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]>
> *Reply-To: *Dean Parmelee <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date: *Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:03:40 -0500
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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]>
> 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
>
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> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:08:16 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Downtime between application and discussion
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
> I’ve 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 they’ll have to complete the activity, and some teams take
> the whole time to complete it, while others don’t. 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 we’re ready for the class discussion?
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>
> 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
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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
>
> 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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