7 Generation Games is offering a two-hour professional development workshop on game design and development in beginning May, 2026.
Use the form below to sign up
We will contact you at the email you provide and schedule a session at your convenience.
Content
Educational game design basics and hands-on practice using the 7 Gen Blocks no-code game developer (choose this if you have no code experience) or the low-code blocks (choose this if you want to use blocks that require some knowledge of HTML and Javascript). All participants will get the 10-block demo version of the game builder.
Instructor
Taught by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, developer on over 30 educational games
Delivery method
On-site option is available for schools in California and Minnesota. For other states, training is available over Zoom.
One session is available free per district.
Check out a game made with the demo blocks
Axolotl Adventure
This game is a short ‘warm-up game’ used to introduce a cross-curricular lesson in science and English language arts.
It teaches about the impact of invasive species and habitat destruction on the axolotl population in the wild and addresses CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
I made it over a weekend in between grandchildren visiting.