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Yearly Archives: 2015

In his autobiography, Lee Iacocca said something along the lines of: ‘Is not a people person’ is the kiss of death on a performance evaluation, because people is all we have working here at Chrysler. I have known some brilliant programmers who never achieved their potential because they could not […]

Works Well With Others: Key to Start-up Success

July 1, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

characters on map — Elements can have data. What the heck good is that? Why would your <div> tag need data? I’m always trying to learn new things, even if I have no particular use for them at the moment, because you never know. I had an idea that the sounds that play when you […]

Better HTML5 Game Development: Data Attribute

June 30, 2015 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

I have just come back from a trek through Washington, DC. and Denham Springs, Louisiana. In a few weeks, I’m heading out to North Dakota. How does that justify tearing apart our website? It’s like this …. once you get out of the Silicon Beach / Silicon Valley bubble you […]

Why I’m Ruining our Website

June 26, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Enemies in the forest — Some days, I am delighted with 7 Generation Games. Having read the research that says that a large proportion of small businesses don’t survive their first year, and a majority aren’t around five years later, the fact that we’re still here makes me happy. Other days, I can get a […]

Every day, we get better

June 25, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Our summer site is officially live as Camp Don’t Get Dumber Over the Summer launched yesterday. Come check it out! Practice math, brush up on history and more. Most kids lose two months of learning over the summer — we’re seeking to stop the slide. From mini-games to movies, we’ve […]

Don’t Get Dumber Over the Summer!

June 23, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

baby at door — We are beyond delighted to announce that we have been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for our Small Business Innovation Research proposal, Aztech Games. Today, I’d like to answer four questions: What is Aztech Games? Why would the Department of Agriculture fund a game that teaches math, social […]

How is Aztech Games Like an Automatic Door?

June 21, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

For kids, summer vacation is about being carefree. But for parents, the months off may be cause for concern. Studies have shown that most students lose the equivalent of two months of math skills over the summer. Lower income students also lose two months of reading skills over the break. […]

Get Ready For Camp!

June 20, 2015 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

meeting the giant — Since we successfully completed our Kickstarter campaign we haven’t had too much to say about Forgotten Trail. Yes, everyone received their awards in the mail; t-shirts, posters and postcards. ( If you did not, email info@7generationgames.com ) What’s actually happening on the game? One of those who bought a game character sent […]

Forgotten Trail is Not Forgotten

June 19, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

The New York Times succinctly summed up the problem with many of the “hot startups” that are getting all the buzz. [The current tech] boom is characterized by a rise in so-called on-demand services aimed at the wealthy and the young. With a few taps on a phone, for a […]

Technology for the 100 Percent

June 15, 2015 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Dr. Longie — GUEST POST FROM DR. ERICH LONGIE, 7 GENERATION GAMES LEAD CULTURAL CONSULTANT: As a long time educator on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, I’ve had many discussions with other educators in our school system regarding how to raise the average yearly performance (AYP) scores of our students. Unfortunately, due to […]

The Advantages & Disadvantages of Year-Round School on an Indian ...

June 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM by Maria Burns Ortiz

One nice part of working at 7 Generation Games is hearing from people who play our games. Here are a few that made my day. Some are from a middle school where I had the opportunity to meet student in person and several followed up with letters (which I’ll bet […]

Mail Call

June 14, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Fish Lake — We’re Getting Smarter and You Can Too! We are excited to have just released the brand new version of our video game Spirit Lake 5.0! You can download your copy by visiting our website here: http://www.7generationgames.com/buy/ As with all software, we’re constantly working to make our product better – and Spirit Lake […]

We’re Getting Smarter and You Can Too!

June 9, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Spirit Lake / summer learning by admin