Teaching pedagogy tool: inverse magic-8 ball

Ok…so who’s heard of a magic 8-ball? I see lots of hands going up in the audience. For those whose hands didn’t go up, you ask a magic-8 ball a question, and it spits out an answer. The “O.G.” magic 8-ball would spit out one out of a small set of answers: “yes;” “no;” “ask again later;” and a few others.

Picture courtesy of Jeneva Clark

Over time the humble magic 8-ball has evolved into more sophisticated forms (though…