Esports in the Classroom

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

1. Pick a familiar Game that is student and parent friendly (no you don’t need to be good at it)

   • Roblox

   • Minecraft

   • Nintendo Switch games

     • Mario Kart

     • SuperSmash Bros Ultimate

     • Wii Sports Resorts

   • Snake.io

   • Cool Math Games

     • Run

     • Fireboy and Watergirl

2. Use the resources at hand (no you don’t need anything fancy)

   • PCs

   • Laptops

   • Chromebooks

   • 1 to 1 school

   • Mac lab

   • Projectors

   • TVs in classrooms

3. Include existing clubs to be a part (particularly smaller clubs)

   • Marketing 

   • Business 

   • Art

   • Broadcasting

   • Stem clubs

   • DEI

4. Have Hand-On opportunities Prior for Learning/Practice/Preliminaries

   • Supportive Atmosphere

   • Allow students time to learn the game

   • Allow students to practice 

   • Find the top talent

5. Culminate on Competition Day

   • Fast paced

   • Short time period

   • Audience participation

   • Play areas for attendees

   • Main Event

Other tips

• take pictures- assign someone to take pictures

• Worry about the fun, not the results

• Fair competition

• Awards for Competitors, swag for Audience members

• Enthusiasm starts from the Top

Pitfalls

• Scheduling

• Hardware

• Batteries

• Software incompatibility

• Updates

• Controllers

• Administrative pushback

• Misunderstandings