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Monthly Archives: January 2017

Clickable buttons to answer question from depression scale — If you are relatively new to programming for mobile you might have been silly enough to believe those books and websites that tell you their favorite app or library “seamlessly runs on all platforms”. They are almost certainly lying. Here is one example – jQuery mobile is pretty useful, and […]

jQuery Mobile and how to go to another page in ...

January 31, 2017 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars

Plants in Belize — Three main lessons I learned from going to Belize: 1. If you want to go some place, just GO! Quit waiting for a day when you will come into the office and say, “My work here is done.” Just go. 2. You can get what you need done almost anywhere, […]

What I Learned in Belize: Part 1

January 30, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of another work week. Your reward for making it through this week is another dose of the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from our game “AzTech Games.” As our President AnnMaria and CEO Maria are currently in Belize being productive and conducting research to help with “AzTech […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Clip Art

January 27, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 29, 2014 “I’m upset that I’m not perfect: Rant on grant writing and success“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m upset that I’m not perfect […]

Throwback Thursday: I’m upset that I’m not perfect: Rant on ...

January 26, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

“Beyond this door lies the Mayan jungle.” These are the words that greet players of our game AzTech Games as they find their characters transported back in time. They felt especially fitting today as AnnMaria and I found ourselves quite literally in the middle of that very same jungle today. We were heading […]

The Belize Chronicles: Always Stop at the Zoo

January 25, 2017 in Start-up Diaries / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

working on a plane — There is a reason I am sitting here with 3 devices. In a word – Internet. In two words – slow Internet. Maria asked how it is that I am getting so much more done this trip and swearing so much less than when we went to Rio a year […]

Being Productive in Belize

January 24, 2017 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello World! My name is Cyborg Ean (OK, not really, but it’s what my former students call me), and I’m the newest addition to the 7 Generation Games team as a software development intern. When I’m not programming our games or consuming the exquisite novelty that is Thai food, I’m […]

Introducing Hour of Code

January 23, 2017 in 7GenGames / Code Talk / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources / Tech Tips tagged 7 Generation Games / Code Talk / STEM / Tech Tips / twitch tv by Ean Moore

It’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from our game Spirit Lake. It is a powerpoint and pdf about math terms. The document teaches you the definitions of sum, difference and product. It is when you are asked to find those answers and knowing what each math term is, […]

Freebie Friday – Math Terms

January 20, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from July 3, 2014 “Attitude, behavior and self-employment: Less boring than it sounds“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Our story so far … I suggested that people […]

Throwback Thursday: Attitude, behavior and self-employment: Less boring than it ...

January 19, 2017 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Zombies from terms video — You know there are four basic mathematical operations, right? Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Your children probably know that as well. Do they know the meaning of sum, divisor, quotient, the difference between a product and a dividend? You might be surprised by the answer to that. Many teachers have told […]

The world’s largest Venus fly-trap: Problem-solving resources for 4 basic ...

January 19, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

buffalo — Let’s cut to the chase : No product is perfect. Sometimes people are ignorant or jerks or ignorant jerks. Our games are awesome. You should buy them. We are still always working on making them better (yes, you get free updates for life). To give you an example of how […]

You Should Buy Our Imperfect Games & Quit Telling Us ...

January 19, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

I’m not going to lie. My kids spend more time on their iPads than I would like to admit. We have “rules” around when they can and can’t be used, but let’s just say sometimes the enforcer of those rules needs to write a work email or cook (OK, microwave) […]

Learning From My Kids Learning on Their iPads

January 18, 2017 in Educational Games / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz