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To all of our New York City friends, If you plan on attending the Games for Change – Tribeca Street Fair, we want to meet and talk with you! Offering a full city block of digital and card games, live action games, hands-on building and a parkour obstacle course, the […]

Meet Us This Saturday At Games For Change – Tribeca ...

April 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / Events tagged Aztech / forgotten trail / Games For Change / Games4Change / Maria Burns Ortiz / Tribeca Street Fair by Erick Salomon

Okay, it’s over, you missed hearing me live … I feel your disappointment, so I have linked to the full interview on youtube here. A week ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sara Mohsin about our work at 7 Generation Games. The interview will be on the […]

I’m radio famous!

April 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 20, 2014 “Will It Matter in 2026?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I doubt I’ll ever do this but it’s an interesting thought …. You hear about people writing letters to […]

Throwback Thursday: Will It Matter In 2026?

April 21, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / AnnMaria De Mars / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Happy Friday to all of our 7 Generation Games friends! Before you start making plans for this weekend, here’s your chance to try our games for FREE!!! We are offering demos for: Spirit Lake and Fish Lake. This allows you the opportunity to test out and enjoy the games before […]

Freebie Friday: Try Before You Buy!

April 15, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Demo / Demos / Fish Lake / Freebie Friday / Spirit Lake by Erick Salomon

Last month the 7 Generation Games team attended the California Association of Bilingual Education (CABE) 2016 conference in San Francisco, CA. As part of our presence there, our CEO, Maria Burns Ortiz and educator Jovi Buendia, presented a proposal entitled: Educational Games for ELL: State of the Art. The talk […]

CABE 2016 – Educational Games for ELL: State of the ...

April 14, 2016 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries tagged CABE / CABE 2016 / Educational Games for ELL State of the Art / Jovi Buendia / Maria Burns Ortiz / Powerpoint by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 9, 2014 “Something I Learned as a Grown-Up: More Than One Way is Right” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. It’s been 17 years since I lived in North Dakota, so when […]

Throwback Thursday: Something I Learned as a Grown-Up: More Than ...

April 14, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / AnnMaria De Mars / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Growing Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

teachers — Forgotten Trail will be available next week, Aztech in another month, and we’re already working on updates and expansion. It’s true as a wise man once told me, Great games are like great artwork. They are never finished. They are just abandoned. Our latest project is adding levels of difficulty […]

Giving Students Control in Math Class

April 12, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

We’re celebrating the end of another busy week. Today’s Freebie is the Understanding Bar Graphs PowerPoint presentation from our upcoming game, AzTech: UNDERSTANDING BAR GRAPHS – PowerPoint Presentation This presentation complements the Common Core-aligned Number and Operations in Base 10 standards. These charts and graphs are found and used within the game! […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech – Understanding Bar Graphs

April 8, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Aztech / Bar Graphs / Teacher Resource by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 9, 2014 “Why I Don’t “Just Ask My Daughter“” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I run a company that makes games to teach math. They are also really fun. You can try […]

Throwback Thursday: Why I Don’t “Just Ask My Daughter”

April 7, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / investors / Money / Ronda Rousey / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Draft 2 — I went to the Computer Users in Education conference in Palm Springs last month, not knowing what to expect. It turned out to be way cooler than what you’d expect and I definitely intend to go back for more reasons than I can tell you in just one post. One […]

CUE Meets the Giant

April 4, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday! This week in our new blog series, “Parenting Like I Know What I’m Doing”, our CEO Maria Burns Ortiz discussed how a parent can find sanity when their children are on Spring Break. Trying to find new activities or ways to entertain and educate your kids at […]

Freebie Friday: The Best Resource You Can Have During Spring ...

April 1, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Camp Don't Get Dumb Over Summer / Freebie Friday / Spring Break / Summer Site by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 9, 2014 “No Wonder Kids Hate Math” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m working on a section of a game that teaches fractions. If a player misses the question about where […]

Throwback Thursday: No Wonder Kids Hate Math

March 31, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Math / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon