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Join 7 Generation Games and Armbar Nation on February 28, 2015 for our tweetup in LA before Ronda Rousey’s fight! We will all be meeting up at Tom’s Urban which is directly across the street from the Staples Center from 2-4pm. We can hardly believe that this will be our 6th tweetup that […]

Join us for the Rowdy UFC 184 tweetup in LA ...

February 12, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Events / Start-up Diaries tagged Autograph / Gene Le Bell / Ronda Rousey / tweetup / UFC 184 / UFC 184 Tweetup by admin

Fish Lake — At long last — you’ve been hearing about it and now it’s here. Fish Lake, the second in our series of games that make you smarter, is now commercially available. If you liked Spirit Lake, you are going to LOVE Fish Lake. It’s not just for kids. Spear some fish. Build […]

Fish Lake: Our second game is now commercially available!

February 10, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries tagged Fish Lake Release by admin

Last week I wrote a blog about Expecting the Unexpected and the importance of being prepared for any obstacle that comes your way. The 7 Generation Games team was 1,772 miles from home, had no electricity, internet, or cell phone service, but we were still able to host a successful training session for teachers […]

7 Generation Games North Dakota Tour By Numbers

February 9, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Fish Lake / North Dakota by admin

Julia doing a science experiment — Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them … is the first of the Common Core standards for mathematical practice. It addresses two problems I see VERY often. Whether completing a worksheet or playing a math game, students just pick the first answer that comes to mind. If nothing comes […]

Why I Won’t Make Our Math Games Easier

February 8, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Last week, 7 Generation Games flew to North Dakota to install our educational video games in five schools on two reservations. AnnMaria De Mars, CEO of 7 Generation Games, has explained MANY times the importance of being prepared for any situation because there are frequently situations that occur where technology just doesn’t […]

Expect the Unexpected

February 3, 2015 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Always Be Prepared / Doomsday Prepper / educational video games / Indian Reservation / Native American / North Dakota by admin

7 Generation Games flew to North Dakota this week to meet with school superintendents and teachers to install our educational video games in their classrooms and computer labs. Altogether we met with 52 teachers on our trip and and provided on-site training at five different schools. We were able to visit schools on the Turtle Mountain […]

7 Generation Games North Dakota Tour

January 30, 2015 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games tagged Canada / Geographic Center of North America / International Peace Garden / North Dakota / Spirit Lake / Sully Hill / Turtle Mountain by admin

Santa Monica New Tech is having an epic REUNION party tonight! Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, will be presenting this evening and discussing 7 Generation Games newest project. Interested in learning what our newest project will be? Check out the slideshow below. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”9″ gal_title=”Santa Monica New Tech Reunion”]

Dr. AnnMaria De Mars announces 7 Generation Games Web App

January 21, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged Santa Monica New Tech Reunion / SMNT / Web App by admin

The children are heading back to school, you’re thinking about putting away the decorations, swearing you really will send out Christmas cards next year. To finish off the season, here is our annual holiday letter, sent when we all have a moment to get a cup of coffee and catch […]

A Christmas Letter from 7 Generation Games

January 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Math / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Game Improvements / Spirit Lake by AnnMaria De Mars

Jenn and Ronda — I love Ronda Rousey as much as the next person does. In fact, I love her probably a thousand times more than the next person does because I am her mom. I couldn’t be happier that she has won three world titles in two different sports. That’s wonderful. That being […]

Education is More Important than World Titles

January 13, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

teachers — Steve Blank talks about the mistake that led him to lose $35 million – not having gamers as co-founders in a gaming company. HE emphasizes the importance of having the right people on your team, including the ones who truly understand the product that you are building. He says, “To […]

Why Ed Tech Companies NEED Teachers

January 7, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Math Example — What do number sense and professional or Olympic athletes have in common? If you watch a truly gifted athlete you will see that they seem to have a sixth sense about their sport. They see things other people don’t. Wayne Gretzky was such a great hockey player because while others […]

Number Sense and Elite Athletes

January 6, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Girl about to set off on path — Five hundred years ago, the Ojibwe people picked up everything they owned and walked half-way across the continent. No one really knows why. There is no written history of this event. I remember the precise moment I first heard about it. I was talking to Debbie Gourneau, from Turtle Mountain, […]

It starts with a good story ….

December 29, 2014 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars