S2: Task 2: Kapp Quotes

You've introduced yourself to your fellow #LevelUpBC members. You've had a chance to pick up a copy of Karl M. Kapp's The Gamification of Learning and Instruction. You've probably even had a chance to crack the cover (or the eSpine?). Let's dig into the text.

Task 2:

TEXT CHALLENGE:  “Kapp Quotes”

Matthew's future gamer rock star.

Directions: Share quotes that interested, intrigued, or otherwise spoke to you via this post's comment thread or on Twitter using #levelupbc. The more you share, the more we connect. The more we connect, the more we WIN.                                                                                                              

Reward:  Since Twitter is our primary discussion space for #levelupbc, and since we'll be drawing an awful lot of attention to Kapp's excellent resource, the reward for this challenge will be One Week of Rock Star Treatment. That's right! For one whole week Jennifer and Matthew will tweet boastful, flattering, enthusiastic, mostly-true tweets about YOU which will inevitably cause the Twitterverse to swell with jealousy, your followers to shoot through the roof, and your social media cred to reach limitless heights. ...Or, at the very least, it could just make you feel really really good about yourself. 

Deadline: 11:59pm Friday, October 12th. Your name will be added to a drawing for each quote you share via the comment thread and/or Twitter. PLUS, we'll award one level up for each quote you share! Lots of chances to win, but you'll have to be an active member of the game and, therefore the discussion. As always, there will be plenty of other opportunities to share later and tons more challenges and opportunities to level up, so if you miss this deadline, don't despair! Find your highlighted, penned, and dog-eared quotes and share away!

Happy reading, sharing, and winning!

S2: Task 1: Meet Your Bookclub

Welcome (and welcome back) to the Level Up Book Club, the book club gamified! Last season was full of crazy challenges, interesting reads, and dozens of opportunities to network and let loose. This season we're upping the ante and challenging our readers in ways once thought diabolical. But for now, we'll start with something easy.

Task 1:

PHOTO CHALLENGE:  “Meet Your Bookclub”

Directions: Grab a copy of The Gamification of Learning and Instruction by Karl M. Kapp, our Level Up Book Club September selection, and share a picture of you with book/device in hand. Go to our Tumblr and click "submit" or post your pic to #LevelUpBC via Twitter. Be sure to tell us a little about yourself.

Reward:  Not only do you get the chance to meet everyone else who is going on this epic quest with you BUT one lucky #levelupbc member will win one of these smashing Level Up Book Club Badges AND an Amazon gift card to help with the purchase of our September read.

Deadline:  11:59pm Sunday, September 29th.  Don't worry, there will be tons more challenges and opportunities to level up, so if you miss this deadline, don't despair!  Snap a photo anyway and submit it to our  Tumblr  so we can bask in the glory of your awesomeness! 

I know!  Sweet! 

So... what are you waiting for??  Grab your book and your camera and get ready to level up! 

And The Winner Is...

Woot!  Woot!  The first Level Up Book Club challenge is complete and we have a winner!

This time around, we asked you to submit a photo of yourself along with your copy of our first read, Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken, to our tumblr.  Eighteen LevelUppers posted pics, but only one lucky gamer gets to be our winner.   In order to make it as fair as fair could be, I entered all our gamers into an app I use at school called "PickMe!" that helps me select students randomly during class.  Once everyone was present and accounted for, I hit "random" and our winner (drumroll please) David Grossman, was crowned! Congrats David on your EPIC WIN!

The booty?  A fantabulous Level Up Book Club button AND and a gift card to help you purchase your next Level Up Book Club selection (or another book of your choice).

But do not despair if your name was not picked - not only has Matthew cooked up a sock rockin' challenge for your next task, but we're also working on a leaderboard so that everyone who participates will start earning experience points towards a coveted Level Up!  Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who played along and, even if you didn't get your photo posted in time for this challenge, please continue to send them in.  There are more photo challenges in the works - trust me, folks, this is just the beginning!

Task 1: You Know You Want One!

Like any good game, our book club comes complete with challenges.  But  I know what you're thinking!  What good is a challenge without a really cool reward, right??  Fret not, gamers, your first task awaits!

Task 1:

PHOTO CHALLENGE:  “Meet Your Bookclub”

Sweet #levelupbc badges:  You know you want one! 

Directions: Grab a copy of Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal, our Level Up Book Club June selection, and share a picture of you with book/device in hand. Go to our Tumblr and click "submit". Be sure to tell us a little about yourself.

Reward:  Not only do you get the chance to meet everyone else who is going on this epic quest with you BUT one lucky #levelupbc member will win one of these smashing Level Up Book Club Badges AND (wait for it) an Amazon gift card to help you purchase the next book on our list.

Deadline:  11:59pm Friday, June 8th.  Don't worry, there will be tons more challenges and opportunities to level up, so if you miss this deadline, don't despair!  Snap a photo anyway and submit it to our  Tumblr  so we can bask in the glory of your awesomeness! 

I know!  Sweet! 

So... what are you waiting for??  Grab your book and your camera and get ready to level up!