Yearly Archives: 2017

Forgotten Trail on Chromebook — The North Dakota leg of the 7 Generation Games traveling road show is ended and it was mostly great. They didn’t have a car for me when I arrived, I caught a cold so had to give the second half of a grantwriting workshop with half my voice, but I […]

The 7 Generation Games Road Trip: North Dakota

May 22, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of the week, so that means that it’s time for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is associated with our game Spirit Lake and it’s an authentic and copyright-free Native American photo. Our freebie is a historical photo of a Sioux girl, Red Elk Woman, in 1907. Red Elk […]

Freebie Friday: Photo of Sioux girl

May 19, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Native American culture by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 13, 2015 “Men, Women, Tech, Discrimination & Statistics“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Let’s get this out right up front – I have no question […]

Throwback Thursday: Men, Women, Tech, Discrimination & Statistics

May 18, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

supreme court — We’ve come to the end of the road when it comes to my mini-road trip. After a busy 60 hours, I am en route back to L.A. But that doesn’t mean I’ll be getting a much-needed break. In fact, quite the contrary. We have FIVE, yes, five, games that we’re […]

Maria’s Road Trip: Research and Returning Home

May 18, 2017 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

While AnnMaria and her reluctant assistant Julia are off touring the upper Midwest for the next two weeks, I’m on a mini-7 Generation Games road trip hitting up the greater D.C. area. I’ve been lucky the last two months in that I have actually been home – as in my […]

Maria’s Dispatches from the Road

May 17, 2017 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Art in Award-Winning Bathroom — It’s 1 a.m. in Minot, North Dakota and after an eventful Mother’s Day, I concluded: Minneapolis airport ranks near the top in bathrooms, employee art and art in the bathroom Enterprise rental car and I are never, ever, ever getting back together after this trip is over. I spend a […]

Minneapolis Rocks, Enterprise Sucks: 7 Generation Games Road Trip Spectacular, ...

May 15, 2017 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s the end of the week, so let’s celebrate that it’s Friday by having another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is clip art from our game Fish Lake. The clip art is of the character Willow picking flowers. You can see and save the image below. We like to provide Native […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake Clip Art

May 12, 2017 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Flight 1 of 13 in NSF Innovation Corps Program — Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from September 26, 2015 “The Secret to Happiness“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m just sitting here in Boston airport waiting to catch the bus to Rhode […]

Throwback Thursday: The Secret to Happiness

May 11, 2017 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

caller id of nut job — Maria suggested that I write something on mothers today, tied into sponsoring a school or classroom for mom. However, my thoughts on mothers was interrupted by calls from crazy people. Usually, I have better sense than to answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize, so the sneaky ones have gotten […]

I cannot give you the answers that I have not ...

May 11, 2017 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

With Mother’s Day approaching, our team would like to say some words about our moms. Some words to describe our mothers were strong, courageous, sacrificial, and ultimately giving. There is so much to be thankful for. You can make her breakfast, go over for a coffee date, buy her flowers, […]