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Living in the United States, Hispanic Heritage Month has always been a month of celebration that you start hearing about in school when growing up. I knew it coincided with Mexican independence day and the independence day of many hispanic countries in Central and South America. We would have small […]

More Than Just a Month

October 15, 2021 in Cultural content / Educational Games tagged Hispanic Heritage Month by Diana Sanchez

October 13-16, 2021CHI Health Center The 2021 NIEA Convention theme, “Native Control of Native Education: A Time to Lead” recognizes that, through our collective efforts, we can enact educational sovereignty to transform learning experiences for our Native students and create true equity in classrooms, school districts and communities.

2021 NIEA Convention and Tradeshow

October 4, 2021 in Educational Games by Christy Hanson

Let’s celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with these charming books by Hispanic authors and/or illustrators. Some featured books are in Spanish only. Too Many Tamalesby Gary Soto illustrated by Ed Martinez This is the story of a treasure thought to be lost in a batch of tamales; of a desperate and […]

Children’s Booklist for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 28, 2021 in Educational Games tagged booklist / bookworm / ELA / Hispanic Heritage Month by Christy Hanson

Hispanic Heritage month is here! From September 15th to October 15th we’re celebrating our roots and embracing our legacy, and this time I’m taking over the blog to tell you about being Hispanic while I was traveling through Spain. So first things first, if you don’t know me…hi! I’m Daniel. […]

Hispanic Heritage Month: Visiting Spain with Daniel

September 20, 2021 in Educational Games tagged Hispanic Heritage Month by Daniel Mondaca

It’s finally here! Our development team has been hard at work, revamping Making Camp Ojibwe. Now it has been featured on the front page under the Kids’ New + Updated games! Making Camp Ojibwe for Android features a newly updated in-game store. The before and after from the trading section […]

Making Camp Ojibwe: New & Improved on Android

September 17, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Game Progress / Third Grade tagged Making Camp Ojibwe by Christy Hanson

Growing Math: iPad showing math game — Growing Math Referral Rewards We want to offer our Growing Math participants a $10 Amazon gift card for each educator they refer who attends our training. They’ll get training, educational games, lessons and reports. You get a gift card. Refer 5 colleagues, get $50. It’s win-win and super simple. Just […]

Growing Math’s Teacher Referral Rewards

August 26, 2021 in Educational Games / Growing Math / Teachers tagged Growing Math by Christy Hanson

In a recent conversation it became clear to me that I am not very good at explaining how 7 Generation Games is a profitable and growing business. That probably was made worse by the fact that we are re-releasing two of our apps using different technology to be able to […]

How we make money when content is not ours to ...

August 24, 2021 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / blogposts / Code Talk / Customized Games / DevDiary / Educational Games / Founders Corner / Game Design / Game Progress / Newsletter / Start-up Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / 7GenGames / Cultural Content / devdiary / entrepreneur / software developer / successful businesses / women-owned business by AnnMaria De Mars

alejandro — Hi, my name is Alberto and I am a sophomore in high school. 7 Generation Games has been my first actual job experience and so far I have been enjoying it. The people here have been really helpful in helping me learn new skills. As an intern my job is […]

Being a video game tester

August 19, 2021 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Dog food / Educational Games / Game Progress / Intern Diaries / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / 7GenGames / devdiary / intern diaries / Video Game Testing by 7 Generation Games Intern

As of 8/13/2021, our two augmented reality apps that are currently being updated are as follows: Counting by Two Languages – Android & iOS Math: The Universal Language – Lakota – Android These versions of the app are under construction. You won’t be able to access them until construction is […]

Two AR Apps Under Construction

August 18, 2021 in 7GenGames / Code Talk / DevDiary / Educational Games / Game Design / Game Progress tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Design / Game Progress by Christy Hanson

Designing a video game is simultaneously easy and difficult. There are many moving parts. I hope this insider's glimpse serves to enlighten youth in exploring their future career paths. Read on to see how we made the Making Camp Navajo game project.

Behind the Scenes: How a Video Game is Made

August 17, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Design / Newsletter tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Design / Growing Math by Christy Hanson

Herding in the mountains during the high desert monsoon season was breathtaking. The ground was soft and felt like walking on flour. The horned toads got a chance to cool off and were out hunting for insects. We saw two large ones! The first I discovered about herding sheep in […]

Herding Sheep in the Chuska Mountains

August 12, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged Growing Math / making camp navajo by Christy Hanson