Using Esports to Build a Classroom Community: One Teacher’s Story

At a high school in the Bronx, a teacher has found a way to reach students who don’t usually participate in class: online gaming.

Monique Paes, a special education and literacy intervention teacher for Bronx River High School in New York City, had an autistic student who had “a hard time coming out of his shell” with his peers in the classroom. It wasn’t until Paes used board games as an incentive for her class on Fridays that “a light switched on” and the student started talking to his classmates and joining the fun.

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