • Mateo
  • Aisha
  • Kenji
  • Amara
  • Omar
  • Priya
  • Arjun
  • Mei
  • Hana
  • Kofi
  • Leila
  • Yusuf
  • Nia
  • Lucas
  • Elena
  • Ivan
  • Zara
  • Thiago
  • Noah
  • Tunde
  • Freya

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the same student get picked twice?

Not until everyone has had a turn. With Fair picks on, each student picked leaves the wheel, and the next spin after the last one starts a new round.

Are these real students?

No. The 24 first names are made up. Click “Create your own student picker” to save a copy with your own class list.

Is my class list sent anywhere when I hide a name?

No. What is hidden stays on this device, so other people opening the same link see the full wheel. The names on a saved wheel are stored with the wheel, so use first names or nicknames.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own student picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.

Is it free?

Completely free, with no sign-up needed. Create a free account only if you want to keep your wheels together.

Make your own random student picker wheel

Click “Create your own student picker” at the top to save your own copy, or start a wheel from scratch with your own entries.

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