How to Make a Custom Prize Wheel for a School Fundraiser Without Losing Your Mind

You’re planning a school fundraiser, someone said “we should have one of those spinning prize wheel things,” and now somehow it’s your problem.You google it, see $250 plastic wheels on Amazon, and briefly consider faking your own death. This site is all about spinning wheels and everything that revolves around them  DIY builds, game mechanics, … Read more

How to Run a Spin to Win Giveaway on Instagram Stories (Without Looking Like You Faked It)

Here’s the thing nobody tells you before you try to run a spin-to-win giveaway on Instagram Stories: Instagram doesn’t have a native spin wheel sticker. There’s no button that says “add spinning prize wheel.” You can add polls, questions, countdowns, quizzes, music stickers that spin like records, and even AI-generated stickers of cats wearing sunglasses. … Read more

How Teachers Actually Use a Spinning Wheel to Pick Students (And Why It’s More Complicated Than You Think)

The most stressful three seconds in any classroom aren’t waiting for test results. They’re when a teacher finishes asking a question and starts scanning the room for someone to answer it. You know the look—the slow eye sweep that feels like a spotlight hunting its next victim. Some students avoid eye contact like their grade … Read more

How HR teams use randomizers to assign onboarding tasks fairly

Somewhere in your company, there is one person who mysteriously “volunteers” for every new hire. They’re the one doing laptop handoffs, Slack intros, first-day tours, random “where’s the bathroom?” questions  all while trying to do their actual job. The rest of the team vaguely “means to help.” They just never quite… get tagged. On spinningwheel, … Read more