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Monthly Archives: August 2017

100 elementary school kids with our posters — Let’s talk about the power of the U.S. Latino market. Wait, you might be asking yourself, a post about Latinos and its not even Hispanic Heritage Month? Yes, we’re crazy like that over here at 7 Generation Games. But seriously, we’re in the midst of completing our AzTech Games […]

Why Going Bilingual Not Only Makes Sense But Makes Money

August 31, 2017 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 16, 2013 “Eight things I did NOT know about Kickstarter” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. We started this Kickstarter campaign a little over a week […]

Throwback Thursday: Eight things I did NOT know about Kickstarter

August 31, 2017 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

It has been brought to my attention lately that I have not been blogging very much and some people would like to hear more about what is happening. Well, I was kind of at this wedding thing – if you don’t know, now you know, my lovely next-to-youngest daughter got […]

Educational Game Secret: Girls (and boys) just want to have ...

August 31, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

To do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit, I needed proof I am me. This is my proof. To ask me anything, click the link below. IamA co-founder with my family of an educational game startup, mother of 4, Ph.D. AMA! In 2013, I co-founded 7 Generation Games, with […]

Reddit: Ask Me Anything

August 30, 2017 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

When brainstorming our Kickstarter rewards, we wanted to come up with some really cool things that would be unique to what we’re doing here at 7 Generation Games and our team. The “textbook” (in this case, it’s a literal book of texts) was one of the first things that popped […]

Get a Look Behind-the-Scenes with Our Literal “Text-Book”

August 25, 2017 in 7GenGames / Reality Show / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from AzTech Games. The freebie is a powerpoint presentation on subtracting fractions with like denominators. The powerpoint presentation walks you through a fraction problem with like denominators using containers of candy. To download the powerpoint presentation, click on the the link […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – An Example of Subtraction with ...

August 25, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 16, 2016 “you can make anything into an opportunity” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. you can make anything into an opportunity. For example today I […]

Throwback Thursday: you can make anything into an opportunity

August 24, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

“Victoria – do you speak Spanish?” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked this question at work. I’ve worked in multiple newsrooms, at multiple networks, and in different cities and states, yet the need for Spanish speakers is never equal to the amount of Spanish speakers in […]

Why My Education And My Bilingualism Are My Two Greatest ...

August 23, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

Quality educational games have the ability to revolutionize learning. Of course, the key word is quality – and with so many games and apps on the market, quality can be hard to find. Did you know there are over 150,000 apps tagged “education” between the Apple App Store and Google […]

What to Look for in Good Educational Games

August 22, 2017 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Maria — I’m usually the one that rants and swears on the More than Ordinary podcast, but one way to get Maria to call out the bull**** is to say, “We don’t want to lower the bar just so we can fund more women-owned businesses.” Let me tell you what it is […]

The slap in the face for women in tech

August 22, 2017 in AnnMaria / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Game o — Maybe you’ve seen it as a meme or on a t-shirt on a random guy at the mall, it reads: Whenever I see that, I always want to say, “You probably did use algebra, it’s just that in real-life, no one says, ‘Oh, now this is the part of the […]

The Importance of Real-World Application in Education

August 21, 2017 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

I have had plenty of opportunities to retire comfortably. I have been a professor. I’ve worked as a statistical analyst at a large company. I’ve built a consulting company with long-term clients. If you have a short attention span – I will give you the answer now: The solution to […]

Why I quit my nice comfortable job

August 20, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars