Most kids want life to be fair. If your sister gets more of the candy bar than you, that’s not fair. If you have to do more of the work than your brother, that’s not fair. To be fair to two people, they should each do or get one-half; 1/2 […]
Monthly Archives: March 2019
1 For the past several weeks we have been criss-crossing the country talking to teachers and administrators. Thank you immensely for all who took the time to meet with us, attend our workshops and visit our booths at conferences, from Long Beach, California to Spirit Lake, North Dakota. If you still […]
Nothing changes in education when nothing changes
Five Principles of Extraordinary Math Teaching Dan Finkel is the Founder and Director of Operations of Math for Love, a Seattle-based organization devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned. Dan is also one of the creators of Prime Climb, a beautiful and colorful, mathematical board game. He contributes […]
MATH TEDx Talk Spotlight: Dan Finkel
If you follow us for a while you will know about our passion for teaching mathematics and videogames. If you are new, welcome to 7 Generation Games where we develop educational video games that make you smarter. At 7 Generation Games, we want to give you more than just educational […]
GAMIFICATION AS A LEARNING TECHNIQUE
Most teachers and administrators find themselves with twice as many things to be done as hours in the day – yet you make it work. So what’s the key to finding edtech that works – both in the meets your needs sense as well as the doesn’t drive your IT […]
A Checklist To Make Your EdTech Decisions Easier
2 Many students struggle with long division but it pops up everywhere, from dividing 420 pages in a book by 20 nights of reading to dividing 756 arrows into quivers with 9 arrows each. Watch this video to learn how to solve word problems that require long division. Get more math […]
VIDEO – How To Use Division To Solve A Problem
Learn what number lines are all about. How do you solve problems using a number line? What do negative numbers mean on a number line? You have questions, we’ve got answers in this video. Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake which has many more videos like this. […]
VIDEO – How to use a number line
1 Math problems can be overwhelming if you don’t even know what the problem is asking. Instead of starting at the beginning, this video suggests you start at the end. It’s a part of a series on problem solving. Tips and Tricks to make problem solving easier. Video from our educational […]
VIDEO – Problem solving: Start at the End
“Long multiplication” is just multiplying larger numbers. Sure, you were fine with 2 x 2 but once you got to 278 x 42 it was not so easy. Don’t worry. Be happy. Let us give you an example of how to solve a long multiplication problem. Like this video? You’ll […]
VIDEO – How to Solve Long Multiplication
Estimating or approximating is making an educated guess as to what the answer might be. If you don’t believe me watch the following video that explains how to use estimation to solve math problems. It’s one of our most popular videos. I’m not sure if it’s the usefulness of estimation […]
VIDEO – Estimation and the world’s largest Venus fly trap
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, an educational video should be worth at least 10,000, don’t you think? So, what’s videopalooza? Do you have enough time to make videos for your class? In my life, whether I was teaching middle school math or multivariate statistics to graduate students, I […]
Videopalooza! A video is worth 10,000 words
English is going down in the list of world’s most spoken languages The number one is Chinese, due to its large demographics, unfortunately for most Americans, it is a very complicated language for its writing – totally different from what we are used to. If you can understand this blog, […]