Showing posts with label photo challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photo challenge. Show all posts

Saturday, June 30, 2012

And The Winner of Challenge 4 Is...

Last week we challenged you to take a virtual victory lap by sharing photos of your own EpicWins on our Tumblr.  The results were STUPENDOUS!  We had everything from architectural design elements  to (half) marathon completions to true medical miracles appear on the list - plus many other crazy inspiring examples. I gotta admit, this has been my favorite challenge so far - I just loved seeing so many examples of pure joy. Well done, gang!

As with past challenges, once the week was over, I put the names of all our participants into the app PikMe! (which I use at school to select students at random). A few clicks later and we have a winner!

Congratulations to Kristina Thoennes whose impromptu, made from scratch, lemon meringue pie not only bumped her up a notch on the Level Up Book Club Leader Board, but also made her the winner of this week's prize!  Congrats Kristina!  I know I speak for the rest of our club when I say, of all our entries this week, yours was certainly the yummiest! 

Speaking of Epic Wins, thanks to all of you who participated in last week's Twitter chat!  One of the best parts of this whole process has been the conversations that have taken place on Twitter as we explore the concept of gamification and how it might impact student learning.  The twitter chat was truly an explosion of ideas that left us saying "wow!"  

If you missed it, don't fret, you can still check out the discussion by searching for the #levelupbc hashtag on Twitter and following the tweets starting at 8pm EST on the 28th.  The Twitter Chat is also where we announced next month's read:  What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee.  Thanks to everyone who voted!  

We'll announce next week's challenge tomorrow.  In the meantime, congrats again to Kristina whose Epic Win scored big this week! 

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Task #4: The Epic Win






















Directions: Take a #levelupbc victory lap by sharing a photo of one of your very epic wins on our tumblr! Your epic win can be game related, school related, work related, kid related, dog related or none of the above related! Any example of a situation that made you want to pump your fist in the air and shout "score!" will do.

Reward: Sharing your epic win will not only grab you a point for the #levelupbc leader board, but this week we draw one participant at random to become to receive a shiny new Level Up Book Club button.  (Trust me, they're sweet!)

Deadline: 11:59pm Friday, June 29th. Share photos via Twitter and Tumblr as often as you'd like. One chance per participant to win!  Good luck!

Reminder: The very first #levelupbc Twitter Chat will take place THIS Thursday, June 28th starting at 8pm! So grab your book, the beverage of your choice and a set of nimble fingers so you can take part as Level Up Book Club members far and wide gather to discuss Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken.  Twitter handles for all #levelupbc members can be found on our leader board.  And don't forget -- we'll be announcing our next read at the end of the chat, so... if you haven't voted, now's your chance!  

Good luck on this week's challenge and we'll see you on Thursday!  Happy reading, sharing and winning! 

Saturday, June 9, 2012

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!


Thursday, May 31, 2012

Photo Challenge 1.


PHOTO CHALLENGE: 
“Meet Your Bookclub”
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: +1 Level Up
Gamer and Busy Librarian Matthew Winner


Wanna Be Gamer and Library Girl  Jennifer LaGarde