With the election coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to create an app to teach about the historical barriers to voting for African-Americans and encourage people to vote. Here is how I made it in 2 days using 7 Gen Blocks
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So, your students are playing Forgotten Trail, learning math, Ojibwe history, geography and having fun. You rock & you're cool because you have the cheat codes to win the game.
Teacher Cheat Sheet for Forgotten Trail – Level 2
Do you really want to help me as a teacher? Can you give me more time? Yes. Here is how 7 Generation Games can help you in the first weeks of school with engaging standards-aligned games and assignments, with built-in differentiated instruction.
Making Your First Weeks of School Easier
Study Purpose: Design and test an app to help people with mental health issues get services. In this study, participants will: During a private, 60-minute session, use a mobile phone app to enter data on current mood, symptoms and needs and get recommendation for services. These data will be recorded […]
Test a Mobile Application for Tribal Mental Health Services
Study Purpose: Design and test an app to help people with mental health issues get services. In this study, participants will: Participate in a 60-minute focus group with four other people and an interviewer. Participants will be asked questions about: Your feedback on proposed characters, design and features for a […]
Join a focus group: Mobile Application for Tribal Mental Health ...
You might wonder what the heck this title has to do with our latest game updates. I'll tell you. Both do maintenance in the off-season.
How is an educational game developer like a grain farmer?
Co-design Games to Teach with Primary Sources from Indigenous and Rural History, starting with a game about Native American Veterans
Educators – Make Games about Native American Veterans with Us
Since we began 7 Generation Games nine years ago, I swear, half of the people I have met, when they hear I make games, say to me, "Hey, I have an idea for a video game." That's why we started working on 7 Gen Blocks ...
How 7 Gen Blocks is WordPress for Educational Games
At 7 Generation Games, we always like sharing resources that we love. This week we’d like to share a site we love, which is the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom site. At first glance, it may not appear there is much here, but appearances are deceiving. Virtual Field Trips Plus […]
Minnesota Ag in the Classroom: Hidden Gems
You may not know that, before I founded or co-founded four companies and a non-profit foundation, I was the first American to win the world judo championships. I also taught Entrepreneurship at California Indian Nations College. At first glance, it might appear that judo and entrepreneurship don’t have all that […]
Entrepreneurship Advice from a World Judo Champion
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES, ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCY REPORTS De Mars, A., Taken Alive, J., Ortiz, M., et al. (2022). Educators’ Perspectives on Factors Impacting STEM Achievement in Rural Indigenous Student- Serving Schools. The Rural Educator, 43(1), 24-36. https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v43i1.1207 De Mars, A. (2021). Growing Math: Accessible, Cross-Curricular Education in Food and Agricultural […]
The Data Behind 7 Generation Games and 7 Gen Blocks
I’m sure you may have heard of our Making Camp game series, in fact I’m certain because it happens to be our most popular game series. Now Making Camp Ojibwe, the one that started it all, has gone through some updates. With Making Camp Ojibwe being one of the very […]