So I took a page from one of the sessions I attended at TCEA last month and decided to organize Announcement BINGO. First I procured permission from the campus administrators, and then I went to work. Since I am also the one who gathers the information and reads the announcements every day, that was the easy part. We always have a "random fact of the day." For the month of March, I focused on Women's History and came up with a fact of the day for every school day. Then those facts went into the BINGO board.
To create the BINGO board, I visited a free site called My Free BINGO Cards. You can make 30 for free. I have over 180 staff members, but I took into account that not everyone would play. Therefore, it wasn't so important that everyone have a different card. If a few staff members called BINGO at the same time, they still had to come to the library to verify the BINGO. In addition, everyone who participated won something.
The first 5 won a large Sonic drink, and all other participants who BINGOed won a candy bar. I even emailed the Women's History fact at the end of the week for those who were absent or just couldn't hear the announcements. Everyone who played enjoyed it. I'm thinking about doing this activity once in the fall and again in the spring next year.
In case you want to do something similar at your school, here is my Wakelet of resources.
For inquiring minds, the 5 Sonic winners . . .
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