I first started trying to get an esports program at my school in 2011. At the time, there was a lot of resistance around the misconception that violent video games make violent kids, despite all the ...

On a flight home around Thanksgiving, Laurie Lehman got to chatting with the couple sitting next to her. The esports manager for the Albuquerque public school district was off the clock. But she ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — E-sports are not new; however, their emerging influence is. Esports in popular culture has been captured in creative web series such as The Guild which follows a group of gamers as ...

Most teachers and school coaches know at least a few students who are nice kids but just don’t engage. They don’t pay attention, they skip classes, or they just can’t muster the focus and energy to ...

Like digital screens built from tiny pixels, Minecraft is a virtual world of pixelated landscapes crafted by players using digital building blocks. Playing Minecraft is like playing with digital Lego ...

Academic esports programs aren’t simply a group of students sitting in a classroom playing video games. Rather, teams and tournaments promote collaboration, critical thinking, communication skills, ...

In August, the first ever Esports World Cup concluded. It featured more than 1,500 players and a prize pool of $60 million. Esports involves teams or inviduals competing against each other in ...

Students use a block-based visual programming language and website to code simple digital games or move through game tutorials to prepare to design impact games for the G4C (Games for Change) Student ...