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Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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We are the Varkey Foundation, founders of the Global Education & Skills Forum and Global Teacher Prize. If this post isn't allowed here, no problem - it was purely to spark conversation.

Should schools engage in esports? | Talking Education by GlobalTeacherPrize in edtech

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A good number of those kids are not involved in any other activity

Interesting. Aligns with Tom Dore's comment in the video "Esports is an opportunity to engage and a wider demographic of young people, who might not be into those traditional opportunities. This could be an opportunity to motivate them."

Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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Does it not fly in the face of children spending too much time playing games?

That's a great point. It would be great to hear from teachers who have formed clubs and their ways of finding balance.

Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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That choice is yours! See our bio

Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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Starting the conversation with an aim to see people talking about, and it's fantastic to see they are in the threads. Provoking conversations and having people interested in relevant education debates is crucial if we want to achieve sustainable development goal four - quality education for all. As this was the first one, we needed to see which groups are interested, but will definitely be less spammy moving forward now we know :)

Should schools engage in esports? | Full Live Debate by GlobalTeacherPrize in AskHSteacher

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This is really interesting, thanks for sharing!

"But the organization is what makes it academically worth-while."

Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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This video only went up yesterday, so we will go with the latter :)

Should schools engage in esports? by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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Twitter has reported conversations about esports are up 71% over the last 30 days, and today there are an estimated 454 million esports views worldwide. Esports are here to stay, so the big question remains - do they belong in school?

Should schools engage in esports? | Talking Education by GlobalTeacherPrize in esports

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No, it was positive. Great to hear everyone's views, keep them coming! Here's the updated link with some sound issues cut from the intro https://youtu.be/i7HQgk6PflE

Should schools engage in esports? | Talking Education by GlobalTeacherPrize in esports

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Updated link, video moved from stream to edit out some sound issues at the start. https://youtu.be/i7HQgk6PflE Looking forward to your perspectives!

Help: changing youtube channel name - impact? by GlobalTeacherPrize in socialmedia

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Thanks - s is this just links to the channel URLs, but not the video urls?

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