Every February I have done a reading promotion at our elementary school.  In the past I have transformed the large bulletin board outside the school library into the Iditarod race with every class having a dog team and musher that traveled the Iditarod path as the classes read and turned in reading slips logging their hours. Or the class submarine descended through the zones of the ocean with every hour the class reads...you get the idea.  

Last year we had a Safari jeep race around Africa.  We kept the interest by springing challenges on the readers every few days. "A sudden swarm of mosquitoes is threatening your well- being!  If every class member reads an hour you will earn a net for your jeep so you can move ahead..." The classes that earned the netting had actual net added to their class jeep.  The kids loved to pass by the board to see their jeep's progress.

I am wondering if anyone has any ideas how to create similar excitement in a virtual space.  Our classes are not traveling the halls very often and traffic past the library bulletin board is infrequent.

Also, does anyone have an idea for an easy way to track reading hours that does not require pencil and paper?

Thanks for any thoughts, everyone!

Gail