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Kids playing game — Do your kids and students love playing our games? Well, we love seeing them play our games. A picture is worth a thousand words and one of the most rewarding aspects of making educational games is knowing that kids are playing them. Recently, we have been looking for amazing teachers to […]

Share Photos of Kids Playing Our Games to Be #7GenGamer ...

March 7, 2018 in 7GenGames by Hannah Wren

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

Maria — The past week, I’ve attended a few different events centered around women entrepreneurs. The events were great and excellent opportunities to network and learn. But as usually happens when you attend events centered around a specific topic, you start to see recurring themes. Time and time again, I heard the […]

Asking for What You Want

March 6, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

I’m going to presume you read I’m learning a Gang of S$#@ in Chile, Part 1 so I won’t repeat the story. As I have said multiple times now, one of the best things about Start-up Chile is the other companies. It’s not that the staff aren’t good – but […]

I’m Learning a Gang More S#$% in Start-up Chile: Part ...

March 5, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

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

Years ago, I attended a talk by Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries (it’s a wonderful charity, by the way, check them out) and he mentioned one of the homies he’d gotten a job in an office sending him a fax that said, “Thank you so much, G, for […]

I’m Learning a Gang of S#@$ in Start-up Chile

February 28, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

graduation — Since several people have asked the same questions about the parenting book Maria and I wrote, and about our Family Textbook. I thought I’d answer them all at once in a blog post. What’s the name of your book? Parenting Like I Know What I’m Doing. We thought we might […]

8 Questions about our Parenting Book & Family Textbook

February 26, 2018 in AnnMaria / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by AnnMaria De Mars

Julia in 7 Generation Games hat — Teachers need more recognition for all of the great work that they do. Occasionally, in our newsletters we highlight teachers who go above and beyond in reaching out to their students and community. Our problem is that for everything teachers do to praise, encourage and recognize their students, they are […]

Let us feature a great teacher you know!

February 25, 2018 in Uncategorized by AnnMaria De Mars

After many, many requests, Maria and I are doing a parenting book and you’ll be able to download it here. Why, you ask? Well, one of the major reasons I am in Chile is to learn more about marketing at one of the premier start-up accelerators in the world. Several […]

Why We’re Doing a Parenting Book

February 24, 2018 in AnnMaria / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by AnnMaria De Mars

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

When my oldest daughter was 2.5 years old, she decided to learn the alphabet and had me drill her on flashcards until she got it down. Differentiating Z and S was the biggest challenge, but once she had that down then she was off. We never worried about her doing […]

How I Know Blended Learning Works

February 22, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz