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Three weeks ago, Puerto Rico was hit by a devastating hurricane. Hurricane Maria, a category 5 hurricane, knocked out 100% of the country’s power. Literally no one on the island had electricity. Today, 84% of the country remains without power, water is scarce if at all available, and the situation […]

Some Quick History Facts About Puerto Rico

October 12, 2017 in Cultural content / Educational Resources by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

Hello everyone! It’s that time of the week again. Yes, it’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from our game Spirit Lake and it’s two pieces of clip art. The clip art are of Native American items. The first item is a weaved basket and the second item […]

Freebie Friday: Spirit Lake Clip Art

October 6, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

It’s Friday, so that means that it’s time for another “Freebie Friday”. Today’s freebie is from our game “AzTech Games”. The freebie is a powerpoint presentation to accompany a previously shared video on timelines with B.C.E. This powerpoint presentation lists the steps to take in order to solve a problem dealing […]

Freebie Friday: How To Solve The Timeline Problem

September 22, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

Hello everyone, it’s finally Friday and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from our game Making Camp. The freebie is a cultural video on totems. This video teaches you about the Ojibwe and their use of animal totems. Learn more about totems by watching […]

Freebie Friday – Totems

September 15, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday / Teacher Resources by Diana Sanchez

Hello everyone, it’s time for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie is from our game Fish Lake. The freebie is a culture video on how the Ojibwe fished. The video goes over the different ways that the Ojibwe fished, such as using spears. You can view the video below: There’s more […]

Freebie Friday: There’s more than one way to fish

September 1, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Kids playing game — Kids will play a video game 50 times to incrementally improve, to get a fraction of a level further. Wouldn’t it great if they took that same approach when it came to homework problems? With educational games, that can happen! That realization is one that more and more people are […]

Why Your Kids Should Use Educational Games

August 16, 2017 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is related to our game Fish Lake and it is a video titled “Fish Division – Compare Unlike Denominators”. This video teaches you how to compare unlike denominators through 5 steps of solving a fishing problem. To view the video, click the […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake – Fish Division

August 11, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

basketball court — We launched our Kickstarter campaign for our bilingual AzTech Games series yesterday – hitting 13% of our goal in the first 12 hours – which was amazing! Of course, we still have a long way to go, and part of the reason why we decided to do a Kickstarter wasn’t […]

An Introduction to AzTech Games

August 11, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources by Maria Burns Ortiz

Happy Friday! It’s time for another dose of our weekly Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is related to our game Spirit Lake and is a link we like. The link we like is to the Math Four website. Math Four is a really great site on teaching math by Bon Crowder. […]

Freebie Friday: Spirit Lake – Links We Like: Math Four

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

how many apples do Meg and Joe have — One book I highly recommend for anyone who teaches math above the the fourth grade level, all the way up to doctoral students, is Writing to Teach Mathematics and Science. Connolly and Vilardi give a TON of ideas, including drawing out the problem. Students were so engaged with (meaning they didn’t […]

To Solve a Math Problem (in Spanish or English): Visualize!

July 22, 2017 in Cultural content / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Marisol Schultz - 7 Generation Games — When you’re not fluent in English and your teacher is trying her best to teach you but the most she can understand or say is “ Si, No, por favor , padres or tarea”, how do you learn? For some of us growing up in a Hispanic household means that […]

The Games I Wish I Had

July 19, 2017 in Educational Resources / Start-up Diaries by Marisol Schultz

It’s the end of another week and that means that you get your Freebie Friday today! Today’s freebie is a video from “AzTech Games”. The video teaches you what B.C.E stands for, what timeframe that is, and how to use timelines with B.C.E. You can view the video below. Using […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech Games – Using Timelines With B.C.E.

July 14, 2017 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez