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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

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

Hello everyone! It is time for another Freebie Friday, so happy Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is on division and it’s from Making Camp. You’ve seen our division terms video, right? Great! If you haven’t, then you can always catch it on our YouTube channel where we have really great math […]

Freebie Friday: Division Terms

March 2, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

One of the reasons I wanted to work for 7 Generation Games is that its mission embodies the goal of the digital humanities. In my last intern diary post, I talk about how I use my English major skills at 7 Generation Games in ways people may not expect. This […]

What is Digital Humanities? Intern Diaries Part 3

March 1, 2018 in Educational Games / Newsletter / Start-up Diaries / Uncategorized tagged intern diaries by Hannah Wren

It’s that time of the week again. You guessed it, it’s time for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from Spirit Lake and it’s a powerpoint presentation and pdf on probability. The ppt and pdf are an introduction to probability, probability 101. The material teaches you what probability is and […]

Freebie Friday: Probability

February 23, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Making Camp Bilingual wigwam — Many high schools require two years of a foreign language, for some reason I cannot figure out, because no one in Chile speaks second-year Spanish. I’ve been here two weeks now and not a single person has asked me to conjugate the verb “estar”. There are apps for learning vocabulary […]

No one in Chile speaks 2nd-year Spanish

February 19, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone! Happy Freebie Friday, where you get educational resources as freebies. Today’s freebie comes from Fish Lake and it’s a powerpoint and pdf on multiplying fractions. Previously we shared a video on adding and multiplying fractions as a Freebie Friday. This powerpoint and pdf is related to that video. […]

Freebie Friday: Multiplying Fractions

February 16, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

AnnMaria says that “Forgotten Trail” is her favorite game because many of the characters are based on students she has worked with in real life. My favorite game has to be “Fish Lake.” “Fish Lake” teaches fractions as well as Native American history. As a child, I always loved water […]

Intern Diaries: Why “Fish Lake” is My Favorite Game

February 8, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by Hannah Wren

Having a favorite game is not like having a favorite child. It’s okay, really. The favorite game, not the favorite child. Forgotten Trail makes me think of a lot of kids I have met – and of me, as a kid. The world is full of people who are not […]

Why Forgotten Trail is my favorite game

February 1, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Making Camp is a game that teaches multiplication and division — In our game, Making Camp, players get to create their own virtual wigwam while learning math and social studies. The game also includes videos that focus on math terms and problem-solving strategies, areas that teachers and parents say students need extra help in. Making Camp features cultural videos that teach […]

Making Camp is now available on Android Phones!

January 31, 2018 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Game Progress by Hannah Wren

consulate of Chile — Santiago, Chile In six days, I’ll be on a flight to Santiago. I picked up my visa at the Consulate of Chile this week and I’m good to go. I’ll be working on a game modeled on our best-selling title, Making Camp. (Not sure if “best-selling” is the right word, […]

Disrupting Ageism (and Education) in Chile

January 28, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

jaguar in jungle with text asking what happened to the other 2 students — If you want to see everyone in our office roll on the floor laughing simultaneously, come in and tell us that you have an idea for an educational game but you need us to promise we won’t steal it before you tell us what it is. You clearly have zero […]

How hard is teaching math? Let me count the ways.

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

drawing of Native American girl by student — AnnMaria, the president and founder of 7 Generation Games, visited Tate Topa Tribal School this week to hear students’ suggestions for characters, educational activities, and games. In short, we wanted to know, “How can we make our games even better?” Kids had a lot of great ideas. The 7 Generation […]

Kids Can Help Make Better Games

January 13, 2018 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Newsletter by Hannah Wren