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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Barnyard with girl saying she can buy a cat if it is less than $15 — If you read the first post, you know the task was to create an activity where a player answers math problems and earns math items for the farm. The purpose of these first four posts was to create a page that looks like 5 (or 10) pages but is actually […]

Reusable code, part 4: html & css

May 18, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

in the conference room — In our travels throughout the country, we constantly seek feedback from teachers and students on what they like about our games and what additions/improvements they would make. Dr. AnnMaria De Mars recently stopped by Ojibwa Indian School and Tate Topa Tribal School, located in North Dakota, to test our games […]

Making Video Games: Kids Say The Darnedest Things

May 18, 2016 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Ideas from students / students / Updates / Video Games by Erick Salomon

“Why did I divide sin by tan? Just cos.” – Source: Jokes 4 Us Welcome to our newest social media feature: #dailymathjoke As an educational gaming company, we not only believe learning math can be fun, but we’re working hard every day to make that a reality. And with math […]

Math Can Be Fun – and Funny !

May 16, 2016 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Happy Friday the 13th! On this superstitious day which many believe people to be an ‘unlucky’ day, we say embrace it! Don’t fear leaving the house or making plans because some bad luck may come your way. No black cat, ladder or broken mirror will stop you from having a […]

Freebie Friday: Educational Research Presentations

May 13, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged CABE / forgotten trail / Freebie Friday / Research by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 19th, 2014 “The Best Time is Wasted ” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’ve been busy my whole life. Right now, I’m finishing the last week of a course I’m teaching on […]

Throwback Thursday: The Best Time is Wasted

May 12, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Anna / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Throwback Thursday / Time by Erick Salomon

My house is constant chaos (when I write chaos, that’s really a code word for messy). We have three small children and a small house. (Normally, this would be the part where I plug something about math or learning + buy our games, but instead I will say we’d like […]

Persistence and Possibly a Place for Everything In My House

May 11, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

brinley — To refresh your memory – this particular activity gives the player a new item – cat, duck, goat, etc. , for their farm – for every math problem answered correctly. Obviously, this code can be re-used for any type of problem and any type of game where you collect objects, […]

Game Design: Re-usable code, part 3

May 11, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Code Talk / Dog food by AnnMaria De Mars

Angie and Brinley at Mario's farm — After spending almost all of the last 2 months traveling to conferences, school site visits and investor meetings, I am SO happy to be back in Santa Monica! Now that I am planted in the office again, game changes are just rolling out. Sometimes I get discouraged when it seems as […]

Never Underestimate Us

May 10, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. And if you’re like me, you may have found yourself thinking this morning “Oh my god, I need to get my mom something amazing that says ‘I love you’ and ‘thanks for giving birth to me’ and ‘thanks for not killing me during those horrible teenage […]

Mother’s Day Is Tomorrow?!

May 7, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Happy Friday! This weekend is that special day where we all get to celebrate and praise our mothers! It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday and if you have no idea what gift to get your beloved mother, don’t worry, we have you covered. There’s nothing wrong with flowers, chocolates or a […]

Freebie Friday: Get 10% Off Our Games This Weekend!

May 6, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Discount Code / forgotten trail / Freebie Friday / Mother's Day by Erick Salomon

ice cream cone — A few years ago, I happened to be in Vermont on a tour of the Ben and Jerry’s factory because, hello, ice cream! When our tour guide told the story about the company, there were lots of oohs from the audience about the romantic American dream story of the early […]

Let’s Kill the Myth of the Entrepreneur

May 6, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from October 7th, 2014 “When are you done? The big question for entrepreneurs ” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Every day, every week, I face the same question that all entrepreneurs ask […]

Throwback Thursday: When Are You Done? The Big Question For ...

May 5, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / entrepreneur / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon