The Central California ESports League has been built around the ideas of teamwork, student engagement, and digital citizenship. See the challenges of starting and expanding an ESports program. Share resources and best practices for starting your own program as well as ideas on how to build lasting partnerships that can help support your program as it grows.

The session will provide research, examples, and guidance on adding free esports activities to develop the following in students: STEM career interest and knowledge, development of social and emotional skills, relationships with peers and adults, academic success, and communication, collaboration, and emotional self-regulation skills.

We’ll take you on our (virtual) journey and focus on the lessons, gains and growing pains from the past year of pivoting to a completely virtual eSports league. We’ll discuss everything from engaging stakeholders, equipment needs, funding, concerns, advertising, and more! We’re excited to share the lessons learned and participants will leave with resources and ideas for virtual eSports.

Join us to learn how to take the next steps in your student's path towards collegiate esports! Gain valuable insight into the recruiting process and how to receive scholarships for the areas of gaming that can turn into a meaningful career.

How cool would it be to have a gameroom on campus? Rows of high end gaming PCs, flatscreen TVs mounted on the walls, arcade machines, lighting & music, loud cheering from the multiple esport teams scattered throughout the room. West Valley High made this dream into a reality, and we want to help you do it too.

Build pathways for future ready skills, inspire STEM learning, and support social-emotional development with esports in Minecraft: Education Edition. Discover immersive worlds, lesson plans and engaging challenges, and educator trainings to bring esports to your learners.

Educators will be introduced to interactive3D and real-time technology across various industries. Learn about the potential of Fortnite Creative, Twinmotion, and Unreal Engine and leave with an understanding of the suite of Epic Games’ 3D interactive teaching resources that equip students with real-world skills using industry-standard tools.

In this session, we will discuss how streaming is beneficial to Esports. We will discuss multiple ways to build a following on Twitch. We will show how you can use Twitch to broadcast events, matches, and tournaments to the entire school. We will also discuss how you can use Twitch as a marketing strategy for social media and businesses that sponsor the Esports program.

The goal of every athlete is to maximize performance. Elite performers do this by creating ideal mental states that allow them to physically perform at their best. A consultant for over 29 years, Dr. Saucedo is a former collegiate athlete, professional musician, & educator, who works with elite athletes, coaches, entertainers, and business professionals to develop effective mental skills and strategies for attaining performance excellence.

Student agency increases when students are presented with meaningful and relevant activities to encourage problem solving and computational thinking. Participants will learn about the Fortnite Creative Hour of Code activities that teach game design and coding concepts to students while creating game levels using Fortnite Creative.

What technologies will optimize and control your esports deployment? Confirm all your technology nerd knobs are set properly to harness the best possible results for your wired and wireless connectivity.

Setting an eSports team can be a bit overwhelming. SDCOE has put together an Eco System for esports that connect all the moving pieces. This session will review all the areas.