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A year ago, I traveled to Flagstaff to attend the Native Innovation EdTech conference. To be honest, heading out there, I didn’t know what to expect, but the event certainly seemed to align completely with our company mission. It was an incredible conference – where we debuted Making Camp, which […]

Creating an Innovative Game at Native Innovation

June 17, 2017 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by Maria Burns Ortiz

Example of primary sources: Black and white video of galloping buffalo — My list of ideas I have for next games is just about infinite (so, if you’re planning on investing in our next seed round, be quick and email maria@7generationgames.com ). One game on the drawing board is a Dakota version of Making Camp and somewhere in there I’d like to […]

Uses of Buffalo in Educational Games

May 30, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Students at Charlieville playing Fish Lake — After playing Fish Lake, Nicholi, a student at Charlieville Presbyterian Primary School, in Trinidad, gave the following suggestions for a new game. GENRE Make a first-person shooting game. It does not have to be a war game. GAME DESIGN The game would be educational, with calculations of angle and power […]

Nicholi: Student Game Designer

May 29, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Making Camp is a game that teaches multiplication and division — Disclaimer: No one gave me diddly squat for mentioning them. First of all, I recommend registering for the BOOST cafe. It is totally free. All you need is an email address. BOOST stands for Best Of Out of School Time. They run a really good conference, but even if you […]

Free Teaching Resources and Ideas I Stole

May 9, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Me, Diana & Trennell at BOOST — Really, I get it. I used to teach middle school and I still teach graduate students. It’s hard work and people are always trying to get me to switch to a new textbook, content management system, computer application. Some of it is godawful, really overpriced and makes you wonder if […]

Letter to Teachers, from a Startup Founder: Where’s the Love?

May 1, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday! Let’s celebrate that we made it through another week by having another freebie today. Today’s freebie is from our game “AzTech Games”. The freebie is a video titled “Grandpa Goes To Texas.” We recently shared a pdf with the same name, this video goes along with that […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Grandpa Goes To Texas

April 28, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Kids sharing computer — Did you ever have someone point out what was in front of your face all along and, metaphorically, kick yourself for being so stupid? Or, is that just me? Last week I was at the Best of Out of School Time (BOOST) conference and went to a session by Sam […]

Games as a tutoring experience

April 24, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

teaching subtraction — Whether it’s a class presentation, at a conference or a teacher presenting a lesson, you’ve probably seen this PowerPoint fail. The presenter is all excited about showing you their new, cool explanation of subtraction with re-grouping or how to improve aquaculture. It doesn’t matter the topic because you never see […]

To Animate or Not to Animate, That is the Powerpoint ...

March 21, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Truck covered with 6 inches of snow — No, it’s not the beginning of a joke, How can a game developed HERE be optimal for HERE In fact, there was a reason I was on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago last week, and it wasn’t the beaches and perfect weather (although I did not hold that […]

What Do a Caribbean Island and a North Dakota American ...

March 18, 2017 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Sometimes, it’s flattering to be insulted. No, wait, hear me out. We have parents and some kids telling us that our games are not as interactive as Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto or World of Warcraft. Our world is not as big. The graphics are not as amazing. They […]

No One Gets Better at Math from Call of Duty

March 10, 2017 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

It is International Women’s Day, so if you’re a woman congrats to you! If you’re a man, then congrats to you too, because you’re blessed with the presence of women every day! Despite how great it is to be a woman, it does come with its challenges, especially when you’re […]

Woman-Led Companies That Are Making The World Smarter

March 8, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged international women's day by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

picking herbs in woods — First of all, to everyone who backed us on Kickstarter early on, invested in our company at the very beginning, played our games when they were still buggy, piloted our prototype: THANK YOU I just can’t say that enough. If you have not seen our games lately, please take another […]

Show me the money! (And I’ll show you the game)

March 7, 2017 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars