ET13 | Esports for Education
(Room EXPO HALL BOOTH 4837 eSports Arena & Theater)
16 Jan 20
2:30 PM
-
3:00 PM
Tracks:
Future of EdTech Educator
Esports is taking the world by storm, growing to a billion dollar industry with competitions that have greater viewership than the Super Bowl. Colleges are awarding scholarships to talented esports players and K-12 schools are becoming more interested in starting esports programs to provide opportunities for their students.
Chris Aviles has been deeply embedded in the esports for education community from the beginning when he created the first middle school esports team in the country. Since then, Chris has run one of the most successful esports programs in education. Hear the origin story of the FH Knights as Chris provides deep insights into the triumphs and tribulations involved in bringing an esports program from idea to implementation, to champions.
This session will provide an overview of esports in education including the academic, social/emotional benefits, and how we can prepare our students for future opportunities in and around the fast growing industry in the world while also creating an esports pipeline that students can follow from middle school through college.
Chris Aviles is a teacher at Knollwood middle school in Fair Haven, New Jersey. There he runs the renowned Fair Haven Innovates program he created in 2015. Part of his FH Innovates program includes the FH Knights, the first middle school esports team in the country. As coach of the FH Knights, Aviles and his players take on all comers from around the country including other middle schools, high schools, and even colleges. Chris has been involved in esports since 1998 and he is passionate about growing the esportsedu movement. He has authored The Guide to Esports in Education to help other educators start an esports team and travels the country speaking about why every school should have an esports team.