Take Your K12 Esports Program to a New Level
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SOLUTION BRIEF Take your K12 esports program to a new level Esports is a game changer for K12 students. With colleges now offering esports scholarships, competitive teams and new degree programs to support this multi-billion-dollar esports industry, esports presents exciting opportunities for K12 student engagement and growth. Dell Technologies helps change the game Whether you’re building a varsity esports team, starting an esports gaming club or building a dual-purpose program to support both teaching and learning and esports, Dell provides an end to end solution to get you in the game. Dell’s education resources, developed by educators and industry leaders, will help you reach your educational goals. Our leading gaming PC platforms will give your students a competitive edge. Get your students into the game Dell Technologies esports solution • Foster engagement for a diverse student population • Industry-leading gaming technology • Recruit and retain students • K12 esports resources • Develop skills for emerging jobs • Getting Started Playbook for Education • Practice critical and analytical thinking • Esports Professional Learning for K12 • Develop collaboration and digital citizenship skills • Coaches Clinic for esports • Cultivate the connection between STEAM and gaming • Infrastructure solutions and consulting services • Integration and deployment services Education Resources Getting Started Playbook for Esports: Many struggle with where to begin and what a successful program might look like for their school. If you find yourself in that camp, this guide is for you. We outline the questions you should ask, how to get the answers, who should be involved, and how to map out and execute a workable strategy to make esports a reality for your school. Esports Learning Guide for Teachers and Coaches: This guide outlines an 18-week modular course to engage students through rich immersive experiences into different aspects of esports. Through authentic learning projects, students learn the many facets of an esports program, including the numerous career and college pathways esports can provide. A few of the areas covered include: • Learn digital citizenship skills through esports • Hands-on real-world learning experiences • Build agency through student-led learning • Supports literacy skills • Explore careers in esports • Embedded project-based learning The Esports Learning Guide for Teachers and Coaches is included at no additional charge with the purchase Professional Learning for Esports. Professional Learning and Coaches Clinic for Esports: Onsite professional learning designed and delivered by former educators experienced with esports programs. Each day is highly customized for the your school’s esports program and will assist coaches and educators learn the essentials of implementing the Esports Learning Guide for Teachers and Coaches in their learning environments. Dell offers Coaches Clinics in collaboration with esports industry experts on-site at state-of-the-art esports facilities, on-site at district location, and online mentoring. Contact [email protected] for more information. Gaming Systems Dell offers two industry leading PC platforms with the compute and graphics power needed to deliver the best experience for your school esports programs. Alienware Aurora Packed with power and proven in competition, the Alienware Aurora is entrusted to power gaming events, esports tournaments and leagues across the world. It is Alienware’s smallest mid tower gaming desktop ever to offer both dual-graphics and liquid cooling, a meticulous, zero-fat design and is the first of its kind to offer tool-less upgrades to graphics cards, hard drives and memory. Precision 3630 Tower The Dell Precision 3630 Tower workstation offers enterprise-level performance, reliability and security in a space-saving, mini-tower design. With the latest Intel® processors (up to Xeon), professional NVIDIA or AMD graphics and scalable memory (up to 64GB) and storage, this Precision provides an exceptional gaming experience, while delivering optimized performance for content creation. Accessory Recommendations Displays Alienware 7.1 Surround Sound Headset Alienware Gaming 25” Monitor FreeSync Alienware Low-Profile RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Alienware Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse Dell S Series Gaming 24” Monitor FreeSync Alienware Gaming Chair Product and service availability varies by country. 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