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Let’s Celebrate Unidos 2020! | Oct 9 – Oct 11 UNIDOS Online is all about celebrating the intersection of video games and Latinx culture. Watch many video game related showcases, demos and interviews with game developers and game geeks! Join the Discord, and social media to see up-to-minute updates. Watch […]

LatinxInGaming: UNIDOS 2020

October 9, 2020 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Educational Games / Events / Newsletter tagged Latinx startups / newsletter by Christy Hanson

desert on the Navajo Nation — We have ongoing struggles with the digital divide, homework, teaching, and parenting during the pandemic. Don't let it get you down.

Navajo Self-Reliance during the Fall 2020-21 School Year

October 7, 2020 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged Cultural Content / Culture Videos by Christy Hanson

Let’s celebrate all teachers worldwide! We want to send a warm greeting to all those teachers who have had to face new challenges this year. We know how difficult it is to prepare classes, exams, correct assignments, and manage a group of students while making sure that they solve each […]

Happy Teacher’s Day

October 5, 2020 in Educational Games tagged Teacher Resources / Teacher's Day by Daniel Mondaca

Volunteer your time at 7 Generation Games as a game tester! We're looking for enthusiastic game testers who want to play through our game and attentively look for any bugs.

Video Game Testers Needed!

September 30, 2020 in Educational Games / Game Progress / Newsletter tagged development / Game Testing by Christy Hanson

While many people think that choosing a career related to the health field would make them stay away from math, the truth is that it's impossible to not use it.

Why Math is Important for Developing a Covid-19 Cure

September 23, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Newsletter tagged Empiric Empire by Daniel Mondaca

Counting by 2 languages augmented reality bilingual app screen — There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language — from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and […]

Bilingual People Pay Attention to Different Things

September 23, 2020 in Bilingual Education / Educational Games tagged Bilingual / Hispanic Heritage Month by Daniel Mondaca

Making Camp bilingual — With Hispanic Heritage Month here, we wanted to take a minute to tell you about the work we’re doing to improve education for Latino students, including the nearly 4 million Spanish-speaking English-language learners in U.S. schools today. One of the ways we’re doing that is through our English/Spanish bilingual games. […]

Twice the Languages, Twice the Learning

September 21, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games by Marisol Schultz

robots loose in the Time Travel Academy — There is more than game design than meets the eye. I'm getting ready to teach a class for high school students next week and here are a few of the steps for a game that only takes 2 minutes.

Game design step by step

September 15, 2020 in Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Being Hispanic is not just about the food and parties, there’s so much history behind it, including the hard work and struggles that remind us of where we came from. Being Hispanic is one of the things I’m most proud of, and I know it’s something that can’t be taken […]

Proud of My Hispanic Heritage

September 15, 2020 in Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

Educators, the Social Studies Innovation Network has a collection of new instructional resources and tools ready for the 2020-21 school year!

Social Studies Innovation Network Resources

September 9, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Conferences / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Newsletter / Remote Education / rural education / Teachers / UnConference tagged Distance Learning / Educational Games / Educational Resources / history / Online Learning / social studies / Teacher Resources by Christy Hanson

Math Innovation Network is offering tools and games to educators. Their engaging math tools are ready for in-person, hybrid, or fully remote instruction.

Ready Now Math Distance-Learning Resources

September 1, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Conferences / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Mathematics / Newsletter / Remote Education / rural education / Statistics Education / Teachers / UnConference tagged Educational Games / Educational Resources / Teacher Resources by Christy Hanson

Why should we memorize math? I’m astounded that some people consider memorization a universal evil because “We have the internet.” Multiplication tables are searchable in my notes or my device, but are in frequent use. Optimizing learning by memorizing the basics is time and energy well-spent for the long haul. […]

The Case for Memorization

August 28, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Mathematics / problem-solving / Remote Education tagged Making Camp / Making Camp Bilingual / Memory Match Game by AnnMaria De Mars