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Monthly Archives: July 2016

Happy Friday! We meet, yet again, for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes to you from our game Fish Lake and it is a teacher resource on fractions titled, “Fractions: What are They?” “Fractions: What are They?” explains what fractions are, how to create fractions, how to identify fractions and […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake – “Fractions: What are They?” PowerPoint ...

July 29, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from July 30, 2011 “Sorry my paper on data visualization is late, I was at a pow-wow” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to […]

Throwback Thursday: Sorry my paper on data visualization is late, ...

July 28, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Gonzalo hard at work — A little background – we have been building our games to run on the web and school computer labs (Mac and Windows) so that we can easily have the educational and game content tested by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of teachers and students. You can buy any of those games here. […]

TECH TIPS : Changing from Web Game to Android

July 24, 2016 in Code Talk / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the best day of the week, Friday! With another Friday, comes another Freebie Friday! This week’s freebie comes to you from our game Forgotten Trail and is a video on how to convert kilometers to miles. In the video “Converting Kilometers to Miles“, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars gives you […]

Freebie Friday: Forgotten Trail – Converting Kilometers to Miles Video

July 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 17, 2010 “Good Stuff in the Internet Candy Store” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Grown-ups lie to kids. I have discovered this. When I was […]

Throwback Thursday: Good Stuff in the Internet Candy Store

July 21, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria De Mars / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Let’s cut to the chase. Now through the end of July, we’re offering all individual licenses for 7 Generation Games at an amazing deal of 90% off. Just use discount code: JULY90 The code applies to all individual user single or multi-game purchases of Forgotten Trail, Spirit Lake and Fish […]

We Want Your Ideas. We REALLY want your ideas!

July 20, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Choices for Hosting Podcasts There are two main tasks involved in publishing podcasts; the production work involved in actually creating the podcasts, and hosting the podcasts — that is, making the audio program available to users online. This is a brief tech note on how we are performing the second […]

Tech Tips: Hosting Podcasts

July 19, 2016 in Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips by Dennis De Mars

Another week comes to a close and that can only mean one thing, it’s time for the Freebie Friday! As a reward for making it through another week, today’s freebie comes from our game Aztech – our first bilingual game. Aztech begins when two students are kidnapped and taken back […]

Freebie Friday: Aztech – Introducing Distributions Activity

July 15, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from September 25, 2009 “What if there was no such thing as work?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I work three jobs, just to prove that there […]

Throwback Thursday: What if there was no such thing as ...

July 14, 2016 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

seal of North Dakota — Professors, conference presenters and speakers at professional development often complain that teachers don’t want to discuss the deeper issues. They say, Teachers only worry about what they can do with their class on Monday. Of course, not worrying about that is a luxury if you don’t have to teach a […]

Lessons Learned This Week: North Dakota Indian Education Summit

July 14, 2016 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Screen when recording — In our last (which also happened to be our first) Tech Tips newsletter I talked about the hardware we used for podcasting. What about the software? Glad you asked! You could use GarageBand, but I wouldn’t. Although it comes free with a Mac, I had found the sound quality using […]

Tech Tips: Software for Podcast Recording

July 11, 2016 in Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars

menu for simulator showing movement options as if it was an actual phone — The new game we are developing is for iPhones, which presents a very slight problem or two. First, I have very bad eyesight so it is a hardship for me to test on the phone. Second, there are a lot of activities that would be so much simpler if I had […]

Quick Tech Tip: Your iPhone Simulator

July 10, 2016 in Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars