Monthly Archives: January 2020

Choice screen with option of números and sociedad — If you actually ARE a bilingual teacher, you may already know what I’m going to say. In that case, read on to nod in agreement and feel superior. For me, this was one of the many things about education that only seemed obvious after I learned it. Our software was […]

Why Bilingual Teachers Need Our Bilingual Software

January 30, 2020 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

In our story so far, I had an idea, wrote a grant, recruited two co-founders and we all worked on some games to teach math with story lines based on Native American history. After 2 1/2 years or so, we quit our jobs and devoted full-time to 7 Generation Games. What […]

Going all in: The accelerator phase

January 30, 2020 in Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Not too long ago, 7 Generation Games ventured into bilingual games – English and Spanish. From a development standpoint, it was a learning experience in having our games accommodate both languages and flip between English and Spanish in various elements of the game – text, audio, and video. It was […]

Bilingual Games: Going Beyond Spanish

January 29, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education tagged 7 Generation Games / Bilingual Games / Educational Games by Diana Sanchez

Kids playing our games — Here is a phrase you will never hear: “I wish I knew less languages.” Mastering another language is a key that unlocks other parts of the world that, otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to access. Another language unlocks new conversations about literature, music and more. It isn’t necessary to be […]

Bilingual Games in Spanish

January 28, 2020 in Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Eva feeding a giraffe — You may be a native speaker or your Spanish is limited to “margarita”. Either way, if you have Spanish-speaking students in your class, you have a bilingual classroom. I’m going to assume that you want all students in your classroom to be engaged and learning. If not, hopefully, you quit […]

Teaching statistics in your bilingual classroom

January 27, 2020 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Flight 1 of 13 in NSF Innovation Corps Program — What exactly is the Innovation Corps? Why is AnnMaria not returning my calls/ emails / meeting requests? Will Maria, AnnMaria and Juliana ever sleep again? Which of them lives at LAX Terminal 7 and which in the Delta terminal at MSP? Read on to have all of these questions answered. […]

We’ll never sleep again. NSF I-Corps Begins

January 26, 2020 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

We think bilingual educational games are great (that’s why we make them), but it can’t be all fun and games. Just as we’ve done with our other games, we have supplemental teaching resources for our bilingual games – in both English and Spanish. If you’re on a budget, and who isn’t […]

Teaching bilingual kids? We can help

January 24, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources tagged 7 Generation Games / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

One of our first investors told me, “The one guarantee I can make about a startup is that the company you end up with is not going to be what you envisioned when you started out.” Wise man, as evidenced by the fact that he invested in two of our […]

The Winding History of 7 Generation Games

January 23, 2020 in Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Spanish video on timeline — You have one student – or fifteen students – in your classroom who have Spanish as a first language. Maybe you don’t speak Spanish. Maybe you do but those 15 students are at 10 different levels, from proficient in English to only knowing how to say, “May I go to […]

Bilingual Resources for Any Teacher

January 23, 2020 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Almost four year ago, we released our initial beta of our very first game, Spirit Lake. And we got a lot of positive feedback. The 3D virtual world looked great. Kids were engaged. Math scores went up. But we knew it could be even better. It was good – but […]

The Perfect Time to Get “Spirit Lake: The Game” Has ...

January 22, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Here’s one thing you will never hear someone say: “I wish I knew fewer languages.” You know why? Because knowing another language is a key to unlocking parts of the world you couldn’t otherwise access, from conversations to literature to music to more. OK, so you might never become Ziad Fazah, […]

The Benefits of Bilingualism

January 22, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

That’s right! We will be demoing our educational video games this January 30th in Anaheim, California. The California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1976 to promote bilingual education and quality educational experiences for all students in California. CABE has chapters, members and affiliates, along […]

Meet us at the California Association for Bilingual Education regional ...

January 21, 2020 in Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Games That Make You Smarter