(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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The group does “nose goes” in an attempt to avoid being chosen for something
Presenter deflects work onto audience
Data!
Presenter is pushing a product for sale
Someone goes off on a tangent, prolonging the agony
Nepotism!
Someone shushes the group.
Administration eavesdrops
Power struggle
Information presented could have easily been distributed in an email. Again.
District Strategic Framework/Plan
An administrator contradicts the directions given by the previous administrator
Uh-oh, you had to question at least 5 times the qualifications of the speaker for their job title
Someone is having more fun than you are, for some reason
In a desperate bid for attention, someone scolds the group for their attitude
Snacks
Rollout of yet another tech system that may or may not do what it promises
Someone proposes an activity that is ridiculously below grade level
Older “new” technology that is already obsolete, that will revolutionize our teaching
“I’ll have to get back to you on that” (2x+)
Someone asks a question that extends the meeting unnecessarily
The same person continues to speak regardless of subject or knowledge, either real or imagined
Sycophantism
Someone shares their personal insecurities rather than asking a purposeful question
The tech used in the presentation/task refuses to work
In an attempt at “fun,” the group leader runs a game that doesn’t really work
Stalemated contract negotiations are referenced
Somebody is grading papers
Somebody stays after to talk about the topic with the presenter