Games That Make You Smarter

Maria Burns Ortiz

Life is hard enough without having to install software. That’s why we’re making more and more of our games playable at the click of a button. No, seriously, it’s that easy. Check it out below. MAKING CAMP: OJIBWE (Grades 3-4) Click here to play MAKING CAMP OJIBWE now! (It’s free!) […]

Just Click and Play, It’s That Easy

October 9, 2018 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math by Maria Burns Ortiz

Ojibwe (Native American) girl from math video — Indigenous Peoples’ Day has supplanted Columbus Day in an increasing number of cities around the country. It’s certainly commendable to see a shift away from a “holiday honoring” the man, who while not solely responsible for the genocide of indigenous peoples certainly played a key role in paving the way […]

Classroom Resources for “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” and Any Other Day

October 8, 2018 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

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September 27, 2018 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

The other day I received an email in my inbox with the subject line, Job Interest. Now as the CEO of a startup, I get a number of emails from potential job seekers – from intern candidates, from people applying to open full or part-time roles, from people inquiring about […]

Job Seeking Tips from a 10-Year-Old

September 10, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

The vast majority of teachers are amazing, selfless people who spend countless hours working to teach our children while being woefully underpaid. They are the unsung heroes who not only take our children off our hands while we go to our jobs, but who lead the way in teaching our […]

How To Deal With A Difficult Teacher

September 6, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

How I Got What I Wanted By Giving My Kids What They Wanted Here’s how I got my kids to read books: I gave in and gave them their iPads. Literally, everything changed overnight. My daughter went from grudgingly reading 3 pages on Tuesday night to reading over 117 pages […]

When the I in iPad Stands For Incentive

August 31, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Since my kids go back to school tomorrow, I thought today would be a good day for a run-through. You know, get everyone up and ready at an hour that would at least allow me to pretend that we have a shot of getting out the door without complete chaos […]

Getting Ready to Be Back-to-School Ready

August 22, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Chicken — As your social media feeds have likely informed you, it’s back-to-school season. Dozens of photos of happy children heading off to their first days of a new school year, smiling and – for those who have on top of it parents (i.e. not my children) – holding cute message boards […]

Startup Lessons from Children’s Literature: The Little Red Hen

August 20, 2018 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

The non-SEO friendly, but more accurately reflective title of this blog should actually be: Why I believe we can change the world and other random thoughts from a red-eye and a double connection. Now, I am not usually an overthinker. That fact is something I view as an asset, especially […]

Final Answer: Why I Believe It’s Possible to Change the ...

August 7, 2018 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

words activities from Making Camp Premium — So somehow it’s August. No, seriously. Check your calendar. That means in a matter of weeks (or even days, depending on where you live), school will be starting back up again. Now, maybe you are super on top of things and your kids have been studying all summer, doing practice […]

Getting Rid of Mom Guilt and Getting Back-to-School Ready

August 6, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Grandchildren living in Santiago — “OK, explain this to me,” my 10-year-old asked the other day. We have been in Santiago for two weeks now, fully – well, mostly – immersed in Spanish, and her Spanish comprehension has improved probably 10x in that time. Her spoken Spanish – which she never used before besides maybe […]

Learning a Language: Sometimes Words Just Don’t Make Sense

July 5, 2018 in Bilingual Education by Maria Burns Ortiz

Game o — DO YOU HAVE GAMES FOR iPAD? YES. Yes, we do. The following games by 7 Generation Games are iPad compatible and accessible. If you’re the one-stop shop kind of person, you can just go to our AppStore page here and see all 12 games. * Or if you’re interested in […]

7 Generation Games for iPad

June 20, 2018 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz