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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I have been spending a lot of my time with the game "Spot It" lately. I just am having a hard time coming up with the game play of a customized card deck. Check this out out would to hear feedback if you have an idea or two. #edusky #gameshow #gameshows youtube.com/shorts/UKRfi...

Need Some Feedback... Spot It!

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A look back at the another successful 4th of July... My favorite day for games and shenanigans! #4thofjuly #games #gameshows #gameshow #edusky

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

What do you think the most popular game show of all time both on TV and in the classroom is????? #edtech #ISTELive #gameshow #gameshows #edusky www.youtube.com/shorts/xyJ_k...

Most Popular Gameshow of All Time?

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

One of my favorite math problems: If you have two shuffled decks and reveal one card from each at the same time, what's the probability you're going to flip the exact same card at least once?

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Want to use ChatGPT to make cartoon image?. Here's YouTube tutorial I found. He lists different styles it can recreate. Check out different versions of myself I made as cartoon styles. The takeaway for image generation is detailed prompts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJ0... #edtech #ISTELive #edtech

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I am doing YouTube Shorts this summer answering some common questions and giving tips that teachers often have when running games in their classrooms. Here's my first... which is the answer to "what game is easiest to play" #edusky #edtech #ISTELive www.youtube.com/shorts/cjfeT...

YouTube video by The Game Show Guy

My Easiest Game?

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Game Show Guy blast from the past!!!! Here I am back in 1996 on a short lived game called "No Relation" hosted by Mike Rowe. I'd give back the trip to Mexico we won to have that hair again! #gameshow #edusky #edtech youtu.be/AGRprPXABvg

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Ryan on the short lived game show "No Relation" in 1996 hosted by Mike Rowe

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Try Jenga in your classroom! Check out my video tutorial for this fun game that you really don't need to have slideshow to go along with it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3OZ... #edtech #edusky #gameshows

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Game Show fun fact.... Anthony Pratt and his wife in England created the game Clue in 1944, as a way to pass the time during air raid drills during WWII.

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Years ago I worked with Coach Ben on an activity for young Ss to learn Chromebook skills called “Chromie the Chromebook” & now I have Mr. Potato Head. Ss can learn copying & pasting plus skills such as resizing, rotating, flipping & color correction #edusky #edtech docs.google.com/presentation...

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Its been a hot minute since @bribriggs.bsky.social and I have podcasted. We even missed out 10 year anniversary :( I feel that today's NYTimes Connections game is trying to tell me something... #edtech #edusky #podcastEDU

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Game shows everywhere!!!! Just finished season 3 of Righteous Gemstones where it all culminated in this crazy game show ending

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

My two summer reads... Adam Savage's gave me inspiration on my spaces and procedures. Now I'm diving into the Disengaged Teen. #edusky

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Price is Right fun fact... The original Showcase Showdown wheel was spun “sideways” rather than “forward” #gameshows

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Summer plans for my room. Using our school mascot, Chat GPT & Photoshop to make posters of different reminders & tips. Just blown away how well Chat GPT can remember a style #EdTech #EduSkyAI #EduAI

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Well, that's it...another year in for the books with 24 of them here in Rocklin. Nothing like the time machine of past staff IDs to make you feel old. But still looking to what the next school year will bring

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Jeopardy fun fact... Not sure if you've ever hit writer's block when writing questions for a quiz or text, but the Jeopardy writers have to come up with early 14,000 clues each season #gameshows #edusky #edtech

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Here's another of my games that can easily put together for some end of the year fun. It is an "Apples to Apples" template where you can put your own content or fun terms... its totally customizable. I have PPT and GSlides versions here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Aqjz... #edtech #edusky

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

For my end of the year review, I played one of my newer games "Battleship". It was an absolute blast! Very different from traditional Kahoot or Jeopardy style game. Here's my tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ1a... if you interested in the template, shoot me a DM for the link #edtech #edusky

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Looking for a fun game for your students with NO EDUCATIONAL PRIOR KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED? Well, try my Candy Quiz! I put them in teams of 2-3 and see which ones can guess 'em all. Even allow them to cheat/trade with other teams. docs.google.com/presentation... #edusky #edtech

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Absolute, must listen to podcast for all of us staring down what to do in education with A.I. play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/853... Ezra interviews the author of "The Disengaged Teen" #edusky #edtech

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Anyone use the "Which One Doesn't Belong" challenges? I did a few years ago as fun mini warm up games for my agendas. But noticed the site wodb.ca doesn't work anymore. I've found quite a few other sites that focus on math looking for other non-math examples. #edusky #edtech

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I find this time of year, the end of term finals, AP exams, etc as the best time to dive into a fun review game. My YouTube channel has all tutorials for all my games to try Price is Right, Family Feud, Let's Make a Deal are some of the popular #edtech #edusky www.youtube.com/@TheGameShow...

Here you will find ideas and inspiration for any classroom teacher looking to get their students to participate and play in game show style activities in the classroom. I am a classroom teacher in Ro...

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Here are three random name pickers for next time you need this for a game or other lesson. Wheel of Names seems to be the most popular but I like Lucky Draw, as it has the least number of ads #edusky pinkylam.me/playground/r... wheelofnames.com edushare.ing/r2

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A little look into the Game Show Guy's DNA. Here is my mother back in 1975 spinning the wheel on Wheel of Fortune. She didn't win the big money, but a year supply of chocolate bon bons and new orange linoleum flooring for the house was a pretty sweet victory for the 70's #edusky

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I was digging through out school's junk pile and found a 3D printer and my old SmartBoard. Oh, how tech changes #edusky

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Check out my Digital magazine templates for students to customize. I've updated these so there are PPT, Google Slides and now Canva versions of Time, People, Nat Geo, etc edushare.ing/ODmagazines #edusky #edtech #sschat

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If you haven't checked out Flippity you should. Tons of games you can customize Bingo, Tic Tac Toe, Matching and more. Plus, for fans of the NY Times Connections game, there is a game where you can customize your own flippity.net #edusky #edtech

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Yesterday we lost one of the great game show hosts of all time... Wink Martindale. My fav show from him was Tic Tac Dough. Bob Barker, to Peter Marshall and then Chuck Wollery... we've seen some of the great pass in the last few years

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Sorry for giving away the NY Times answer to today's Stands, but come on... It's Game Shows! #gameshow #gameshows

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Love my new purchase courtesy of @tisharichmond.bsky.social . Jumbo sized Plinko board from Costco Thanks Tisha! #edusky

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Thanks @karlymoura.com and @ditchthattextbook.com ! Fun chatting about all things games. Too fast though... got to get back in Chat Shape #EduSkyChat

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Q3) Challenges in using review games: It takes time to customize to your class (pre-done ones are OK as a start, but every class is different). Also, games like this get often wildly, and sometimes too, excited. #EduSkyChat

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Q2) My newest fun ones are Battleship, Balderdash and Guess Who. Very different than the classic Jeopardy, Kahoot, Quizziz style #EduSkyChat

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Q2) This is what I love to make. Fun game environments that connect with your content. I have. Here’s quite a few of mine which everyone can try out. edushare.ing/ryanodpromo I also make YouTube tutorials of each of my games. #EduSkyChat

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Let’s Make A Deal Here is the tutorial: https://youtu.be/83CYkJE67OA Jeopardy! Here is the tutorial: https://youtu.be/_EzEYcTKM_o Updated part 2 tutorial : https://youtu.be/dbc1DCOYDzs The Price Is Ri...

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Q1) I love review games. Been playing since 1998. Its now an addiction: playing & making games for my kids and other teachers. Check my YouTube channel with tutorials and ideas. I love to repackage games like Price is Right, Jenga, Apples to Apples #EduSkyChat www.youtube.com/@TheGameShow...

Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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Hi all, I am Ryan O’Donnell (the Game Show Guy) high school teacher in Rocklin, CA and happy to be in my first chat in BlueSky while I am actually flying in blue skies in a Southwest flight back home! Excited to share and learn about game ideas from others #EduSkyChat

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I will be chiming in on the #EduSkyChat all about games and gamification with @karlymoura.com and @ditchthattextbook.com starting at 5:30 pst. Jump in and join us! I'll be sharing many of my games and strategies

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Turnitin will be rollling out their response to the A.I. tsunami. It is called "Clarity" I still have major reservations having a tool try to catch cheaters, don't think this is correct conversation. Having students write is vital but how we do that today is a challenge #eduskyai

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Check out these fantastic magazine covers!

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Ryan O'Donnell @creativeedtech.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Maybe one of the worst iterations of a monopoly game was announced "Monopoly App Banking" Starting in August, you can buy this game which replaces both cash and the banker with a mobile app that handles all the game’s transactions. Each player needs a cell phone in order to play #nothanks #edusky