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Last month, I found myself standing in the middle of a frozen lake in sub-zero windchill learning about ice fishing. You might be reading this thinking, that doesn’t sound like a typical day-in-the-life of an edtech CEO. But when the team of game designers you’re working with is a bunch […]

How We Are Making Better Games by Ice Fishing

March 20, 2023 in 7Gen Blocks / Educational Games / Founders Corner by Maria Burns Ortiz

Wrong answer to a math problem set over a background of dead fish in a cannery — Fact: Most educational games are not very effective because good education is not cheap and easy. Here are a few aspects of an effective math game.

Why GOOD educational games take time and money

February 8, 2023 in Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Kids playing with Lego blocks — How does 7 Gen Blocks enable us to serve overlooked communities and improve math education at the same time? Dr. De Mars, 7 Generation Games president, has the answers.

Coding for Good with 7 Gen Blocks

February 6, 2023 in 7Gen Blocks / 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

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Be the first on your block to get 7Gen Blocks

January 29, 2023 in Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

We are thrilled to announce that 7 Generation Games was selected as one of NewSchools Venture Fund’s 2022 Learning Solutions grantees! We’re joining a national cohort of organizations receiving funding and support from NewSchools Venture Fund to create or expand on innovative ways to make literacy instruction more effective for […]

7 Generation Games Selected One of NSVF’s 2022 Learning Solutions ...

January 18, 2023 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Founders Corner tagged 7 Generation Games by Diana Sanchez

South Summit, a platform to accelerate innovation through strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem at an international level, publishes a blog by our very own Maria Burns Ortiz. This past summer, Maria was invited to attend South Summit in Madrid as a speaker for the sessions, “Education: A Virtuous Circle of Continuous […]

South Summit Blog on Inclusive EdTech by Maria

December 15, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Founders Corner tagged 7 Generation Games / EdTech by Diana Sanchez

National Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of November. Here are some fun activities that your K-12 students can participate in all year.

Native American Heritage Month Activities for Students

November 23, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / History / Holiday / Newsletter / powwow / Remote Education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / Native American culture / Native American heritage month / Native American Language Games / Native American Resources by Christy Hanson

This November, we are celebrating National Native American Heritage Month. Let's give the spotlight to these notable Indigenous professionals in business and technology.

Celebrating Native Americans in the Space and Tech Industries

November 16, 2022 in blogposts / Careers / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged Native American heritage month / Native American History by Christy Hanson

We were recently at the NJOMA Conference in Las Vegas, which was great! We got to meet and talk to a lot of people and had a great turn out for our presentation. While the NJOMA Conference was a new conference for us, this week we’ll be at an event […]

Join us at the NIEA Convention!

October 3, 2022 in 7GenGames / Conferences / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / NIEA by Diana Sanchez

You read the title correctly. That’s right, we’ll be at the 2022 National Johnson-O’Malley Association (NJOMA) Conference next week! At 7 Generation Games, we’ve attended our fair share of events and conferences throughout the years. However, this will be our first time attending the NJOMA Conference so we are excited […]

We’ll Be at the 2022 NJOMA Conference!

September 16, 2022 in 7GenGames / Conferences / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez

multiplication is the inverse of division - demonstrated with horses — This is the first in a multi-lesson unit designed to assess student mathematics proficiency by playing games that teach about Indigenous cultures that have embedded math problems. It also requires students to create their own math activities and math problems.

Math Assessment and Indigenous Cultures

September 11, 2022 in Educational Games / Math / Mathematics by AnnMaria De Mars

Last week, we shared the some of the many reasons why people were investing in our community round on WeFunder – with investors sharing how they believed in our purpose as a company. This week we’d like to continue to share with you more reasons why over 80 investors have invested […]

Why Wefunder Investors Invested – Any Reason

August 5, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Founders Corner tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez