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Yearly Archives: 2015

old schoolhouse — “That’s academic.” is a term of dismissal. It means that the argument you just raised has no practical importance. There may be times when that aspersion is true (see my next post). It is also true that work life in general, including at start-ups , is closer to school than […]

Five Ways School Teaches You to Run a Start-up

February 25, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

We are excited that 7 Generation Games was featured in Indian Country Today Media Network! See the article below or click here. Math Video Games Being Tested in Reservation Classrooms 2/18/15 Six schools on two North Dakota reservations are piloting a series of cutting-edge math video games that bridge math, […]

7 Generation Games featured on Indian Country Today Media Network

February 23, 2015 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games / Dakota / Indian Country Today Media Network / Math / Ojibwa / Ojibwe / Spirit Lake Reservation / Turtle Mountain by admin

Fish Lake — I know that Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but there is still a lot in a name. It is our identity, our first impression when someone “meets” us in print. There’s a reason that no one names their baby “Doofus”. Our big problem […]

What’s in a name?

February 22, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 4, 2013,“The Secret to Productivity: Don’t Be Easily Bothered” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. One of the questions I get asked a lot is “How do you get so […]

Throwback Thursday- The Secret to Productivity: Don’t Be Easily Bothered

February 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged AnnMaria De Mars / multi-tasking / productivity / programming by AnnMaria De Mars

… our next game is for you. Sam and Angie are two regular people, so regular that when they decide to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors and walk half-way across the continent, almost everyone thinks they will fail, probably in a spectacularly tragic fashion. Who do they think […]

If you’ve ever wanted to prove everyone wrong …

February 18, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Help kids learn history and we’ll repay your kindness by giving you a piece of history! Just sponsor a classroom of students and provide them the gift of our educational game Fish Lake and we will send you a custom Gene Le Belle limited edition Ronda Rousey badges that had been signed by […]

Help kids learn history and we’ll repay your kindness by ...

February 18, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Fish Lake / Ronda Rousey / Sponsor a Classroom / UFC 184 by admin

Fish Lake — Want to try it before you buy it? Love the idea of games that make you smarter, like push-ups for your brain, but don’t have $9.99 ? Download a demo version for Mac here or Click here for the Windows version

Fish Lake Demo – Get It Here First!

February 15, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

snakes — I have taught judo since I was 13 years old when the coach arranged for me to pay my YMCA membership by helping to teach the beginning judo class. I thought about this recently when I was asked for the 7,823rd time “What age are your games appropriate for?” It’s […]

Push-ups for Your Brain

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

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