This past week I participated in a KQED webinar on how to utilize new media tools. Although I like to think of myself as a media wiz, I am at least smart enough to realize that that I don’t know everything. Social media is like a living, breathing organism; constantly […]
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Do you have a dog? Do you think your dog is awesome? Would you like to see your dog in an actual video game? Then we have just the thing for you. A while back, we — along with Derek Landy, author of the super amazing Skulduggery Pleasant series — […]
Calling All Dogs! A Casting Contest for Pups to Appear ...
Look for life lessons in unexpected places. Given the story that’s about to follow, it would be awesome if I could say that was the fortune that came in my fortune cookie when I ordered Chinese on Monday night. My fortune actually was “Your opinions are highly regarded by others.” […]
The Power of Great Customer Service (Or Why You Should ...
Before co-founding 7 Generation Games, I worked 10-plus years as a journalist. The last three of those years, I was juggling being both a journalist and journalism professor. In both positions, I expected perfection from myself and those around me. The expectation for journalists is that you put out something […]
Making Things Pretty – And Perhaps Watching Too Much HGTV
Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, just returned from Iowa where she had the opportunity to speak to a group of 100 middle school students about striving to fulfill the tremendous amount of potential each one of them has. It was a big weekend for us in Iowa in general, […]
Our CEO Talks to Sioux City Middle School Students
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Incorporating Culture Into Curriculum Is Easy and Essential
1 In the final installment of my accelerator application trilogy — because trilogies are very de rigueur — I will tackle some of what we at 7 Generation Games have deemed largely to be pointless accelerator questions. I intentionally say tackle as opposed to answer, because I’m not really sure I […]
Accelerators, Part 3: What Do You Want Us to Say?
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Applying Traditional Dakota Values in a Middle School Math Classroom
If you haven’t yet read Frank Catalano’s latest column for GeekWire, you should. “Generational blindness: Is sexism in tech forever?” tackles a very relevant subject – sexism in the tech industry. And best of all, it quotes our CEO Dr. AnnMaria De Mars saying insightful things like, “When I do […]
Our CEO Shares Her Thoughts on Sexism in Tech in ...
The 7 Generation Games team has just got back from Vegas so odds are on our minds. We were in Vegas where our CEO’s daughter/CMO’s sister/our celebrity endorser was headlining UFC 170. We also hosted a 7 Generation Games tweetup tied to the event. Vegas is all about odds: slot […]
Accelerators, Part 1: A roll of the dice
A while back, Venture Beat ran a piece on why most ed tech startups suck. We had to agree — and felt slightly superior knowing that we definitely do no fall under that suck category. It’s a good read on what ed tech startups should and shouldn’t do. And one […]
Teacher and Student Input — Or Why It’s So Hard ...
I was going through some of the 7 Generation Games data to get an idea of where our users come from geographically. Realizing what a wide range of geography we cover, I thought it would make for a neat map. Yes, that’s the kind of thing I think is fun. […]