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Monthly Archives: April 2018

Church in Plaza de Las Armas — I’d honestly never given much thought to immigrants. I mean, sure, I realized that it must be hard to move away from your family, friends and everything familiar. I assumed doing business in your second language was hard. But I never realized how hard it really was until being thrown […]

Ex-patriate Experience: It’s twice as hard in your second language

April 30, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone. You know what’s in store for you this Friday, right? That’s right, another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from Forgotten Trail and it’s clip art of deer hide. Deer hide was really important because it could be used in the Ojibwe wigwam or it could be used to […]

Freebie Friday: Forgotten Trail Clip Art

April 27, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 1, 2016 “How to make the world better without winning the lottery” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. So …Powerball is up to $1.3 billion […]

Throwback Thursday: How to make the world better without winning ...

April 26, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Deer in the woods from Making Camp game on Chromebook — In January, you asked us to make Making Camp available for Android phones, so we did. Recently, we have been getting requests to make Making Camp available as a Chromebook app, so we also did that. Thanks to our awesome software developers, Adekola and Gonzalo, you can now get Making […]

Making Camp Now Running as a Chromebook App

April 26, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress tagged Chromebook / Google Pay / Making Camp by Hannah Wren

Did you know that in Latin America, our games are marketed under the brand Strong Mind Studios ? There is a long story behind that, but one reason is that we do so much more than just games. Here are a few ‘extras’ that come with every game: * Pretest to […]

So much more than just a pretty game …

April 24, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

drag and drop answer — In my last post, I talked about how good educational games aren’t that easy to make because education isn’t that simple. Today, I want to revisit the same math concept, that division is multiplication in reverse, but from a programming standpoint. First, the setup. The first part sets the number […]

A simple little math problem isn’t so simple

April 23, 2018 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Something known by all good teachers – but not all software developers – is that good education is complicated and difficult. Let’s talk about a simple concept in math. Division is multiplication in reverse. If 4 x 7 = 28 then 28 /4 = 7. Also, 28/7 = 4. Easy, […]

Why Good Education Isn’t Easy

April 23, 2018 in Uncategorized by AnnMaria De Mars

Last week, an investor told me, “You talk too much about why your games work to teach kids and how you know there is an impact. I don’t care. I just want to make money.” This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this and every time the person has been […]

I care about how our games are made & you ...

April 22, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s Friday and that means that it’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from our upcoming Making Camp Premium and it’s a video on division with remainders. The video explains what happens when division is not exact, what’s a remainder, and gives example word problems. Click on the […]

Freebie Friday: Division with Remainders

April 20, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Crowd at demo day — It’s been a very productive week, and it’s only Thursday. Yesterday, we had our Ed Tech Demo Day at Co-Work Latam in Monjitas in Santiago and as you can see, it was standing room only. Seven of the eight educational technology companies from Start-up Chile had tables where you could […]

Coming up for air: Start-up Diaries, Santiago

April 20, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 14, 2016 “My life, explained in two Harry Potter quotes” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. As long as I can remember, people have gotten […]

Throwback Thursday: My life, explained in two Harry Potter quotes

April 19, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Guess who is graduating from UCLA in less than 10 weeks? Me! As graduation is approaching, I have spent a lot of time considering what career field I am interested in. Not only has 7 Generation Games shown me that the tech industry needs more writers like myself, but it has […]

Intern Diaries Part 5: Girl Power and Diversity in Tech

April 18, 2018 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged intern diaries / Women in Tech by Hannah Wren