Want to work with us? That’s a rhetorical question. Of course, you do. Now, here’s your chance. We’re looking for a paid intern who can commit to roughly 10 hours a week. Our basic pre-requisites: – You have to be reliable. Moreover, you need to understand that deadlines are absolutely […]
Maria Burns Ortiz
7 Generation Games integrates math, adventure gaming and Native American history. In eight weeks, students who played our games scored 300 percent higher on post-test. Aligned with Common Core standards. Culturally and historically accurate portrayal. Launched product on Spirit Lake Nation. Work directly with tribes portrayed, employ tribal members, used […]
7 Generation Games at EdCampMSP
Last week, our cultural consultant Dr. Erich Longie and our co-founder Maria Burns Ortiz traveled to Prior Lake, Minnesota (right outside of the Twin Cities) to attend the biennial Minnesota Indigenous Language Symposium. The event brings together Native Americans from across Minnesota and the surrounding areas to discuss issues relating […]
7 Generation Games at Minnesota Indigenous Language Symposium
We’ve had a busy few weeks. As we recently posted, we received a USDA Phase II grant for $450,000. Of course, being notified you’ve received the grant and getting the money deposited in your account are two different things. The last couple weeks started with our CEO and accountant starting […]
Spirituality – and how we know we chose the right ...
Following the great success of our Northern California and Las Vegas meetups, we’re thrilled to be hosting another teacher/educator/Kickstarter backer meetup in Los Angeles. (Here’s a link to the PDF version if that’s preferable.) See you there!
Come to our LA Meetup on Sept. 14
OK, so it’s not so much a world tour, but we’re on the road A LOT lately as we’re busy promoting and working on our games. And while we’re on the road, we’re hoping to meet up with you. Whether you’d like to have us demo at your school, you’re […]
7 Generation Games World Tour
Word about our game is getting out. On Saturday, 7 Generation Games was the subject of a feature story that ran in the Jamestown Sun newspaper in Jamestown, ND. From the story: [7 Generation Games] has received more than $500,000 in federal grants to develop these educational games. It has […]
Press: 7 Generation Games in Jamestown Sun
We’ll be in San Jose next week meeting with some people about getting the game into their classrooms, but we also want to meet with you! Come to our meetup on Aug. 14 from 6-8 p.m. in San Jose. Hope to see you there.
Join us for our Bay Area meetup on 8/14!
Here at 7 Generation Games, we’ve been working on perfecting our pitch. Contrary to what it might seem like when you see someone present an outstanding pitch, a pitch that looks effortless is anything but. We all know those people who say, “I don’t want to practice what I’m going […]
Pitch Perfect
The names have been changed to protect the clueless …. So, I went to a meet-up on gaming a while back where people who had NO experience in education, science, engineering or mathematics talked about how they were going to program games for STEM. They said things like, The government […]
Why our Meet-up Rocked (and others didn’t)
Will you be in Las Vegas this Friday? Do you work in education (either for a school, district, educational technology company or are somehow tied to education)? Did you back us on Kickstarter? If you answered yes to at least two of those questions, you’re invited to the 7 Generation […]