middle SCHOOL gaming Curriculum

PlayVS Game Concepts for middle school helps students build foundational gaming and esports skills while learning teamwork, strategy, and digital responsibility. Introducing popular titles in an age-appropriate way, encouraging communication, creativity, and problem-solving through play.

What is Gaming Concepts?

Gaming Concepts is a curriculum platform designed to engage students by leveraging their interest in gaming, covering topics from basic computer skills and digital citizenship to teamwork, problem-solving, and even mental wellness.

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Digital Life Skills

Digital Life Skills
Empower Middle School Students with Essential Digital Life Skills through Esports-Inspired Curriculum

  • Michael Russel, EdD
  • Kristy Custer, EdD
  • Christopher Jenson, EdD
  • Heidi Albin, MEd

Synopsis

Digital Life Skills uses esports as the engagement piece to teach students executive function skills that will help make their transition to high school more successful. Lessons focus on organization, perseverance, self-advocacy, self-regulation, time management, responsible decision making, digital citizenship, and social emotional learning that are often difficult to teach in an authentic, engaging way through traditional middle school coursework. Evidence-based Mental Health Moments, proven to increase student mental health, are also naturally embedded in lessons.

Grade Level: 6-8
Length: Semester or Yearlong Class
Prerequisites: None

Fundamentals

Fundamentals
A Comprehensive Course to Foster Healthy Gaming Habits, Digital Citizenship, and Essential Life Skills in Students.

  • Dr. Kristy Custer
  • Dr. Michael Russell
  • Heidi Albin, MEd
  • Alex Hirbe, MEd

Synopsis

Fundamentals provides students a digital framework through an esports lens. Students will explore the history of esports, learn genres of games, practice good gamer health, learn basic technology information and hands-on troubleshooting, explore college and career readiness with a technology focus, engage in digital citizenship, preventative mental health, teamwork, journaling and reflection.

Grade Level: 7-12
Length: Semester or Yearlong Class
Prerequisites: None

“Gaming Concepts has provided students with compelling opportunities in both STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and 21st century skills that have transformed the way students look at school. Using the lens of gaming, many students have now found their place in scholastic esports, and have developed a sense of community in a school environment.”

Oliver Hernandez
FRESNO, CA

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