In my 22nd year as an educator, I will easily say that being an Esports coach has been one of the top or maybe the top things I have done. Having been part of the start of an esports program at two different school districts has allowed me to help create experiences and opportunities for…
As an Esports coach, I have seen so many positives come out of our programs over the last 5 years in both districts that I have been a coach. There is no doubt in my mind that Esports can have a lasting positive impact on our students and can create opportunities for our students that…
For the better part of the last two decades, we have been trying to find ways to incorporate the 4C’s of 21st-century learning into classrooms. Collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity are all skills that we need to ensure that our students possess before they leave our buildings and go into their post-K12 lives. One…
Today I had the pleasure of taking our Overwatch 2 team to the state tournament as part of the Iowa High School Esports Association (https://www.iahsea.org/). We finished the regular season 6-1 and entered the tournament as the #3 seed. We won the first round against Williamsburg HS but would lose the next round to Linn-Mar,…
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