Educational Games

Julia in Boston Common — “English Opens Doors” – I love that title “English opens doors” (or, in Spanish, “inglés abre puertas”) is a program in Chile that promotes learning English. I love their name because they really “get it”. Education is the key to a bigger, wider life. Normally, I write about teaching math . […]

Better English Opens Doors to a Better Future

31 Oct, 2018 in AnnMaria / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 13, 2015 “Education is More Important than World Titles” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I love Ronda Rousey as much as the next person does. In […]

Throwback Thursday: Education is More Important than World Titles

25 Oct, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Presenter at NIEA — I go to quite a few conferences but the National Indian Education Association is one of my favorites because they fit with my idea of how education should be. I go to mathematics conferences that are all about – you guessed it – mathematics, and technology conferences that are focused […]

It’s Indian Education – Why I Like the NIEA conference

11 Oct, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Welcome to our 7 Generation Games Book Club! Don’t worry, this isn’t one of those book clubs where you join, don’t finish the book and then have to sit around in a group pretending you read it, debating things like what “the vase of flowers” really symbolized. The 7 Generation […]

Books We Love: Ojibway Clans

11 Oct, 2018 in 7GenGames / Book Club / Educational Games / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz

Life is hard enough without having to install software. That’s why we’re making more and more of our games playable at the click of a button. No, seriously, it’s that easy. Check it out below. So easy to get started that a baby could do it… MAKING CAMP: OJIBWE (Grades […]

Just Click and Play, It’s That Easy

9 Oct, 2018 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Maria Burns Ortiz

Rabbit, next to tree — Making educational software is full of surprises, some good, some bad and some just, well, surprising. I hope I don’t become rabbit stew The Making Camp series has turned out to be our most popular games, hands down, something I certainly did not expect. Making Camp Bilingual is our most […]

Our Most Popular Educational Game Isn’t What I expected

26 Sep, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

In the world of video games, there are so many different options it’s nearly impossible to know every single one. Because of this, it’s nearly impossible to know which games are ok for your children to be playing. With all of the violent video games out there, this is crucial […]

We Just Got the Family-Friendly Seal of Approval From Google ...

25 Sep, 2018 in Bilingual Education / Educational Games tagged Bilingual / Bilingual Game / Educational Games / Making Camp Bilingual by Sabrena Youngerman

Choice screen with option of números and sociedad — If you actually ARE a bilingual teacher, you may already know what I’m going to say. In that case, read on to nod in agreement and feel superior. For me, this was one of the many things about education that only seemed obvious after I learned it. Our software was […]

Why Bilingual Teachers Need Our Bilingual Software

11 Sep, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Making Camp Premium, the newest game from 7 Generation Games, has won the Parent and Teacher Choice Award for Best Mobile App from HowtoLearn.com. The Parent and Teacher Choice Awards honors the best in educational products and services. Making Camp Premium was unanimously selected by the parent and teacher judges […]

Making Camp Premium Wins Parent and Teacher Choice Award!

28 Aug, 2018 in Educational Games / Educational Resources by Sabrena Youngerman

words activities from Making Camp Premium — What do grammar fixes in our games and not swearing at your students have in common? Now, you, Ms. or Mr. 5th Grade Teacher, have probably never even considered telling Emma or Devon or D’emery that you are going to skin them alive and send the hides home to their […]

Because Details Matter: 100 little tweaks and not swearing at ...

16 Aug, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Here’s the vicious circle, few people like to do things they do very poorly, but it takes practice to get good which they don’t want to do because they are bad at math/ English/ violin/ whatever. It’s amazing that anyone learns anything, isn’t it? We can learn a lot about […]

Helping kids like school: There’s an app for that

5 Aug, 2018 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Summer is finally here! Well actually in Southern California, summer is all year round…except for those occasional rain drops we get 4x a year. Regardless, school is out, and kids can finally relax and play outside all day! At least, that’s what I did as a child. Nowadays, children are […]

3 Benefits to Using Educational Games this Summer Vacation

29 Jun, 2018 in Educational Games by Irma Barcena