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Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 10, 2013,“My Two Answers to Everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to write about item analysis today but all of the tweets and posts on […]

Throwback Thursday: My Two Answers to Everything

March 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged bullying / cowardice / sexism / Success is the best revenge by AnnMaria De Mars

Do you like to help others succeed? Do you like to receive free gifts? Then we have just the thing for you! Sponsor a classroom of students and provide them the gift of Fish Lake to help them learn fractions, we will send you a limited edition gift from 7 […]

Freebie Friday: Sponsor a classroom and receive a limited edition ...

February 13, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Freebie Friday / Math tagged Fish Lake / Freebie Friday / Ronda Rousey. UFC 184 / Sponsor Classroom by admin

We all know that giving is better than receiving, but what if you could have both of both worlds? That’s why if you sponsor a classroom of students and provide them the gift of Fish Lake to help them learn fractions, we will send you an AWESOME gift. We only had 7 […]

Sponsor a classroom, receive an AWESOME gift!

February 11, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Math tagged classroom / Donate / Fish Lake / Ronda Rousey / Spirit Lake / sponsor / UFC 184 Tweetup by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from February 14, 2008 on “Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. Silence is one of the most under-used teaching techniques. As Julia learns mathematics, I […]

Throwback Thursday- Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence

February 5, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Math / teaching by AnnMaria De Mars

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

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

7 Generation Games Blog — “Why do you care about math so much?” As a volunteer, I spend a lot of time with middle school and high school students, and this is the question I get asked the second most often. (The most common question I get is “What is the hardest part about […]

Why Do You Care About Math So Much?

November 19, 2014 in AnnMaria / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

7GenBanner — Hi all! It’s Math Monday and it has been a good while since my last post about helpful math sites. This time I took on to Pinterest.com to see what other fun ideas I could find and share. Again I am listing 10 links off Pinterest that I found fun, […]

Fun Math Learning on Pinterest

November 10, 2014 in 7GenGames / Math tagged 7GenerationGames / education / funmath / mathideas / pinterest by Marisol Schultz

7 Generation Games Blog — It seems like nowadays everything costs money. You want to go to an ATM and withdraw your own money? Chances are you’re going to have to pay a fee. You want to purchase a plane ticket to go on a family vacation? Chances are you’re going to have to pay […]

Freebie Friday: The Best Things in Life Are Free

October 24, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Freebie Friday / Math tagged Adding Fractions / Freebie Friday by admin

7GenBanner — To enlarge the map above to a full-screen size, click here. We were updating our list of game licenses to see where our educational video games are being played in the United States and around the world. We discovered that we now have schools and after-school programs playing our games […]

Where in the world is 7 Generation Games?

October 10, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Math tagged US map of states / Who is playing our games by admin

I started learning how to program just a few years ago. While learning how to code, I kept little mind other than to use whatever methods suited my style best. I wasn’t overly concerned with anyone else being able to decipher the projects that I was working on, other than […]

Working Together

October 8, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Math tagged 7 Generation Games / blog / Intern / Internship by Gonzalo