HoweToComputing

Left teaching in Primary 11yrs ago. Was only supposed to be for a year, but 11 years later, I've not regretted moving into teaching in HE, had so many opportunities and rebuilt my confidence as a teacher. One of the best decisions I've made.

@caschat_uk Some good points discussed tonight, lots of ideas to take away. Thanks 👍

That's all folks! Please join me in saying a huge thank you to @HoweToComputing for an awesome job hosting tonight. Hope to see you all again next week! #caschat

President of the Commonwealth Games Federation to speak at Esports in Education Summit @British_Esports @thecgf britishesports.org/news/president…

@MrsMounsey @caschat_uk Yep I agree, I think I will need to build the links with local schools to get them up and running ?

@caschat_uk @HoweToComputing A5. Its been really good fun, the biggest challenge has been trying to organise matches with the amount of students who want to take part. #caschat

Q5. Share your experience of Esports competitions including achievements and challenges. #CASChat @HoweToComputing

@caschat_uk I would like to see more competition between schools at local level a bit like fixtures in PE !

@duck_star @caschat_uk Ye it's good to see pupils who don't normally shine have an opportunity to do so

@HoweToComputing @caschat_uk I have seen that in those running events...

Q4. What value do you think Esports could/does bring to your school and pupils? #CASChat @HoweToComputing

@KlingKlang1968 @caschat_uk Ye pupils are well into rocket league !

@caschat_uk @HoweToComputing Plan , test and test again and make sure updates are current . Biggest restriction was school filtering but this can be tweaked. #MinecraftEdu was my test followed by Rocket League etc

Q3. What are your top tips for setting up and running an Esports club? #CASChat @HoweToComputing

@ciphersoup @caschat_uk @clcsimon Yep that's true ! And make sure you select the correct console for your school.

@caschat_uk @HoweToComputing A3 #caschat Based on what I've seen today, I imagine a good first step might be to get a bunch of resources from @clcsimon 🤣

@caschat_uk A3 let pupils run and drive the club forward. Get parents to see the benefits of embracing eSports.

@rcoultart @duck_star @caschat_uk A commentator of the matches

@duck_star @caschat_uk @HoweToComputing Have to ask what ‘shoutcasting’ is… 🥴 #caschat

Q2. Do you run any Esports events or clubs within your school? What has been your experience? If the answer is no, what would help convince you to run an Esports club? #CASChat @HoweToComputing

@caschat_uk @ciphersoup It's a shame that the level 2 does not count in the performance table. But the level 3 does

@ciphersoup @HoweToComputing twitter.com/clcsimon/statu… #caschat

@MrsMounsey @caschat_uk @DigSchoolhouse Ye digital school house have some good competition for the secondary which pupils relay engage with.

@caschat_uk @HoweToComputing A2. We got involved in @DigSchoolhouse Super smash competition this year (Came third nationally :D). Really good fun but the students go so involved in running the school heats. Hoping to try to squeeze in a year 7 competition before we break up #caschat

@caschat_uk A2- we just started one this year and it is going well as pupils run the club. We started with a questionnaire to pupils and parents. This helped select games and pupils to drive the club as well as getting parents onboard with the benefits of eSports

@MrsMounsey @caschat_uk That's correct 👍 good work and love the N64

@caschat_uk @HoweToComputing I'm going Mario Kart 64 (1996) Classic Rainbow Road #caschat

Welcome to #caschat Please introduce yourself and see if you can guess this game, year and console. Bonus point for map name. @HoweToComputing

@caschat_uk Got to be Command and conquer, I love a good startegy game.

Q1. What are your favourite video games and why? #CASChat @HoweToComputing

@caschat_uk Let's see who is a retro gamer !!

@caschat_uk Looking forward to see everyone's thoughts on eSports in schools 👍

Please join me in giving a very warm #caschat welcome to tonight's awesome host: Simon Howe (@HoweToComputing)

Please join us in 1 hour for #CASChat hosted by Simon Howe (@HoweToComputing) Where we’ll discuss: Esports