Monthly Archives: July 2017

Pyramids may have B.C.E. dates on a time line — Are you one of those people who just memorized the formula in math class and tried to get by? Did you memorize as much as you could of the math book and just hope that there were enough familiar problems on the test that you could at least pass the […]

Why you don’t understand math

July 29, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Friday! It’s time for another dose of our weekly Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is related to our game Spirit Lake and is a link we like. The link we like is to the Math Four website. Math Four is a really great site on teaching math by Bon Crowder. […]

Freebie Friday: Spirit Lake – Links We Like: Math Four

July 28, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

Well, not quite. But we do have a reality TV channel! We started this youtube channel almost 5 months ago to bring you raw footage of the daily life of a family-owned tech startup. We’ve had a few discussions with producers for a reality TV series but it’s on the […]

Yes, We’re Famous

July 27, 2017 in Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from May 16, 2016 “Children need our love the most when they deserve it the least“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. In a very random life event, […]

Throwback Thursday: Children need our love the most when they ...

July 27, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

how many apples do Meg and Joe have — One book I highly recommend for anyone who teaches math above the the fourth grade level, all the way up to doctoral students, is Writing to Teach Mathematics and Science. Connolly and Vilardi give a TON of ideas, including drawing out the problem. Students were so engaged with (meaning they didn’t […]

To Solve a Math Problem (in Spanish or English): Visualize!

July 22, 2017 in Cultural content / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

You get another freebie today because it’s Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is related to our game Fish Lake and is a link we link. The link is to a fraction math game called “Fraction Splat”. Like our game Fish Lake, this game deals with different types of fractions such as […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake – Fraction Splat: Math Game

July 21, 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 April 27, 2016 “Parents are Allowed to Have their Own Dreams“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. In the past month, I have been in five cities […]

Throwback Thursday: Parents are Allowed to Have their Own Dreams

July 20, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Parenting / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Marisol Schultz - 7 Generation Games — When you’re not fluent in English and your teacher is trying her best to teach you but the most she can understand or say is “ Si, No, por favor , padres or tarea”, how do you learn? For some of us growing up in a Hispanic household means that […]

The Games I Wish I Had

July 19, 2017 in Educational Resources / Start-up Diaries by Marisol Schultz

Julia and Austin, amused — I must have struck a chord with my previous post on helping (encouraging/ coercing) your adolescent to get a first job. I thought I provided some practical advice but received several emails asking for more. So, being the full service organization we are, here is my follow-up post with more suggestions […]

Parenting Productive Adolescents: Advice Needed

July 15, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of another week and that means that you get your Freebie Friday today! Today’s freebie is a video from “AzTech Games”. The video teaches you what B.C.E stands for, what timeframe that is, and how to use timelines with B.C.E. You can view the video below. Using […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Using Timelines With B.C.E.

July 14, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

It has been over a year since we started our podcast. The “more than ordinary” people that we have on More Than Ordinary are awesome and come from a variety of different backgrounds and industries. From lawyers to tattoo artists to Maria and AnnMaria (mostly AnnMaria) ranting, we started our podcast to […]