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Monthly Archives: March 2016

Kids are different. They’re just born different. That was the gist of a NY Times post the other day titled, “Some Babies Are Just Easier Than Others.” It couldn’t be more true.* Of course, I didn’t need a blog post or any articles/books/studies to clue me in on that fact. […]

They’re Definitely Different

March 17, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

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CUE in Palm Springs – Meet us, tweet us

March 17, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 04, 2014 “How Do You Keep From Burning Out Start-Up Advice” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Someone sent me a message recently, “Hey annmaria I just went into business for myself […]

Throwback Thursday: How Do You Keep From Burning Out Start-Up ...

March 17, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / AnnMaria De Mars / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Start-Up / Stress / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Jenn and Julia, two children I produced by having sex — No, this isn’t that kind of post. I do want to talk about virtual reality, though. I was reading on twitter comments from people who said, “There are only two kinds of people: those who think virtual reality will change the world and those who haven’t tried it yet.” […]

Virtual Reality and Sex

March 17, 2016 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

We have put FISH LAKE on STEAM Greenlight. STEAM is the digital distribution platform, that gives users access to over 3,500 games from big titles to indie games. Now we need your help! The way STEAM Greenlight works is that once a game is submitted to be released on […]

Spread The Word: Fish Lake Comes to STEAM

March 16, 2016 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Fish Lake / STEAM / Video Games by Erick Salomon

One of the video games industry’s biggest annual events, the Game Developers Conference is underway in San Francisco. CEO Maria Burns Ortiz up to check out GDC and see what cool ideas she could come away with for our upcoming games. You can see all the advances in gaming and […]

7 Generation Games Is Live from GDC 2016

March 16, 2016 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

book — Note: While this is a positive review of a resource, no one paid me to write it and I would not know the founders of livebinders if they charged at me with a sharp stick. I just thought I’d provide a helpful suggestion to readers of this blog who are […]

A tool for teachers (and students): livebinders

March 16, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Welcome to “Parenting Like I Know What I’m Doing,” 7 Generation Games’ new blog that takes a look at parenting – well at least from one person’s perspective (mine)! If you don’t want to read the whole bio, the quick version is I’m Maria Burns Ortiz, co-founder and CEO of 7 Generation […]

Parenting Like I Know What I’m Doing: Welcome to Our ...

March 15, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

map — Where are all of the good educational games? Seriously, if you compare the games used in an average classroom and mainstream games like Grand Theft Auto or World of Warcraft, there is a pretty dramatic difference. Don’t even go with the GTA and WoW and other games with a seven-figure […]

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in Educational Gaming

March 15, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Daylight Saving Time was clearly the idea of someone who didn’t have children to get off to school. This morning marked possibly the least favorite morning of the year for parents nationwide as moms and dads had to struggle with rousing young children out of bed for school an hour […]

“Mom, Let Me Sleep”: The History & Conflicting Math Behind ...

March 14, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

rabbit — TRUE STORY: When I was in the seventh grade, our school had a speech contest. I wanted to win simply because I was that obnoxious kid who had to win EVERYTHING. So, I worked really hard, did research, followed the exact format, practiced in front of a mirror, all of […]

Ed Tech, Investors and Bunnies

March 14, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday! The good news is that it’s Friday. The bad news is that this weekend we lose an hour of sleep thanks to Daylight Savings Time. Getting your child on a new sleeping schedule is never easy. They might stay up later or wake up grumpy and tired. As […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Denominator PowerPoints

March 11, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Aztech / Denominator / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Erick Salomon