2010+Mega+Bowl

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The **3rd Annual New York City DimensionM Mega Bowl**, hosted by the Dept. of eLearning Services, is just around the corner. We are writing to inform you that the tournament’s pre-qualification gaming round runs from **February 1, 2010 to February 28, 2010**, so encourage your students to go online and play today! Below are the tournament guidelines and details.

The DimensionM Mega Bowl is a student tournament featuring Tabula Digita’s immersive video gaming software (a tool to increase student engagement in math and generate school spirit, team-work and excitement). The tournament will be held at Columbia University’s Lerner Hall, on Friday, March 12, 2010 from 10 am – 12 pm. A boxed lunch will be provided at the end of the tournament for students to take with them. Schools will be responsible for transportation to and from the NYC Mega Bowl event. .
 * NYC Mega Bowl Overview **

Mega Bowl winners will be awarded various prizes such as Nintendo, iPods, gift certificates, and additional DimensionM™ licenses, thanks to the generosity of our event sponsors.

Participation in the 3rd Annual NYC Mega Bowl will be based on the frequency of DimensionM™ online use, either team-based or individual, for the pre-qualification period of February 1-28, 2010: Schools are welcome and encouraged to send students from Mega Bowl participating classes to support the competing students.
 * Getting to the NYC Mega Bowl **
 * __Individual Competition __ - the two (2) top elementary(grades 3-5) and the two (2) top middle schools (grades 6-8) in the five geographic DOE boroughs (Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn North, Queens & Brooklyn South/Staten Island) with the highest online frequency will be invited to send individuals to compete in the Meltdown II multi-player math game.
 * __Team Competition __ - the top two (2) middle schools (grades 6-8) and the top two (2) high schools (grades 9-12) with the highest online frequency will be invited to send a five-member team to compete in the Swarm II multi-player pre-algebra game.

Note that qualification will be based on use of the __new__ DimensionM game, version3. You may request a copy of the new game by contacting Elissa Seto at: eseto@tabuladigita.com.


 * Next Steps **
 * Schools to increase their game usage to qualify for the Mega Bowl
 * Schools to begin planning for transportation, should they qualify //(sample permission slip and media consent forms are attached and are required for all participating students)//
 * DOE & Tabula Digita announce participants and the specific math skills to be covered in tournament by March 3rd.

Should you have any questions regarding the NYC Mega Bowl tournament, please feel free to contact Valrie Edwards at VEdwards@schools.nyc.gov for assistance. We look forward to your participation in this wonderful event.
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