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Maria Burns Ortiz

Arches National Park hike with kids — We have not died of dysentery! Okay, maybe you only got that reference if you played Oregon Trail. It’s Day 2 of moving our startup half-way across the country and so far, the two youngest have gotten sick. Cal (age 4) got what Millie has, so he was a trooper […]

Moving Our Startup: Minnesota Trail Day 2

July 1, 2019 in Start-up Diaries tagged Minnesota by Maria Burns Ortiz

Cal with his first Happy Meal — Maria is moving our startup, with 3 children, her husband, a dog, 17 Apple devices and 19,000 pounds of random stuff across the country to a new Minneapolis office

Minnesota Trail: Day 1 – Moving our startup

June 30, 2019 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

7 Generation Games continues to grow! We’re excited to announce that we are establishing an office in the Twin Cities in July 2019. This office will serve as our sales and marketing hub. Our development team will remain in Santa Monica and our Latin American operations will continue in Santiago, […]

7 Generation Games Expands Operations to the Twin Cities

May 8, 2019 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

Numbers pop up in Math: The Universal Language Lakota — Math x Language = Fun in this first of its kind AR app in English and Lakota! ⭐Recommended for Grades 3-5 ⭐Math: Multiplication ⭐Languages: Lakota and English Tradition meets tech in this engaging new way to learn. Numbers spring to life in English and Lakota using this augmented reality app […]

Introducing Math: The Universal Language AR – Lakota

May 8, 2019 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education by Maria Burns Ortiz

Girl in class with teacher — Teachers are pretty much unarguably one of the least appreciated professions in America. Sure, there’s plenty of “World Best Teacher” mugs for sale on Amazon, and most of us have heart-warming story about a teacher who changed our lives or inspired us – but when it comes to how we […]

Teacher Appreciation (Every) Week

May 7, 2019 in 7GenGames / Teacher Feature by Maria Burns Ortiz

Most teachers and administrators find themselves with twice as many things to be done as hours in the day – yet you make it work. So what’s the key to finding edtech that works – both in the meets your needs sense as well as the doesn’t drive your IT […]

A Checklist To Make Your EdTech Decisions Easier

March 14, 2019 in Education: Innovation and STEM by Maria Burns Ortiz

classroom — It’s the time of year when many families find themselves faced with the decision of what school to attend. Maybe you’re opting to go the private school route. Or maybe you’re in the process of enrolling your child in a preschool. Or maybe your public school system gives you the […]

Picking the Right School for Your Child

February 25, 2019 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

For those get-right-to-the-point people, 7 Generation Games is up for three awards at the Department of Education’s Annual ED Games Expo. Vote for us for all three categories here (just click the link, scroll down to the bottom of the page and pick “7 Generation Games” under each drop down)! […]

ED Games Expo: We’re Up for 3 Awards!

December 12, 2018 in Awards / Events by Maria Burns Ortiz

Aztecs during the smallpox epidemic — Welcome to our 7 Generation Games Book Club! Don’t worry, this isn’t one of those book clubs where you join, don’t finish the book and then have to sit around in a group pretending you read it, debating things like what “the vase of flowers” really symbolized. The 7 Generation […]

Books We Love: The Lost City of the Monkey God

October 24, 2018 in Book Club by Maria Burns Ortiz

cash in the air — Can we stop with all the events and sessions for women and minority – especially minority female – founders on “Empowerment” and “Finding Your Voice”? Every day, I get email invites to or see social media posts on how women and minority entrepreneurs can “build their businesses.” The other day, […]

Less Pep Talks, More Money: How to Support Female Founders

October 22, 2018 in Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Choice screen with option of números and sociedad — In case, you’re not the why/how kind of person and you just want to get right to the what part, we make bilingual games. Here they are: Want to know more about the why/how? Read on… From English-language learners to immersion schools to language classes, bilingual education plays an important […]

Just Press Play/Jugar

October 15, 2018 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz

If you're like me, always looking for a good book for the kids, maybe you'll like this one about Ojibwe clans.

Books We Love: Ojibway Clans

October 11, 2018 in 7GenGames / Book Club / Educational Games / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz