Competitive gaming is making it to the mainstream! Competitions are selling out venues like Madison Square Garden and online streaming of Esports is as popular as viewing of professional athletic events. Colleges are starting to provide scholarships for competitive gaming. It is time to build the pipeline to prepare students for these opportunities while honoring their interests and valuing their skills. This chat is aimed at building a community around the growth of Esports in grades 6 though 12 which will naturally feed into the college programs. Join us for the weekly #EsportsEDU chat at 7:30 pm ET. It is a 30 minute chat that will have one question / topic each week to guide the discussion. Use the hashtag #Esportsedu or join us via participate.com at participate.com/chats/EsportsEDU
Welcome to the #esportsedu chat. Our mission is to grow the #esports community and build the K-12 to College pipeline. Please take a moment to introduce yourself: name, role, location, and what games are YOU currently playing?
OK folks it's been fun but now if you've got tweetdeck going it's time to multitask and jump into the #esportsedu chat as well as the #createedu chat and then at 8pm ET the #games4ed chat. WOah!
For #esports practice this week, we ditched the computers & went analog to practice our calls & rotations. Players left w/ a better understanding of the importance of positioning and “doing your job” in Rocket League. Discipline wins games! #education#esportsedu#fhleads#edtech
A1: I have been introducing games that are popular in #esports to my game club students and playing games like #starcraft2 with my #lunchbunch. I figure exposure will at least give these titles a chance. In the end, you can lead a horse to water... #esportsedu
I think joining a league or organizing a season with other local schools helps. Forming solid teams, holding scrims and taking time to review gameplay and talk strategy. Focusing on team health and dynamics. #EsportsEdu
absolutely - at least joining the league creates the option for kids to participate and I believe once that legwork is done more kids would express interest and get more involved. Good point. #esportsedu
Hi everyone- Christine, Director of Tech & Innovation from snowy NJ. Embarrassingly, I am not a gamer but have an intense passion to start an #esportsedu offering in our district. Hoping to learn from all of you tonight.
You know I'm always open to #stuvoice!!! #esportsedu. Makes me think we need to really start developing more in house competition around #supersmashbros for starters!
I’m Sean Tibor, a middle school CompSci teacher in Florida. I’m playing Just Cause 3 and pondering how use esports in my computer science lessons. Showed my 8th graders Zork I today for program flows. #esportsedu
A1 at my school, I’d be thrilled just to get a real gaming club going. But it might be better to skip ahead to organized esports to encourage discipline, teamwork, sportsmanship, strategy, etc. #esportsedu
I’ll definitely be taking you up on that offer! Let’s set up a visit after Thanksgiving and we can get the ball rolling. Definitely need to bring some #esportsedu opportunities to our #MPSDK8 kids.
A1 I’ve coached varsity football, wrestling, and track for 11 years. I’m bringing the same mindset to #esportsedu. From the beginning I’ve treated it like a sport, not a club.
Not a tournament, but setting up Beatsaber on our classroom Vive has pulled in all sorts of students from every grade level during every free moment. They love spectating and competing with each other for high scores. #esportsedu
I still need to get Beatsaber. I have audio shield which is fun but i get the sense kids like beatsaber much more. Maybe I'll get it tomorrow :) We have a lot of games for #VR and would love for kids to branch out and try more of them. #esportsedu
Thanks so much- definitely will! Appreciate all of the willingness to help a gaming-illiterate Tech Director bring #esportsedu to her schools! You guys are great! @mr_isaacs@thechocmoojoo
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I need to get brawhalla on all our computers. Many of my lunch bunch kids are playing it. Seems like a natural fit. Excited for @avariavs by @JunctureMedia to be released as well - has great potential for #esports and the devs are super cool :) #esportsedu
We have discussed this in our district as we begin the planning process and have determined that sport is truly what it needs to be. A team just like any other. And we are excited to offer an #esportsEDU opportunity to our kids.
I went the opposite direction. We picked one game & formed a team around it. I hope to expand, but I can’t imagine running a practice with more than one game. Rutgers esports is coming in Monday to review film with kids. I feel overwhelmed having one varsity #esportsedu team 😂.
We want to start that as well. I have a nice crew that is playing Starcraft 2 - wonder if other schools have interest there. SUCH a great game. #esportsedu
Thanks for joining us for the #esportsedu chat tonight! Outro: Please re-introduce yourself with name, location, and role and share topic ideas for future chats! And I guess in honor of Thanksgiving we will take next week off. #gameon
That’s what I heard when I tried to find other ms to play. Fun part is my #esportsedu kids that I have in class made growing our league their class project. Site is free and easy way to connect and onboard. Kids developing the onbording curric as we speak.
You are doing it right from the #esports side. I have a huge gameclub but getting to #esports seems like a bigger transition than I anticipated. We are starting an #esports club at our High School and that will have the competitive focus #esportsedu
Outro: Steve from NJ - I teach game design and development and learn and play with my students every day. need to look at scrimmages as an upcoming topic. #esportsedu
Hurry up! Our first two games are against Univ of Northern Colorado and Rutgers! We need some other middle schools! Let’s get something in the books! #esportsedu
