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Contest Grand Prize Winner Uses Photos & Videos in the Classroom

Jim St. Marie — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:03:57 +0000

Pixorial is used extensively by K-12 educators #EdTech worldwide. And Megan, our Grand Prize Winner in Olathe, Kansas is an educator who uses our service in a lot of innovative ways in the classroom. Here’s her story…

“As my school’s Technology Facilitator, computer science instructor, yearbook Advisor, and an ELA (English Language Arts teacher) I have found Pixorial to be an amazing Web 2.0 tool that seamlessly integrates itself in classroom instruction and professional development.”

“The mobile applications support our BYOD program by making activities such as digital photography scavenger hunts, QR code treasure hunts, narrated photo-stories, and student created video projects possible. Teachers appreciate the easy account creation process and the ability for students to collaborate and share out their albums / work from either a desktop or mobile device.”

Like many other educators, Megan told us that she offers Pixorial as an option to her students on projects where video creation, digital photo editing, and digital storytelling are key components.

“Pixorial is an innovative tool and I’m excited to continue finding more ways to utilize the service in and out of the classroom.”

Thank you Megan for sharing your story and congratulations on winning the Samsung 50-inch 1080p Smart LED HDTV.

Personalized Photos & Videos Important to Second Place Contest Winner

Jim St. Marie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:54:42 +0000

Our Share The Love contest second place prize winner is Patrick from Savannah, Georgia. He uses Pixorial in both his personal life and professionally as the Director of Technology at his school.

“Personally it makes a great photo and video editing tool for my family media. We have two little boys and tons of photos and video footage to keep track of and edit for family and friends.”

“Pixorial makes adding titles and transitions to my video so easy and its integration with Google Drive makes it even better. I can take a video on my phone, it automatically uploads to Drive, and then I pull it into Pixorial to edit and share with everyone! I love it!”

We love hearing stories like this where customers have been able to centralize the media collections that mean the most to them in our secure, integrated platform. For Patrick, it’s clear that the benefits of Pixorial have also simplified his professional life as well.

“After seeing how easy (and fun) it was to use Pixorial for photo and video editing, I have added it to my list of Google Chrome Apps that I recommend to teachers and students. Whether creating a video for a classroom project or just something fun to share with friends, Pixorial makes editing and sharing so simple (which makes my job so much easier)!

Thank you Patrick for sharing your story and congratulations on winning the Google Nexus 10 tablet.

Watch for the story about our Grand Prize Winner coming tomorrow.

Third Place Contest Winner Shares Photos From International Trip

Jim St. Marie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 02:17:05 +0000

Yesterday, in Congratulations to our Contest Winners!, we announced the prize winners from our Share The Love contest. We thought you might be interested to learn a little more about our third place winner.

Alissa works in healthcare in Columbia, South Carolina. She recently took a group trip to Europe and India. When asked about how she uses Pixorial, Alissa told us…

“Pixorial has allowed me to share my photos with my friends that live in India and the UK and also lets me see what pictures they took!”

Our experience working with customers revealed that most have photos and videos trapped in all kinds of different devices and networks, including friends’ phones, cameras and storage locations which makes it nearly impossible for them to easily find all the media from their different activities. It’s always great to hear how Pixorial has helped solve this problem. Alissa added that…

“There have been way too many times when someone takes a bunch of photos and tells me they will send them to me later – now photo sharing is super easy and lets everyone pool their photos into one album to make up a great library that will allow us all to remember our adventures for years to come.”

“I would highly recommend Pixorial to anyone interested in doing more with their pictures and videos and also sharing them with their friends and family.”

Thank you Alissa for sharing your story and congratulations on winning the $250 Amazon Gift Card.

Stay tuned to hear about our second place winner tomorrow.

Congratulations to our Contest Winners!

Jim St. Marie — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 02:11:09 +0000

Thank you to the more than 10,000 people who participated in our Share The Love contest.

Every day people around the world use Pixorial to share the photos and videos from the life experiences that are important to them. To say thank you for helping make 2013 our best year ever, we invited customers to create albums and invite their friends to join and get entered to win awesome prizes.

Today, we are excited to announce our Prize winners:

Megan T. of Olathe, Kansas – Samsung 50-inch 1080p Smart LED HDTV
Patrick M. of Savannah, Georgia – Google Nexus 10 tablet
Alissa T. of Columbia, South Carolina – Amazon Gift Card for $250

In the coming days we’ll provide you with more info about our winners and the exciting ways they are using Pixorial.

Remember to keep sharing with Pixorial and let us know if you have interesting ways you are using our service. Email to *protected email* – we are always looking for reasons to say thank you – who knows, you may even win a prize!

Snag a free Premium account for life just for sharing

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:07:24 +0000

2013 was a huge year for photo and video sharing and Pixorial was psyched to be a part of it. As a thank you, we are offering you a chance to double your storage for life through January 29, 2014 plus entry into our “Share the Love” giveaway.

This is your chance to earn a free Pixorial Premium account for life and be entered to win one of three pretty spectacular prizes:

-50-inch 1080p Smart LED HDTV ($1000 value)

-Google Nexus 10 tablet with 32GB memory and Pixorial MyPlayer HD software ($500 value)

-$250 gift card

Entering is simple. Just share an album with your friends. Once 3 new users join your album; KABLAM! a Premium account is yours for life and you’ve got 3 entries to win a prize. We’ll even give you another entry for every new user after that. We want you to share your story with all of your friends and family so we won’t be limiting your number of entries as long as every new user is for real.

Kick off the new year right by sharing holiday memories and everything else friends and family are missing. Learn more here and get to sharing!

Pixorial Supports White House Film Festival With Complimentary Student Accounts

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:58:51 +0000

We love seeing technology in schools and are always inspired with what you guys come up with using our tools. When we heard about the White House Student Film Festival and the submission deadline of January 29th, we knew Pixorial could help young filmmakers win.

The White House has put out the call for student created and inspired short films that show what Pixorial users are already doing – bringing technology into the classroom. Make a 1- to 3-minute film about technology in schools and you could be invited to watch a screening of your video at the White House. The White House might even tweet about it! All it takes is your creative brain and our powerful features.

We want to help you in your quest to national fame. So we are handing out free six month Pro30 accounts. A Pro account will give you access to all of Pixorial’s features. That means you will be able to add your own audio tracks, upload up to 30GB of media and enjoy priority processing – giving you a leg up on the competition.

If you haven’t used Pixorial before, don’t worry it’s easy. Pixorial allows users to upload and edit media to create a new movie, all stored for free in our secure cloud. With Pixorial, you can add transitions, music and text and share it all with just a few clicks. Get the whole class involved then watch and compare videos all from one Album. Heck, host your own Film Festival! You have the creativity and we have the tools, so take a crack at showing your tech savvy classroom in a tech-savvy way.

Notes from Laura: Some interesting ways people are using Krowds – that you might want to steal!

admin — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:25:28 +0000

Over the past several days, I’ve been browsing through the many, many Krowds that have been created using our Krowds app, and I wanted to share some of the really cool uses I’ve come across. If these might work for you, please feel free to steal the idea! Music teachers showing off their students’ progress: a few music teachers (piano, violin, guitar) have started Krowds to feature the progress their students are making as they go from Chopsticks to Chopin. I’d imagine this would work great for anyone who teaches a performance skill — because you can really see the progress someone’s making. New home-shopping: when you’re looking to buy a new house, you tend to tour a lot of places, and drive by many more. Marco used Krowds to try to keep track of all the homes he and his wife toured, so they could compare notes later. (I also used Krowds this way recently, because we were house-hunting while my husband was in a cast with a broken foot! So I did most of the first-pass recon on possible houses, and he was able to check the videos to see what he liked. This helped us minimize how much time he had to spend hobbling on crutches to tour possible homes.) Tracking weight loss and fitness changes: Seems that a few personal trainers are using Krowds to monitor their workout client’s progress. I’m not sure how this will play out over many months, but so far it’s pretty obvious that a few people are having some killer success getting fit with their trainers — and video is a lot more compelling than photos because you can see people in action lifting weights and running on the treadmill, too! Collecting treasured family videos: This seems to be the most common use by far. I’ve seen many Krowds people are using to collect all manner of videos, including a lot that look like they were digitized from old-format VHS or videocamera tapes. It’s fun to see all the cool hairstyles and glasses from the ’80′s! (P.S. – did you know Pixorial can help you get your old-format vintage media digitized?) Sports: We’ve also seen a few sports teams using Pixorial to collect footage of games and practices. We’ve always figured this would be a perfect use for Krowds, because anyone can contribute video, even while they’re at the game. Capturing vacation memories: Phil and his fiancee took an amazing vacation to Italy, and they used a Krowd to collect videos of all the beautiful places they visited — and shared it with family and friends, so they could all see what they were missing. (I am still jealous!) How are YOU using Krowds? Tell us and you might get an Amazon.com gift card! Shoot an email with a link to your Krowd to *protected email*. Every week or so, I’ll select someone to receive an Amazon.com gift card for sharing their Krowd with us. We really want to know how YOU are using this cool app! Have a lovely rest of your week — and be sure to shoot some video! Laura Higgins SVP of Sales and Marketing, Pixorial

Nexus 7 contest: The Rules

admin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:03:45 +0000

Our Nexus 7 contest is running from 12-17-12 to 12-24-12. Here’s the fine print! December 2012 Contest Rules 1. No purchase necessary. 2. Entry: Beginning Monday, December 17, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. MDT and ending at 11:59 P.M. on Monday, December 24, 2012, you will be automatically entered to win simply by logging into your Pixorial account. Limit one entry per person/email address. (Only one login during this period is required; additional logins during this period do not equate to additional chances to win.) Pixorial is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected entries or entries not received. In the event of a dispute over who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account identified on the online entry form. The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider, or online organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. 3. Eligibility: No purchase necessary. Open to legal residents of the United States of America, who are 18 years of age or older as of date of entry. Void wherever prohibited by law. Employees of Pixorial, Inc. and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. 4. Winner: The winners will be selected by a random drawing on or about December 18, 2012 from all eligible entries received. Decisions of Pixorial are final on all matters. Winner will be notified by email only, and will have (3) business days to respond. (If a selected winner has not responded by close of business on the third day, an alternate winner will be selected.) Limit one prize per person/household address. Odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible entries received. One (1) Grand Prize of a Google Nexus 7 tablet, 16gb storage. Two (2) runner-up prizes of a $25 Target Gift Card. 5. Approximate retail value of the grand prize is $200.00, plus sales tax. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received. 6. Taxes: Any income taxes on prizes, if applicable, are the sole responsibility of the winner. Prizes are not transferable/assignable. No cash and no substitution allowed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. 7. Sponsor: Pixorial is the official contest Sponsor, whose decisions will be considered final and binding on all matters related to this promotion. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or any other third-party company or web site. The information you provide will only be used to select a winner for this contest and receive future promotional e-newsletters from Pixorial. You may opt out of those e-newsletters at any time. 8. Winner’s List: For a copy of the official Winner List, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by July 20, 2012 to: “Winner Request 121212 Contest” 7670 South Chester Street, Unit 100, Englewood, CO 80112. Sponsor, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies or third-party companies are not liable for any losses, injuries, or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance of and/or participation in prizes.

Nexus 7 contest: The Rules

admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:03:45 +0000

Win a Nexus 7 just in time for the Holidays

admin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:38:20 +0000

‘Tis the season for tablets…and of the many, many glass slates on offer this year, the highly-reviewed Google Nexus 7 is among the cream of the crop. Wouldn’t it be cool to win one? We’ve made it easy. All you have to do is log in to your account anytime between 12-17-12 and 12-24-12. You’ll be automatically entered to win a Nexus 7. Two additional users will receive a $25 Target gift card. There’s a second reason you’ll want to log in during this timeframe: to check out the many changes and improvements that we’re rolling out on December 17th. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make your video storytelling experience even better. So that’s it – simply log in (or create an account first, if you’re not a user yet) anytime between the 17th and 24th. Good luck! (Like the fine print? Click here for the official contest rules.)