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Monthly Archives: June 2017

badlands — From the 7GenGames TV channel, day 3 of our road trip takes us to Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Subscribe to our channel for regular updates. Thank you to Bruce Gillette for being my lovely assistant in game demonstrations with Twin Buttes Elementary School. You can get most of the […]

What you don’t know about North Dakota history

June 6, 2017 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Reality Show by AnnMaria De Mars

We started this series for the teachers and parents of students with special needs. Last week, we introduced you the IEP- Individual Education Plan- program. If you are a parent of a student who has an IEP, understanding Individual Education Plans can help you to help your family […]

Understanding Individual Education Plans (IEP)

June 5, 2017 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Special Education / Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

burning ships — In the 1980s, I shared an office with another doctoral student, Dionicio Salcedo. One day, he came into the office just furious, which was unusual, because, contrary to me, Dio was a very calm, easy going person. Like all of us graduate assistants, he had a side gig to pay […]

People of Color: You can’t sit with us

June 4, 2017 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Why Only Accommodate Students with Special Needs? Years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of a research project identifying characteristics of the very best teachers. One thing that impressed me is how they made their classrooms fit the individual student, and they made it seem easy. If […]

Great teachers accommodate all students

June 2, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Special Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Another Friday has arrived and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes from our game Fish Lake and it’s a powerpoint and pdf titled, “Doughnuts and Adding Fractions”. This powerpoint and pdf uses doughnuts to illustrate adding fractions with like denominators as well as goes […]

Freebie Friday: Doughnuts and Adding Fractions

June 2, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

JAVASCRIPT CONSOLE — Debugging takes up the vast majority of a programmer’s day. Two main tips for making debugging easier are: Break the code into chunks Use developer view Here is an example from the Making Camp Premium game under development. This is a memory game for learning language. Players are given a […]

Debugging Tip from Making Camp

June 2, 2017 in Code Talk / Start-up Diaries / Tech Tips / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 23, 2015 “Lessons from Life: 2> This, too, shall pass“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Funny how a random sight can jog a memory, like […]

Throwback Thursday: Lessons from Life: 2> This, too, shall pass

June 1, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez