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Taking Student Voice Beyond The Classroom: Student Perspective

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We feel that most students and kids don’t get this opportunity because most companies do not see the potential in kids. They think we can’t help and I think more companies should do this. For example, we had to use a lot of empathy so that we know what it is like in a teacher’s perspective or being in a teacher’s shoes.

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Why We Need To Embrace eSports In Education

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For example, as I try to convince stakeholders in my district to let me field an Overwatch team next year, I have been polling my students. When they talk next steps for their company, who is there to represent and protect our students? To do that we need to build the school-to-college esports pipeline.

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Being ‘The Guide on the Side’ is not Enough. Become The COO.

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In the last five years of being the COO of the classroom, my students have remodeled their entire classroom , completed yearlong passion projects , turned a profit running real businesses , and worked with companies like Slack, Google, Microsoft, and Skype. We email people and may never hear back. Times, dates, or costs may not be feasible.

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What Student Passion Looks Like

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For example, depending how much fertilizer we add. For example, you learn how to start your own business and how to deal with setting prices and purchasing inventory. I have also learned how make a product and grow a company. I like that we have freedom to learn our own passions, but we still are guided well.

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CrazyIdeas.Doc

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My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align. If you want an example of a thought leader doing it right, check out Alice Keeler. Take for example what The Apollo School is doing. For example, I have 24 laptops that are capable of running, say, Overwatch. Varsity Esports – kids love video games.