WOW Wednesday – Barker Builders

On Wednesdays, I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Every day our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice.

I am so pleased to see how esports has been growing across Mountain View School Division as we enthusiastically announce a new esports team, the Barker Builders, out of Lt. Col. Barker Elementary! As a K-5 building, this presence has been mirrored off of our widely successful Macneill Gamers team. A subsidiary of their team, the MVSD Minecraft Student Ambassadors, has been essential in introducing their neighbours to the field of esports. I’m thankful that we have two staff members at this building who are working with their divisional colleagues to learn more about the field of esports; your volunteerism in this area is so appreciated.

I am looking forward to having an expanded formal esports presence, especially at the elementary level, with the hopes of increased opportunities to host divisional build challenges and events.

This brings our formal MVSD esports teams to a total of FIVE, although we also have pockets of small esports clubs in specific classrooms or school wings. To learn more about esports I have been curating past posts on this topic using the Esports tag which can be viewed HERE.