Since we began 7 Generation Games nine years ago, I swear, half of the people I have met, when they hear I make games, say to me, "Hey, I have an idea for a video game." That's why we started working on 7 Gen Blocks ...
AnnMaria De Mars
At 7 Generation Games, we always like sharing resources that we love. This week we’d like to share a site we love, which is the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom site. At first glance, it may not appear there is much here, but appearances are deceiving. Virtual Field Trips Plus […]
Minnesota Ag in the Classroom: Hidden Gems
You may not know that, before I founded or co-founded four companies and a non-profit foundation, I was the first American to win the world judo championships. I also taught Entrepreneurship at California Indian Nations College. At first glance, it might appear that judo and entrepreneurship don’t have all that […]
Entrepreneurship Advice from a World Judo Champion
TL; DR - in the Making Camp Navajo update, we made it a lot less likely that students would need to call over the teacher for help.
Thinking of teachers (& students): Making Camp Navajo Out of ...
Algebra allows you to go past memorizing answers to specific problems to solve TYPES of problems. 7 Gen Blocks lets you create types of problems, games or instruction with minimal coding.
7 Gen Blocks : Coding as Arithmetic is to Algebra
TL;DR – Being specific is a necessary but not sufficient condition for prompts for AI. Including examples in your prompts can work wonders. Now, read on. Let me tell you about one of the worst math games I ever saw. It was used in an alternative high school program for […]
What AI Can Do: Writing Useful Math Word Problems
Over the past few years, we have interviewed hundreds of teachers, principals, after-school staff and other experts in education – 100% cited maintaining student attention as a challenge. Across the classes we observed and teachers we interviewed, from Title I schools, from 15-50% of students were not turning in their […]
Warm-up Games and a Math-in-Music Lesson
1 Recently, I was on the Professor Game podcast and was asked if I had one piece of advice for someone who was going to make educational games. I said,
Test your game early and often with actual students and teachers. None of us are nearly as good as we think we are at guessing what students will find engaging to play or difficult to learn.
Change the game ! Co-Design with Teachers and Students
If you know even a little bit about coding, you can make educational games with 7 Gen Blocks. Get in on our private beta now
Making Educational Games with 7 Gen Blocks – Who, what, ...
Why are some internship programs unsuccessful, despite clear needs in the community for youth employment and a sincere desire to provide experience on the part of employers? Soft skills are only part of the story We often hear that youth need to learn “soft skills” , now re-branded as “professional […]
Successful Youth Internships Have the 4 Shoulds
Get our bilingual games free through March 30th (at least) learn more in my unfinished blog post
Free Bilingual Games Teaching Math & History
Fact: Most educational games are not very effective because good education is not cheap and easy. Here are a few aspects of an effective math game.