Would
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glen.apps.RandomPicker&feature=sea
rch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5nbGVuLmFwcHMuUmFuZG9tUGlja2VyIl0.
Work?
From: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:29:54 -0800
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Downtime between application and discussion
Does anyone know of a similar app for Android? A quick search in the market
didn't turn up anything that looks comparable...
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here is another app like pick me
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> YouSpin
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> Interesting iPhone/iPad application to quickly and randomly select one team to
> report. Lets you configure a custom roulette wheel with team names.
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> http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/youspin/id333210228?mt=8#
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> The fun really begins when the instructor includes their name on the
> dial........students end up chanting the instructors name hoping they will
> have to report
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>>>> >>> This is from http://www.teambasedlearning.org/ideas
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> From: Dean Parmelee <[log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> >
> Reply-To: Dean Parmelee <[log in to unmask]
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> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:03:40 -0500
> To: "[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> "
> <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> >
> Subject: Re: Downtime between application and discussion
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> We've been happy with this procedure, like Bill's:
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> When 1/2 the teams are complete (indicated by flag raising), then there are X
> minutes
> remaining for the rest of the class. The X we have either set arbitrarily
> depending on the
> complexity of the topic area OR team vote at the beginning on a set of
> options: 2 min, 5 min,
> 10 min. - this only takes a couple of minutes to do.
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> While I have listserve attention, let me share a facilitation tip that we have
> grown to ask "why
> haven't we done this all along?" It is the 'random' selection of students to
> stand up and speak.
> We use either pink pong balls in a box OR one of the cool new APPs for iPAD or
> iPHONE
> like 'Pick Me.' You can population the APP with team groupings and spin to
> land on someone
> new. Using this process of selection guarantees that everyone stays on their
> toes, otherwise when
> you ask for "someone answer this," most students relax since they know an
> smart extravert will
> jump for the chance.
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> Try it. You'll love it.
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> Dean
> On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Brescia, Bill wrote:
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>> We do not tell the students how much time they have. We use a "Done" sign on
>> a stand. When about 1/2 the teams have finished I announce that they have 5
>> minutes to finish.
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:40 AM, "Chris Burns" <[log in to unmask]
>> <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> > wrote:
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>>> We typically do not tell students how long they have to complete application
>>> exercises (or other group work) because they will use the entire time,
>>> whether they need it or not. Getting the class together before the allotted
>>> time is up can be nearly impossible. Instead we ask students to work on the
>>> problem and use audience response clickers to monitor progress in real-time
>>> with a slide that says "1. I am done with the exercise". When most of the
>>> groups are finished, we announce a one or two minute warning and move on.
>>> Students seem to appreciate getting to the discussion efficiently.
>>>
>>> Chris Burns
>>> University of Virginia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:08:16 -0500
>>> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Downtime between application and discussion
>>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]>
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>>>
>>> Iıve been using TBL in my developmental psychology classes for the last few
>>> years. I am struggling with what to do when some teams are done with the
>>> application activities before others. I typically let the students know how
>>> much time theyıll have to complete the activity, and some teams take the
>>> whole time to complete it, while others donıt. So then I have students who
>>> are waiting for others to complete the assignment so we can have our class
>>> discussion. I'd love to hear suggestions for what I could have the teams
>>> who finish early do until weıre ready for the class discussion?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Krisztina
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>>>
>>> --
>>> ******************************************
>>> Krisztina Varga Jakobsen, Ph.D.
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Department of Psychology, MSC 7704
>>> 91 E. Grace St.
>>> James Madison University
>>> Harrisonburg, VA 22807
>>> 540-568-4301 <tel:540-568-4301>
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> Dean Parmelee, M.D.
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> Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
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> Boonshoft School of Medicine
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> Wright State University
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> Dayton, Ohio
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> http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/parmelee.html
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