Educational Games

mural of indigenous art — Recently, I was asked to answer three questions related to Common Core standards. Since I thought these were of general interest, I’ve posted the answers below. We currently develop and market our games in the U.S., Chile and Trinidad. Therefore, we make every effort to teach content that is essential […]

What do you think about Common Core?

15 May, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Girl in boat. Math problem: What is the average number of miles rowed — Teaching math is a challenge and teaching it to English language learners can be twice as challenging. You might think the solution is to give the student textbooks in Spanish but not all Spanish-speaking children are Spanish-reading children. Often, their education has been in English, in which their fluency is […]

Six videos for teaching math to English Learners

13 May, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

In January, you asked us to make Making Camp available for Android phones, so we did. Recently, we have been getting requests to make Making Camp available as a Chromebook app, so we also did that. Thanks to our awesome software developers, Adekola and Gonzalo, you can now get Making […]

Making Camp Now Running as a Chromebook App

26 Apr, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Chromebook / Google Pay / Making Camp by Hannah Wren

Did you know that in Latin America, our games are marketed under the brand Strong Mind Studios ? There is a long story behind that, but one reason is that we do so much more than just games. Here are a few ‘extras’ that come with every game: * Pretest to […]

So much more than just a pretty game …

24 Apr, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

drag and drop answer — In my last post, I talked about how good educational games aren’t that easy to make because education isn’t that simple. Today, I want to revisit the same math concept, that division is multiplication in reverse, but from a programming standpoint. First, the setup. The first part sets the number […]

A simple little math problem isn’t so simple

23 Apr, 2018 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Last week, an investor told me, “You talk too much about why your games work to teach kids and how you know there is an impact. I don’t care. I just want to make money.” This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this and every time the person has been […]

I care about how our games are made & you ...

22 Apr, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Everyone at 7 Generation Games is so excited to welcome Vlak, our new graphic designer from Chile, to the team! In case you haven’t heard, each week I will interview a new staffer for my Facebook Live Friday series. Since Vlak is working with AnnMaria in Chile, I won’t get the chance to […]

Meet Our New Graphic Designer, Vlak

21 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries tagged chile / startup / Startup Chile by Hannah Wren

Congratulations to Camila Avila whose adorable cat, Audrey, won our cat contest! In case you haven’t heard, we needed help designing a new cat character for our games so we hosted a contest just for cats. Last week, our followers sent us photos of their cats and we then posted […]

These Purrfect Cats get to be Featured in our Games

21 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Aztech: the story begins / cat contest / forgotten trail by Hannah Wren

calendar with warning label — You’re nowhere near finished with this school year yet and it’s already time for those curriculum meetings, budget meetings. You need to let the IT department know what software you want so they can buy it and install it over the summer. Professional Development? That’s in August, do we really […]

How is it already time to start planning for the ...

18 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

In case you live under a rock and haven’t heard, AnnMaria is working abroad in Chile expanding 7 Generation Games to the Latin American market. One of her latest business ventures is revamping our Spanish website (no, she hasn’t been exploring parks and going to museums everyday). We recently improved […]

Revamping Our Spanish Website

16 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Learn Spanish / Spanish / Spanish wesbite by Hannah Wren

7 Generation Games will be at the 41st Annual California Conference on American Indian Education (CCAIE) this upcoming March 18th-20th in Los Angeles. The theme of this year’s conference is “Indian Education: Anything is Possible”. This will be our first time at this conference and are excited to be a […]

Come and say hi! – 41st CCAIE, “Indian Education: Anything ...

15 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Conferences / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez

Babysitting my 10-year-old cousin is always a challenge. No, it’s not a challenge because he’s a bad kid. It’s a challenge because I have to get him to stop playing on his iPad and do his math homework. Anyone who has tried getting a kid to give up his or […]

7 Advantages of Educational Technology

7 Mar, 2018 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games tagged EdTech / Educational Games by Hannah Wren