C183 | Why Administrators Should Support Esports in Schools
- Room: 206
- Session Number: C183
Thursday, January 26, 2023: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaker(s)
Description
Increased attendance, expanded student engagement, improved mental health--these are all proven benefits of adding scholastic gaming to your school. Encompassing for-credit classes, competitive gaming, and social gaming, scholastic gaming mixes the structure of school with the fun of esports into engaging curricular and co-curricular activities that students and teachers love. Find out how a high school administrator and a passionate teacher presented esports to the school board, parents, and colleague naysayers to implement one of the first high school scholastic gaming programs in the world.
Track(s)
Handout(s)
- Concurrent Session (45 minutes)
- High School (grades 9-12)
- Leadership