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You might wonder why I recommend Gemini since the simple modification is the only change it got correct on the first try. It took five attempts to get the second, less simple change working and, even after five tries, it never got the third change right. Three words: It saved time
Coding with Gemini without the vibe
Thanks to funding from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program, we have developed two games in the past year that focus specifically on primary sources, a third game that mentions primary sources, a fourth game in development and will be starting on a fifth game in July.
Games for Teaching STEM with Primary Sources
2 We all have our biases, whether we want to admit it or not. Having worked with Native nations for over thirty years, when the current cohort of teachers in our Teaching with Primary Sources project (yes, you can still join) wanted to do a game centered around the Lewis and Clark expedition, I had some mixed feelings about that.
Questioning Lewis and Clark: Why did they matter?
6 How do we cover seven different topics in one game? We've started co-designing our next game with teachers and the challenge has been to combine multiple interests and perspectives.
Discovering STEM on the Lewis and Clark Trail
Co-design Games to Teach with Primary Sources from Indigenous and Rural History, starting with a game about Native American Veterans
Educators – Make Games about Native American Veterans with Us
I’m sure you may have heard of our Making Camp game series, in fact I’m certain because it happens to be our most popular game series. Now Making Camp Ojibwe, the one that started it all, has gone through some updates. With Making Camp Ojibwe being one of the very […]
Long Time Coming: Making Camp Ojibwe Updated!
We’ve been very busy at 7 Generation Games! We’ve been getting ready for new projects, working on making updates to our games, and now a new game release. The latest addition to our Disaster Deduction Detectives series is available. DDD Academy Agent Emilia is looking for a new recruit and […]
So Many Decisions…Division Decisions!
TL; DR - in the Making Camp Navajo update, we made it a lot less likely that students would need to call over the teacher for help.
Thinking of teachers (& students): Making Camp Navajo Out of ...
One of the things we’ve learned in making games is that players like games that give them options, so I thought I’d start this blog post by letting you make a choice. Think of it as a (very low budget) choose-your-adventure version of our blog posts. Option 1: You mentioned […]
We Made a Game About How We Make Games!
The Bozeman Trail is a game within the BRAVE series: a game-based, cross-curricular approach to social studies that engages & inspires students to push the boundaries of who they are. What began as a single board game over a decade ago has evolved into something more insightful with every go. […]
Turning School Into a Piece of Cake
Maria Burns Ortiz (our CEO) thinks the term “eating your own dog food” sounds disgusting, so I try to use it as often as possible. Besides, what does a vegetarian know about taste? She also thinks I shouldn’t make comments that could offend significant numbers of potential users, say, vegetarians. […]