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A year ago, I traveled to Flagstaff to attend the Native Innovation EdTech conference. To be honest, heading out there, I didn’t know what to expect, but the event certainly seemed to align completely with our company mission. It was an incredible conference – where we debuted Making Camp, which […]

Creating an Innovative Game at Native Innovation

June 17, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s the end of another week and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from “AzTech Games”. The freebie is clip art of codices featured in the game. The codices are Mayan and are an important part of the plot of the game. You can […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Clip art

June 16, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

In yesterday’s post, I ended with Jose and Gonzalo sharing the VR and AR presentations. After their presentation we had a short 15 minute break. During this break I made small talk with whoever wasn’t on social media or getting refreshments. Again, many kids wanted to work in gaming and […]

Wait- We’re supposed to work for ourselves? Not the money?

June 14, 2017 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Irma Barcena

AR kitten — Yesterday we had the honor of giving the inside scoop of what we do at 7 Generation Games. Our guests from New Earth consisted of a group of teens and several staff. What better way to begin a presentation than with food? And so the meeting began with pizza and […]

How many pizzas does it take to feed 14 teens?

June 13, 2017 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Irma Barcena

It’s the end of the week and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes from our game Spirit Lake and it is clip art from the game. The clip art is of a baby in a papoose, which is a child carrier. You can view […]

Freebie Friday: Spirit Lake – Clip Art

June 10, 2017 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 November 22, 2015 “This is not an abandoned blog“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Years ago, a friend of mine was in college and had an old, […]

Throwback Thursday – This is not an abandoned blog

June 8, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

AnnMaria and Irma read the recent game suggestions we received from our users. Watch the video to find out some of the suggestions and our reactions! Want to send us game suggestions and give snarky comments on them? Comment below!

Zombie Game Suggestions?

June 8, 2017 in 7GenGames by Irma Barcena

badlands — From the 7GenGames TV channel, day 3 of our road trip takes us to Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Subscribe to our channel for regular updates. Thank you to Bruce Gillette for being my lovely assistant in game demonstrations with Twin Buttes Elementary School. You can get most of the […]

What you don’t know about North Dakota history

June 6, 2017 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Reality Show by AnnMaria De Mars

Why Only Accommodate Students with Special Needs? Years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of a research project identifying characteristics of the very best teachers. One thing that impressed me is how they made their classrooms fit the individual student, and they made it seem easy. If […]

Great teachers accommodate all students

June 2, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Another Friday has arrived and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes from our game Fish Lake and it’s a powerpoint and pdf titled, “Doughnuts and Adding Fractions”. This powerpoint and pdf uses doughnuts to illustrate adding fractions with like denominators as well as goes […]

Freebie Friday: Doughnuts and Adding Fractions

June 2, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Example of primary sources: Black and white video of galloping buffalo — My list of ideas I have for next games is just about infinite (so, if you’re planning on investing in our next seed round, be quick and email maria@7generationgames.com ). One game on the drawing board is a Dakota version of Making Camp and somewhere in there I’d like to […]

Uses of Buffalo in Educational Games

May 30, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Students at Charlieville playing Fish Lake — After playing Fish Lake, Nicholi, a student at Charlieville Presbyterian Primary School, in Trinidad, gave the following suggestions for a new game. GENRE Make a first-person shooting game. It does not have to be a war game. GAME DESIGN The game would be educational, with calculations of angle and power […]

Nicholi: Student Game Designer

May 29, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars