Clickbait Contest Winners!
We all know what clickbait is--it promises amazing information with a tantalizing headline, but if you click, be prepared to be completely underwhelmed (or possibly attacked by a computer virus--don't click actual clickbait!
In this new contest, students were challenged to write a compelling “clickbait” title or question, with or without an image, and add the less-than-thrilling “answer” that unfortunate people who clicked on the clickbait would read/see/encounter! Winners chosen by faculty vote.
First Place: 10 Points
I climbed Mt. Everest!!!
Only 2 meters and then I gave up.
—Maria, 6th, Gold
Second Place: 7 Points
Hilarious hotel prank!!! *Gone HORRIBLY wrong!!!*
Putting the Do Not Disturb sign on the door when it actually needed cleaning.
—Benjamin, 8th, Gold
Third Place: 5 Points
Attention!!! All 9 year old gamers!!! John Wick needs your help!!! He is stuck in tilted tower!!!
To win he needs your credit card.
—Mark, 7th, Gold