Classroom timers, races & name pickers
Pick a student
Fair cold-calling — nobody gets picked twice until everyone has had a turn.
All name pickers →New Gumball Machine
Turn the crank and a gumball rolls out with a student's name — a game-show twist on the name picker.
🥤Popsicle Stick Cup
A cup of named sticks — one rises out, wobbles, and reveals whose turn it is. The classic cold-call trick, digitized.
🧧Lucky Envelope
A board of sealed red envelopes. Students choose one, it opens, and a name slides out — still fair, no repeats.
🫙Sticker Jar
A sticker flies out of the jar and flips to show a name. Every pick goes on the class sticker chart.
🌍Spin the Globe
Spin the globe, drop a pin, pick a student — with an optional country for a quick ESL speaking prompt.
🎯Name Picker
Randomly cold-call a student from a simple list. No repeats until everyone's had a turn.
Race to decide the order
Type in your class and watch them race. The finish order is your turn order.
All races →Race Timer
Randomly decide student order for presentations, reading turns, or line-up — as a fun animated race.
🚩Team Race
Click-to-advance race for team competitions and classroom quiz games.
🔤Word Race
Enter vocabulary words instead of names — a random race decides your review order.
🥷Ninja Race
Ninja-themed random order picker — fast, silent, and fun for classroom energy breaks.
🦖Dinosaur Race
Dino-themed random order picker — great for a change of pace during a unit on animals.
🍣Sushi & Dumpling Race
A tasty twist on the random order picker — great for a change of pace.
🏴☠️Pirate Race
A crew of distinct pirate characters race to decide who goes first — great for an ocean or adventure unit.
🤠Cowboy Race
A posse of distinct cowboy and cowgirl characters race to decide who goes first — great for a Wild West unit.
👾Pixel Race
A retro cast of 8-bit heroes races to decide who goes first — pairs perfectly with the chiptune race music.
🐰Cute Critters Race
A pack of adorable animal characters races across a meadow — great for younger classes.
Classroom timers
Big, simple timers that work in fullscreen on any projector.
Countdown Timer
Big, readable countdown with an alarm — great for timed activities and tests.
⏱️Stopwatch
Simple, fullscreen-friendly stopwatch with lap tracking.
Why teachers use ClassCarnival
Every tool here is built for a shared classroom screen: big text, fullscreen mode, and nothing to install or sign up for. Paste in your class list once and you can run a race, a name picker, or a timer in seconds.
The name pickers and races are designed around fairness. Instead of pulling a random name every time — which means some students get picked again and again — each tool works through the whole class before anyone repeats. That makes cold-calling feel like a game rather than a gotcha, which matters most for younger learners and students speaking in a second language.
Pick the style that suits your class: a quick list picker when you just need a name, a gumball machine or popsicle stick cup when you want a bit of suspense, or a themed race when you need to decide presentation order and want the whole room watching.