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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyderabad_Town_Hall.jpg — You never know where your startup will take you. 7 Generation Games was first born as a concept to help close the math gap among students in Indian Country, with our first schools and initial satellite office on the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation. Now, we’re in programs across the country and, […]

GES 2017: Our Road from Indian Country to India, the ...

September 30, 2017 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Quality educational games have the ability to revolutionize learning. Of course, the key word is quality – and with so many games and apps on the market, quality can be hard to find. Did you know there are over 150,000 apps tagged “education” between the Apple App Store and Google […]

What to Look for in Good Educational Games

August 22, 2017 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

Well, not quite. But we do have a reality TV channel! We started this youtube channel almost 5 months ago to bring you raw footage of the daily life of a family-owned tech startup. We’ve had a few discussions with producers for a reality TV series but it’s on the […]

Yes, We’re Famous

July 27, 2017 in Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

Growing up, I was a Girl Scout. In fact, I was a Girl Scout from when I was 5 to when I was 18. And I am so grateful for that experience because one of the things it taught me was camping. Not the glorious RV type of camping – we didn’t […]

I Like Fishing, I’m Just Not Any Good At It

June 28, 2017 in Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

We started this series for the teachers and parents of students with special needs. Last week, we introduced you the IEP- Individual Education Plan- program. If you are a parent of a student who has an IEP, understanding Individual Education Plans can help you to help your family […]

Understanding Individual Education Plans (IEP)

June 5, 2017 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Special Education / Uncategorized by Irma Barcena

Ladies and Gentleman: it is Week 4! Is winter slowly creeping its way out of your area? In the New York City area, it’s trying to make a come back this weekend, but let’s have faith that the powers that be won’t allow the freezing temps to live long into […]

Internet Field Trip Fridays: Teaching Multiplication

March 3, 2017 in Uncategorized by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

It’s Friday and it’s still winter so that means we’re still cold and Punxsutawney Phil is still prevailing. Well, unless you’re in North Dakota like our executive team was this week – where everyone is talking about the “heatwave” in the 40s. Either way, our field trips continue! We started last Friday […]

Internet Field Trip Fridays: Ojibwe Language

February 17, 2017 in Cultural content / Uncategorized by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

“Beyond this door lies the Mayan jungle.” These are the words that greet players of our game AzTech Games as they find their characters transported back in time. They felt especially fitting today as AnnMaria and I found ourselves quite literally in the middle of that very same jungle today. We were heading […]

The Belize Chronicles: Always Stop at the Zoo

January 25, 2017 in Start-up Diaries / Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

A new year presents a great opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and travel to new places. One way to do that is to check out an edtech conference where you can do all three at once! But where to start? We’ve put together a list of some of […]

Best Ed Tech Conferences for 2017

January 10, 2017 in Uncategorized by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

It’s a new year so it’s time to clarify some things you may have been confused about throughout 2016. At 7 Generation Games, we love teaching and explaining all these terms that are out there in the ed tech and game world. We’ve talked about blended learning and flipped learning. We’ve […]

Games, Game-Based Learning and Gamification

January 5, 2017 in Uncategorized by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

It’s here. Fish Lake is officially available to buy on Steam! Thanks to every who supported us in getting this game Greenlit!

We’re Live on Steam! Get Fish Lake Now!

December 16, 2016 in Uncategorized by Maria Burns Ortiz

It’s the night before the election and statisticians are safe in their beds as visions of the Central Limit Theorem dance in their heads. Eight years ago, when President Obama was running against John McCain, I was discussing this in a statistics course that I was teaching and told the […]

Statisticians Love Election Night (Trump is losing)

November 8, 2016 in Uncategorized by AnnMaria De Mars