To help catch student attention, either at the beginning of a lesson, or to apply a concept as attention starts to wane, we’re building a series of “Warm-up Games” that can be played on a Chromebook or any other computer with a browser.
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We've finished a code library that enables millions of possible game designs, built out 10 games and even included a little AI in the process.
The Massive Progress of 7 Gen Blocks
Presenting Follow the Bubbles - a fourth-grade math and social studies game with a twist.
Making it up to elementary teachers: Fourth-grade math & history ...
2 We all have our biases, whether we want to admit it or not. Having worked with Native nations for over thirty years, when the current cohort of teachers in our Teaching with Primary Sources project (yes, you can still join) wanted to do a game centered around the Lewis and Clark expedition, I had some mixed feelings about that.
Questioning Lewis and Clark: Why did they matter?
I keep reading that AI enables developers to work 30% ! 50%! 100%! faster. AI can replace junior developers! So far, I have found none of this to be true -until this weekend.
Finally! A use for AI: 15,000 images in a day
2 How do we cover seven different topics in one game? We've started co-designing our next game with teachers and the challenge has been to combine multiple interests and perspectives.
Discovering STEM on the Lewis and Clark Trail
Starting with the number 1 question we get most often Although most participants are classroom teachers you do NOT have to be a teacher to participate. We welcome museum staff, culture teachers, paraprofessionals, students, community educators. If you teach or are wanting to teach, you do not have to be […]
Design Learning Games with 114 students, 18 teachers & me!
Co-designing Games to Teach Indigenous History with Primary Sources
If you can't make it to NCSS or you did make it but we ran out of handouts, here are the links to all of the things.
Did you meet 7 Generation Games at NCSS?
What we have for elementary and social studies teachers, coming up and ready right now
Here’s some love for elementary and social studies teachers
Money Smart Games for Middle/ High School are bad games - here's why I recommend them
Financial Literacy for middle and high school students
Adobe Firefly, when combined with 7 Gen Blocks, makes it possible to make educational games in a fraction of the time.
Firefly: One of two great uses for AI
School is getting back under way and maybe you realize you need another lesson or two for this week. Because we have subscribers who are both middle school and elementary teachers, and some who teach at schools that are K-8, each week I'll include a lesson, or maybe a whole unit, for middle school and another for elementary school.