Games That Make You Smarter

Daniel Mondaca

How would you feel if you woke up excited on cold autumn mornings to go to school? That’s the dream that we have at 7 Generation Games. We want to give you lessons that make learning fun! But seriously, how can games make teachers’ lives easier? We have games that […]

We make teachers’ lives easier with educational games

May 22, 2019 in Bilingual Education / Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Fish Lake fractions game playing on Windows computer — Watch this video to learn what fractions have to do with fishing. You can apply fractions to almost everything! Actually, you can use fractions to discover whether your tribe, which depends on fishing, is going to die of starvation.

VIDEO – Fractions and Fishing

May 18, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers tagged Fish Lake by Daniel Mondaca

Since 7 Generation Games started, we began with a design for low-income schools, our software has always worked on older devices and with unreliable or slow internet. Over the past few years, we have added the following: 1. Apps that work offline so that students do not need Internet access. […]

Because we care about education

April 23, 2019 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Fish Lake — Learn about fractions and numberlines with Anookwesens. How was it that hundreds of years ago, Indians traveled all over and met up with one another just the right spot? It’s not as if they had computers to print maps to tell them where to go, and it’s a really big […]

VIDEO – Fractions on a Numberline

April 18, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers / video tagged fifth grade math / fractions / numberline by Daniel Mondaca

Kid playing making camp — One in a series on problem solving tips from our game Making Camp, this short video shows how to make a problem easier by only keeping essential information. What is ‘essential information’, anyway ? In Making Camp, players practice multiplication and division skills while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also […]

VIDEO – Problem Solving Tip: Throw it out

April 17, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers / Third Grade by Daniel Mondaca

Girl in class with teacher — We want to improve education for both students and teachers. We are aware of how difficult it can be to get 30 students to stay in their seats, much less to pay attention. Life is not a subject Seriously, did you use math from 9-10 then read this blog during […]

4 ways we give teachers the support they need

April 15, 2019 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources by Daniel Mondaca

Long Division Teaching 2 — We like this video because it gives students a strategy. By teaching students how to “guess,” we build students’ confidence by showing them that they have the skills to solve even the most difficult appearing problems. Learn how to solve long division problems in minutes! Like this video? You’ll love […]

VIDEO – Solving long division

April 9, 2019 in Division / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Long Division / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

We know how hard it is to be a teacher. You’re expected to: *Plan a class *Prepare the material *Control over 20 students (or 40!) *Correct exams *and more! Also, we know that you get home exhausted after an intense workday, hoping to have quality time with your family or […]

Make lesson planning quick and easy

April 4, 2019 in Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Hunter walking 3/6 of the way to a meeting place — Most kids want life to be fair. If your sister gets more of the candy bar than you, that’s not fair. If you have to do more of the work than your brother, that’s not fair. To be fair to two people, they should each do or get one-half; 1/2 […]

VIDEO – Is one half fair?

March 31, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

If you follow us for a while you will know about our passion for teaching mathematics and videogames. If you are new, welcome to 7 Generation Games where we develop educational video games that make you smarter. At 7 Generation Games, we want to give you more than just educational […]

GAMIFICATION AS A LEARNING TECHNIQUE

March 15, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake Clip Art Download — Many students struggle with long division but it pops up everywhere, from dividing 420 pages in a book by 20 nights of reading to dividing 756 arrows into quivers with 9 arrows each. Watch this video to learn how to solve word problems that require long division. Get more math […]

VIDEO – How To Use Division To Solve A Problem

March 13, 2019 in 7GenGames / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Long Division / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Math Example — Learn what number lines are all about. How do you solve problems using a number line? What do negative numbers mean on a number line? You have questions, we’ve got answers in this video. Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake which has many more videos like this. […]

VIDEO – How to use a number line

March 12, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers / Third Grade by Daniel Mondaca