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Monthly Archives: November 2015

7 Generation Games has been invited by the Department of Education to exhibit at the Ed Games Expo in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 9. The Expo brings together the best educational games that have been funded by Small Business Innovation Research grants. We’re incredibly excited to be participating and proud to […]

7 Generation Games Invited to Participate In Ed Games Expo

November 30, 2015 in 7GenGames / Newsletter / Uncategorized tagged Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Holiday Sales / newsletter / Small Business Saturday by Erick Salomon

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Making a bilingual game is more than twice the work of making an English-only game. Not only do you need to have everything written in Spanish and English but you also need to create functions that make everything change from Spanish to English (and back again). To add a layer […]

Making Bilingual Games with Help from jQuery

November 30, 2015 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

Maybe you’ve just learned about what we’re doing here at 7 Generation Games, and you wanted to learn more about our games. Or maybe you’ve checked us out before, but are interested in all the games we have to offer — including the games we’ve yet to release. To help […]

From Spirit Lake to Aztech: An Overview of 7 Generation ...

November 28, 2015 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Now that the football games are over and the Thanksgiving feast is no more, the shopping can begin! With holiday lists in hand, we know that most of you are on the hunt for Black Friday deals, so today’s #FreebieFriday is a special offer. From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, […]

Freebie Friday: Forgotten Trail Beta Version

November 27, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Beta / forgotten trail / Freebie Friday / Holiday Sale by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from June 12, 2012 “I Have No Trouble Finding Latino Staff Members – Proof There Isn’t a Level Playing Field” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When I send bills to clients, […]

Throwback Thursday: I Have No Trouble Finding Latino Staff Members ...

November 26, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday / Uncategorized tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Latinos / Playing Field / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

A few years back, our lead cultural consultant Erich Longie was talking about one of the biggest issues he saw when it came to kids on his reservation and math — the fact that they gave up too easily. His message that he wanted to convey to them was, “Just […]

You Don’t Always Get It Right The First Time

November 20, 2015 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Happy Freebie Friday! Before you get caught up in the rush of Thanksgiving travel and holiday stress, take a few minutes out of your day to reenergize your brain! Whether you’re a fan of math or word searches, you’re in for a treat as we offer up a math word […]

Freebie Friday: Math Terms Word Search

November 20, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Freebie Friday / Math / Word Search by Erick Salomon

A few weeks ago, my friend told me that I was lucky to be doing a startup because “everybody wants to be doing a startup right now.” It’s apparently the “in thing.” Of course, everybody wants to be doing a startup because they don’t actually know what goes into doing […]

No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy: The Truth ...

November 19, 2015 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from October 10, 2012 “Six Start-Up Lessons from Martial Arts” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Twenty-eight years ago, I won the world judo championships. Unlike almost everyone else who accomplishes that […]

Throwback Thursday: Six Start-Up Lessons from Martial Arts

November 19, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / martial arts / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

classroom — Annie Hammond offers insight from an educator’s perspective on educational gaming. A new school year is a fresh start for teachers and students…right? Of course it is! That is until the previous year’s testing results arrive. Just when teachers and students are putting one year behind them, and looking forward […]

A Teacher’s Point of View: “And The Results are In…”

November 18, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged Annie Hammond / forgotten trail / newsletter / Teacher's Point of View by Erick Salomon

arm bar — In an interesting juxtaposition of events, I was teaching judo yesterday and then came home to finish up our final report on the Dakota Learning Project, which is the official name of the two-year grant we received from the USDA to create math games. Laying out the design of our […]

Why I teach math like I teach judo

November 14, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Girl in class with teacher — Whether we’re talking about a certified in the largest school district in the country or a parent helping a child with homework, the best case scenario is individual attention from a competent, caring adult. So, what if that competent, caring adult has the flu and you have a substitute who […]

Education Still Happens When the Teacher Isn’t There

November 12, 2015 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars