Middle School Esports Teams Offer SEL, Digital Citizenship Skills, Too

While many bemoaned activities that required extra computer time during the pandemic, some educators see great value in the right kind of screen time. They are even proponents of more screen time during school hours, adding lessons about digital citizenship, social-emotional wellness, bullying, harassment, sexism, racism, bystander intervention, STEM, coding, video editing, communication, teamwork, and careers of the future, all in one. In a word, esports.