Team Shake

Team Shake is a cool new find for some of our teachers.  This paid app (cost $0.99) will allow you to generate and evenly distribute students into teams.  Settings allow you to designate ability level, gender or designate who can/cannot be together on a team.  The app will distribute names based upon the number of "teams" you need for a given activity. 

Here are a few features that are outlined about this app in the Apple Store:

* Create completely random or balanced teams
* Import lists from email or spreadsheet
* Temporarily disable people who are absent
* Set groups of people to always be on the same team
* Set groups of people to always be on different teams
* Set user strength to make more even teams (now supports fully balanced teams)
* 5 users strengths level
* Pick a single random person from the list of players
* Option to balance male / female team members
* "Equal Ability" option to create teams where all players have the same strength

Third grade has incorporated this app and the students love seeing who is "shaken" together to be on their team or group.  This is a great classroom management and student engagement tool.