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Picture this: a young married couple from Mexico moved to the U.S. in their late teens to start a family. It should be assumed that their future children would be bilingual, correct? It’s simple math, two bilingual parents (who are native Spanish speakers) have kids. They teach their kids Spanish […]

I’m “fluent” in Spanish- wait, what’s a martillo?

June 21, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Games tagged 7 Generation Games by Irma Barcena

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from July 21, 2016 “Be an anti-hoarder” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Years ago, I said to The Invisible Developer, “Every month, I go through this house, […]

Throwback Thursday: Be an anti-hoarder

June 21, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Game o — DO YOU HAVE GAMES FOR iPAD? YES. Yes, we do. The following games by 7 Generation Games are iPad compatible and accessible. If you’re the one-stop shop kind of person, you can just go to our AppStore page here and see all 12 games. * Or if you’re interested in […]

7 Generation Games for iPad

June 20, 2018 in 7GenGames by Maria Burns Ortiz

My kids got out of school last Friday, but really their summer break starts tomorrow. Well, technically, it will be winter break. That’s because – in just over 24 hours – me, the three of them (ages 3, 6 and 10) and a large amount of snacks will be boarding […]

What We’re Doing Over Our Summer Vacation

June 19, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Introduction I started to write this series with a different angle in mind, addressing first the coolest parts of Google Docs. After writing a few pages of that document, I felt the readers would be best served with a proper introduction to the basics of this cloud computing word processing […]

Google Docs: A (Very) Brief Introduction

June 16, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone, it’s that time again. It’s time for the Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is a link we like: LanguageGeek.com. At Language Geek you can find fonts and keyboard layouts for free for various languages. You will find Native American languages, Siouan and Ojibwe languages, as part of the languages […]

Freebie Friday: Language Geek

June 15, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from May 13, 2016 “Four daughters, a dolphin suit and a caged weasel” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was listening to the Moth podcast today […]

Throwback Thursday: Four daughters, a dolphin suit and a caged ...

June 14, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

snow on mountains behind the skyscrapers in Santiago, Chile — It’s been crazy busy here, in a mostly good way, but I thought another Startup Diary, Santiago Edition was about due. One thing I get asked a lot is what people in Chile are like. I’ve been here four months, most of my time in Santiago, with a few days […]

Cultural Nuances: Chileans are more like Midwesterners than Mexicans

June 12, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone! It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from Forgotten Trail and it’s a video on the red river cart. This video freebie explains what is a red river cart, what it was made of, and what it was used for. Click […]

Freebie Friday: Red River Cart

June 8, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Looking through our blog archives, I came across a post about marketing by AnnMaria on how companies market their products to be something that they are not because they “sell the sizzle, not the steak.” This reminded me of my high school prom dress. I found a dress online that […]

Who can you trust in marketing? What edtech games and ...

June 7, 2018 in 7GenGames tagged Educational Games / Marketing by Hannah Wren

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 26, 2015 “Pride, Perseverance, Math and Martial Arts” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Fairly often, someone says to me, You must have been really […]

Throwback Thursday: Pride, Perseverance, Math and Martial Arts

June 7, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

My mom once told me that life is just a series of decisions. Every day we are faced with making new decisions- to apply for this job, to confront your friend about something that has been bothering you, to eat the last slice of cake. While there were many times […]

Smartest Decisions I Made in College

June 5, 2018 in Start-up Diaries tagged college / decisions / education / school by Hannah Wren