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Courses for K-12 Students
Increase student engagement with a standards-based and peer-approved video gaming curriculum for schools.
Curriculum Overview
In partnership with Generation Esports, heres what BlackRoc Gaming offers to our education clients.
Standards-Based, Peer-Approved Curriculum
Deploying programs from CTE, ISTE, and SEL standards, Gaming Concepts is STEM.org accredited and peer-reviewed. Comprehensive lesson plans, easy-to-follow directions, and project-based lessons give teachers time to create and innovate for their students.
Gameplan Online Learning Management System
Enabling teachers the flexibility to use both synchronous and asynchronous learning, the Gameplan learning management system is everything schools need to teach Gaming Concepts courses, train students using game-specific training programs, and organize competitive teams.
College and Career Readiness
Teaching college and career readiness skills such as communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and problem solving, Gaming Concepts courses guide students to explore careers and learn skills they will need beyond high school.
Social Emotional Learning
Focusing on the three mental health determinants of self-efficacy, life skills, and self-esteem, Mental Health Moments are embedded in lessons for authentic social emotional learning lessons.
Courses
Gaming Concepts: A video gaming curriculum for schools
Students will explore esports history, game genres, esports technology, hands-on troubleshooting, and college and career readiness with a technology focus. The course allows students to practice good gamer health and engage in digital citizenship, social-emotional learning, teamwork, journaling, and reflection.
Gaming Concepts: Exploring Interactive Media and Esports Topics
A project-based course about digital graphics, print media, computer animation, audio production, video production, web design, and other newly-emerging forms of digital media. Through digital media projects, students will learn how to facilitate meetings, serve as team leaders, manage project timelines, give and receive constructive criticism, and produce professional products.
Gaming Concepts: Exploring Life Skills Through Scholastic Gaming
This course uses esports to engage students and teach them skills to help their transition to high school. Lessons focus on organization, perseverance, self-advocacy, self-regulation, time management, responsible decision making, digital citizenship, and social-emotional learning. Evidence-based Mental Health Moments, proven to increase student mental health, are also naturally embedded in lessons.
Benefits
Improved attendance and grades
Since 2018, schools using Gaming Concepts have reported improved grade point averages for students and attendance increases of up to 10%.
Increased student engagement
82% of students who participated in Gaming Concepts as an after-school activity stated it was the first time they had participated in any extracurricular activity.
Focus on mental health
Mental Health Moments weave meaningful, personal social emotional learning into daily lessons.
Purposeful play
Having daily class goals gives purpose to screen time.
Follows the CTE pathway
A fun way to engage students with STEM, CTE, and career readiness through gaming.