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It’s Friday and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from our game Fish Lake. Our freebie today is a video titled, “Write out numbers with Super Amy and Vin-credible”. This video shows you how to use another problem solving strategy in which you write […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake – Write out numbers with Super ...

June 30, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

The National Latina Business Women Association of Los Angeles awarded 7 Generation Games CEO Maria Burns Ortiz with its Rising/Emerging Star Award at its annual awards gala. The organization’s “Women of Excellence” Latinas in Business Awards recognize women in business “who are making a significant difference in the community.” In her acceptance […]

7 Generation Games CEO Receives Rising Star Award

June 30, 2017 in 7GenGames / Women in Tech by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from December 29, 2015 “The Real Story of Technology in Rural Schools“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. This is something that has bothered me for a long […]

Throwback Thursday: The Real Story of Technology in Rural Schools

June 29, 2017 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

dolphin — It starts with a latte guy. Maybe it’ll be one of those latte guy food trucks. It will be right when you come in because everyone loves coffee. You’ll hear talk about it all over the expo hall, “Which booth is the one with the latte guy?” And the crowd […]

7 Generation Games Presents the Greatest Expo Booth Ever

June 29, 2017 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Ojibwa woman — Does it even make sense to talk about “native culture” when there are over 500 tribes? In a previous post, I described the math and story line involved in our project making games customized for tribal youth. (This is from a paper Bruce Gillette and I presented at the National […]

Can you customize video games for tribal youth using “Native ...

June 29, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Gonzalo hard at work — Last post, I ended talking about the content of the Android app package. Let’s look at that a little more in-depth, Expansion files Expansion files are used if your app is larger than 100MB. Google supports expansion files up to 2GB, In our case we are using an expansion files that […]

Getting your app into Google Play: Basic Steps – continued

June 28, 2017 in Code Talk / Tech Tips by AnnMaria De Mars

Growing up, I was a Girl Scout. In fact, I was a Girl Scout from when I was 5 to when I was 18. And I am so grateful for that experience because one of the things it taught me was camping. Not the glorious RV type of camping – we didn’t […]

I Like Fishing, I’m Just Not Any Good At It

June 28, 2017 in Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

Julia in soccer goal — SAS Curriculum Pathways – which I had heard about years ago, recommended to a few friends that teach middle school and, to be honest, not looked at since, has grown in every good way. First of all, I was not aware they had apps and the first thing I saw […]

Free Education Resources I Found at ISTE: 1. SAS Curriculum ...

June 27, 2017 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

ice cream cone — Well, maybe the word is “depressing” more than true, or a phrase, “true and depressing”. Lately, I’ve talked to four different people who had worked in educational technology start-ups that closed. All four of them were really smart, hard-working people who had the same problems: Getting enough people to know about their […]

True stories of start-up life

June 27, 2017 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Engineering is cleaning poop from water — It’s my first time at the International Society for Technology in Education conference and so far it’s great! One thing I have concluded from years of conference going in general is that you should always go to the poster sessions. I like posters a lot better than presentations because you […]

ISTE Advice: Always Go to the Poster Sessions

June 26, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Games we made — We do a lot of research in rural communities, American Indian reservations, small rural schools, social service programs serving people with physical and mental disabilities. We know that funding organizations want to see articles published in peer-reviewed journals (that is a whole ‘nother post), but we know also that only […]

Customized video games as effective education for tribal youth

June 25, 2017 in 7GenGames by AnnMaria De Mars

Are you one of the 15,000 people interested in the intersection of education at technology headed to ISTE 2017 in San Antonio? If so, come say hi! We’re excited to be among the companies participating in this year’s Startup Pavilion. We’re looking forward to the opportunity to connect with A […]

Meet Us in the Startup Pavilion at ISTE 2017!

June 24, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz