Drones are starting to take over as technology advances. People love the ability to pilot drones and put them to all different sorts of uses. People push the limits on the usage of drones and they seem to find new advancements every day. Whether it is for filming a cool adventure, using them for a construction site, or even scoping out an area in the military. If you watched the Olympics you may have even seen the crazy drone show that was put on by Intel. The sky is the limit for drones. Here at BHS we are in the process of integrating drone usage into learning. We received a drone grant here at Help Desk and everyone seems to be extremely exited about it. We are most likely going to be purchasing a DJI Mavic Pro, an additional Mavic Air, and another set of Parrot Mambos that we will make available to teachers that wish to make use of them. We already have one teacher that seems to be interested, and I'm sure that with students' love for technology that the usage will go up once we receive the drones. As for right now, we are taking a Mavic drone on flights while in class to get used to how they operate. We have split ourselves into various roles that include, drone safety, pilots, integrating the Parrot drones with Chromebooks, and programming parrot drones. I am personally very excited to see how we can combine fun and entertaining technology in school related topics. Everything Gaming! Gaming is huge right now. Year by year gaming popularity seems to increase with all of the new platforms that help promote it. With websites like twitch, gamers can stream their games as well as themselves for people to watch. At the moment, the most notable gamer on twitch, would be Tyler Blevins. He is more well-known for his gamer tag, "Ninja". He started taking gaming very seriously when he was a junior in high school. In an interview he had in 2011, he was making around 100 dollars a day through his stream of Halo. He has been a part of many gaming teams that compete at different tournaments. Currently his streaming of Fortnite has brought him the most success. In an interview, he states that he is making around $500,000 a month. This is made through things like sponsors and donations. With his global success, he is making waves around the world for the possibilities of professional gaming. For a rundown of Ninjas life refer to the video below. With the biggest competitive gaming platform being eSports, many gamers dream of someday winning large at a tournament. ESports offers an extremely wide range of games to play. Almost any game that has a winner and loser can be played on eSports. The more popular and competitive a game is, the more likely you will win more money and prizes. Crowds to watch big tournaments can be larger than most sporting events. There is a combination of team play and solo play. Most relevant tour community at Burlington High School, as we have talked about in help desk, we have our own professional gamer here at BHS. Ronin D'Auria, a junior, has been gaming for a while now. He started playing when he was young and was drawn to the tournaments due to his great talent. He has a lot of success with his gameplay in Rocket League. He has one many tournaments and has amassed a lot of profit from these tournaments. He most notably played in RLRS, Dreamhack Atlanta, and the NBC Universal Open 2v2 format. At dreamhack he and his team placed top 8. He has earned a contract from FlyQuest and is a paid a monthly income. Although he is not allowed to disclose the terms of his contract, he does state that, "the current average salary of a signed team in the RLRS is around $2.5k-3k per player, monthly". Ronin finds it extremely difficult to balance professional gaming with school and activities because he strives to be a good student, but also needs to find time to practice his play. When I asked Ronin about his future he talked about the dependence on how big gaming could become. If it does keep growing and he has the option to make it a career, he will pursue that. If not, college is always an option for him. Gaming and gaming leagues are allowing many people to pursue a dream. Good luck to Ronin on his future in gaming, and thank you for giving me a better, and first hand insight, into the world.
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