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Yearly Archives: 2015

At 7 Generation Games, we have a tremendous respect for teachers. We are continuously in awe of the men and women who dedicate themselves to educating the next generation. We know it’s not always easy. It means early mornings to get to class. It means late nights grading papers and […]

Recognizing Teachers Who Make a Difference

September 2, 2015 in 7GenGames by Jessica Holmes

At 7 Generation Games, we often talk about the impact our games have in terms of easily quantifiable data like improved math performance scores. But statistics — and I know our CEO/resident statistician Dr. AnnMaria De Mars will even agree with me on this — are only one part of it. We’re […]

This Is Why We Do What We Do

September 1, 2015 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s a beautiful summer Friday, and we’ve got another Freebie for you. As kids head back to school and summer wraps up, it’s important to keep minds busy and learning. Wrap up a great day at the beach with some quiet time at home with our math resources. Here’s a […]

Freebie Friday: Problem Solving Tip

August 28, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday by Jessica Holmes

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 2, 2014 on, “Really Teaching Statistics” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. The new common core standards have statistics first taught in the sixth grade, or so they say. I […]

Throwback Thursday: Really Teaching Statistics

August 27, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Jessica Holmes

Ronda and Julia — I was kind of amused when, in a meeting last week, someone asked Maria, “How did you get Ronda Rousey to play your games?” When she answered, I just told her to come on over to our mom’s house. There is actually a little more to it than that. In fact, […]

How Ronda Rousey Got on Our Game Design Team

August 27, 2015 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

bull — When I tell people that data showed students improve math scores 30% after playing our games, I expect more questions than I get. I have concluded either: They think I am full of bull%^& (I promised Maria not to swear on this blog, but you can always read my personal […]

How much math can you learn from a game?

August 25, 2015 in Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

People in the tech startup world take for granted the idea that everyone knows what an accelerator is – but this post is a nod to the fact that the vast majority of people probably have no idea what that means. You see, there’s this tendency within the tech […]

What Is an Accelerator?

August 24, 2015 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Aunt Jean — I’ve spent the last two days working on just one concept – greatest common factor. I’ve written several pages of explanation and examples, a math activity where you drag numbers that are factors to the correct spot, added <abbr> tags that you can hover over to get words defined. In […]

You Don’t Get Smarter By Accident

August 21, 2015 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 25, 2013, “Don’t Believe Other People Are Smarter Than You + Github Is Awesome” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. If you want to be a programmer, […]

Throwback Thursday: Don’t Believe Other People Are Smarter Than You ...

August 20, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by admin

players dead under the night sky — One of those things that is actually FAR more interesting than it sounds is “standards for mathematical practice”. These are things that everyone at every grade should be learning. My favorite (yes, I have a favorite, don’t judge me), is to persevere in solving problems. I am totally convinced that […]

Giving Up Is Not An Option

August 17, 2015 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

For this week’s Freebie Friday, we’re mixing things up. Our CEO’s birthday is tomorrow. Instead of a gifts, AnnMaria asked everyone she knows to donate a game. We thought – in the spirit of Freebie Friday and general birthday fun – that we’d do one better. For every game purchased between […]

Freebie Friday: Happy Birthday to our CEO

August 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday by Maria Burns Ortiz

My oldest daughter started second grade today. On the first morning back to school, she woke up early without taking much nudging. She was up and ready to go in nearly record time. She grabbed her backpack and was in the car with half an hour to spare before the […]

Startups Take Sacrifice

August 14, 2015 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz