Games That Make You Smarter

Maria Burns Ortiz

As part of our game licensing, we at 7 Generation Games have lesson resources for you at teacher.7generationgames.com – PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, curriculum building tools, etc. – that can be used to reinforce remote learning, a necessity during this odd, new normal.

The 7 Generation Games Teacher Resources Library

July 1, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / FAQ / Remote Education / Teachers tagged lesson plans by Maria Burns Ortiz

According to PBS, internships are going away or going remote in the odd, new normal. With many universities and colleges going remote and even dropping standardized test requirements, higher ed is set to move forward despite the odds. Have no fear, future intern. Your best bet right now is to […]

Landing an Internship in the Pandemic

June 30, 2020 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries tagged Intern / Internship by Maria Burns Ortiz

The following 7 Generation Games are Chromebook compatible. MAKING CAMP: OJIBWE (Grades 3-5) In Making Camp: Ojibwe, players practice multiplication and division skills while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also be introduced to Ojibwe history. Earn points by solving math problems and answering social studies questions in the village-building […]

Get 7 Generation Games on Chromebook

June 15, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Maria Burns Ortiz

Math functioned as a foundational building block for human survival all across the world.

There Has Always Been Math

June 5, 2020 in 7GenGames tagged Games For Change / Native American culture / Native American History by Maria Burns Ortiz

As the COVID19 pandemic forces school districts nationwide to distance learning, I see the “classroom of the future” in action – and it is a classroom that is clearly segregated among economic class lines, where kids who are already behind are being left out altogether. While I watch friends and […]

How EdTech Has Failed Low-Resourced Communities

April 16, 2020 in Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

I will make this post quick because I only have 29 minutes to write it before I’m interrupted. On the flip side, I have 29 minutes before I’m interrupted – and even then it will only be a three-minute interruption before I get myself another 29 minutes. I can hear […]

My Hack to Getting the Kids to Do Educational Things ...

March 18, 2020 in Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

kids playing 7 Generation games — As of March 16 until U.S. schools reopen, 7 Generation Games is making all of our games and apps available for free for everyone. CLICK HERE TO GET ACCESS TO ALL OUR GAMES FOR FREE. Thirty-three states and D.C. have closed schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that […]

7 Generation Games and Apps Now Available for Free

March 16, 2020 in Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

If you’re going to run a startup, you have to be able to accept a certain level of uncertainty. You never know what’s going to work – or not work. Will this social media approach be the right one? Will this blog topic generate a bunch of views? Will going to […]

You Never Know

February 28, 2020 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Almost four year ago, we released our initial beta of our very first game, Spirit Lake. And we got a lot of positive feedback. The 3D virtual world looked great. Kids were engaged. Math scores went up. But we knew it could be even better. It was good – but […]

The Perfect Time to Get “Spirit Lake: The Game” Has ...

January 22, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Six out of 10 people say they feel pressured to overspend during the holiday season. That can be especially concerning because too often that overspending means putting the purchase on a credit card – which is frightening because 39% of American adults don’t understand compound interest and even fewer know […]

Take a Break From Holiday Spending With These Great Games

December 10, 2019 in Holiday by Maria Burns Ortiz

If you are anywhere near the Internet today – and obviously you are since you’re reading this post – you’re probably being inundated by Giving Tuesday posts. If you don’t know what Giving Tuesday is, it’s the official end to the post-Thanksgiving spend-a-palooza that incorporates Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday/Giving […]

Giving Tuesday: Give Us Time, We’ll Give Games

December 3, 2019 in Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Is Santa coming tonight? It’s a question my 3-year-old has been asking me since the day after Thanksgiving. After all, the holidays are upon us! As if you needed a reminder with all the twinkling Christmas lights popping up, carols on the radio and probably 9 million email promotions reminding […]

The 7 Generation Games Christmas Countdown Calendar Is Coming to ...

November 30, 2019 in Holiday by Maria Burns Ortiz