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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Do you like to help others succeed? Do you like to receive free gifts? Then we have just the thing for you! Sponsor a classroom of students and provide them the gift of Fish Lake to help them learn fractions, we will send you a limited edition gift from 7 […]

Freebie Friday: Sponsor a classroom and receive a limited edition ...

February 13, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Freebie Friday / Math tagged Fish Lake / Freebie Friday / Ronda Rousey. UFC 184 / Sponsor Classroom by admin

Join 7 Generation Games and Armbar Nation on February 28, 2015 for our tweetup in LA before Ronda Rousey’s fight! We will all be meeting up at Tom’s Urban which is directly across the street from the Staples Center from 2-4pm. We can hardly believe that this will be our 6th tweetup that […]

Join us for the Rowdy UFC 184 tweetup in LA ...

February 12, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Events / Start-up Diaries tagged Autograph / Gene Le Bell / Ronda Rousey / tweetup / UFC 184 / UFC 184 Tweetup by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from April 30, 2010,“Mom! Dad! I need help!” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. This is why: A. I support affirmative action B. I think some kids succeed in math […]

Throwback Thursday: Mom! Dad! I need help!

February 12, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by AnnMaria De Mars

We all know that giving is better than receiving, but what if you could have both of both worlds? That’s why if you sponsor a classroom of students and provide them the gift of Fish Lake to help them learn fractions, we will send you an AWESOME gift. We only had 7 […]

Sponsor a classroom, receive an AWESOME gift!

February 11, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Math tagged classroom / Donate / Fish Lake / Ronda Rousey / Spirit Lake / sponsor / UFC 184 Tweetup by admin

Fish Lake — At long last — you’ve been hearing about it and now it’s here. Fish Lake, the second in our series of games that make you smarter, is now commercially available. If you liked Spirit Lake, you are going to LOVE Fish Lake. It’s not just for kids. Spear some fish. Build […]

Fish Lake: Our second game is now commercially available!

February 10, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries tagged Fish Lake Release by admin

Last week I wrote a blog about Expecting the Unexpected and the importance of being prepared for any obstacle that comes your way. The 7 Generation Games team was 1,772 miles from home, had no electricity, internet, or cell phone service, but we were still able to host a successful training session for teachers […]

7 Generation Games North Dakota Tour By Numbers

February 9, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Fish Lake / North Dakota by admin

Julia doing a science experiment — Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them … is the first of the Common Core standards for mathematical practice. It addresses two problems I see VERY often. Whether completing a worksheet or playing a math game, students just pick the first answer that comes to mind. If nothing comes […]

Why I Won’t Make Our Math Games Easier

February 8, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Spirit Lake Teacher Resources — We are pleased to present a free demo of our Spirit Lake game for download on both PC and Mac. Save your tribe from an epidemic, escape rabid wolves and hunt buffalo, learn about Dakota culture, all while practicing multiplication and division. This demo consists of a portion of the […]

Freebie Friday: Download the first level of Spirit Lake: The ...

February 6, 2015 in 7GenGames tagged Free Download / Spirit Lake by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from February 14, 2008 on “Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. Silence is one of the most under-used teaching techniques. As Julia learns mathematics, I […]

Throwback Thursday- Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence

February 5, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Math / teaching by AnnMaria De Mars

7 Generation Games CEO, AnnMaria De Mars, will be featured as the Keynote Speaker at the 6th Annual Livingston’s Young Women’s Conference on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The event will take place on from 8am to 3:30pm at Livingston Middle School which is located in Livingston, CA. This is a free event […]

AnnMaria De Mars presents at Livingston’s Young Women’s Conference as ...

February 4, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Events / Women in Tech tagged AnnMaria DeMars / Free Event / Keynote Speaker / Young Women's Conference by admin

Last week, 7 Generation Games flew to North Dakota to install our educational video games in five schools on two reservations. AnnMaria De Mars, CEO of 7 Generation Games, has explained MANY times the importance of being prepared for any situation because there are frequently situations that occur where technology just doesn’t […]

Expect the Unexpected

February 3, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Always Be Prepared / Doomsday Prepper / educational video games / Indian Reservation / Native American / North Dakota by admin