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Teaching Tip

From the Teacher’s Aide Newsletter

2012 February

List Randomizer

Do you ever assign class presentations? Deciding who goes first can be challenging. Consider using an online list randomizer that arranges the items of a list in random order.

Random.org claims to have a superior generator. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs. You simply type in the list (e.g., names, numbers, email addresses), press a button and the random list is automatically generated.