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Happy Freebie Friday! It’s been a long week and to help you get ready for the Halloween weekend, here’s a treat from the team at 7 Generation Games. Today’s #FreebieFriday is a video from Fish Lake covering fractions, a great resource for those of you looking to help your students […]

Freebie Friday: Fish Lake Math Video

October 30, 2015 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday / Math tagged division / Fish Lake / fractions / Freebie Friday / Math by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 23, 2013,“Schoolchildren questions for statisticians” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. It must be that time of year because I was asked to speak at two different schools in downtown […]

Throwback Thursday: Schoolchildren questions for statisticians

May 21, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged career day / Math / statistician / statistics by AnnMaria De Mars

We are excited that 7 Generation Games was featured in Indian Country Today Media Network! See the article below or click here. Math Video Games Being Tested in Reservation Classrooms 2/18/15 Six schools on two North Dakota reservations are piloting a series of cutting-edge math video games that bridge math, […]

7 Generation Games featured on Indian Country Today Media Network

February 23, 2015 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games / Dakota / Indian Country Today Media Network / Math / Ojibwa / Ojibwe / Spirit Lake Reservation / Turtle Mountain by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from February 14, 2008 on “Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. Silence is one of the most under-used teaching techniques. As Julia learns mathematics, I […]

Throwback Thursday- Teaching Technique: Sounds of Silence

February 5, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Math / teaching by AnnMaria De Mars

As my final day in the office is coming to an end, I would like to reflect on the amazing work that is being done by the 7 Generation Games team. From the constant updates to Spirit Lake and Fish Lake to the development of a new iPad game, there […]

My Favorite 7 Generation Games’ Math Videos

December 10, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / blog / Common Core / education / Fish Lake / Intern / Math / Math Game / Spirit Lake / videos by AnnMaria De Mars

Zombies — Not understanding math terms can lead to some really big problems. Watching this video from 7 Generation Games can make all the difference.

Math terms: What’s the Word?

December 5, 2014 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday / Mathematics tagged addition / difference / factors / Freebie Friday / Math / multiplication terms / multiplier / Native American / product / subtraction / sum / video by admin

7GenBanner — Since it has been about a month and a half into my internship here at 7 Generation Games, I have come across many interesting situations testing Spirit Lake and Fish Lake. One of my first testing concerns was when I needed to exit out of Spirit Lake during the […]

Questions and Answers – Building Blocks of Education

November 13, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / answers / blog / education / Intern / Math / questions by AnnMaria De Mars

Graph explaining Buffalo herd statistics — One exciting aspect of interning for 7 Generation Games is being able to collaborate with the members of the 7 Generation Games team. As a result of the guidance from AnnMaria, Maria, and Jessica, I have been able to work on informative, yet engaging resources for teachers and students. My […]

Applied Math – Using math in our daily lives

October 29, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / 7GenerationGames / blog / Fish Lake / Intern / Math / Math Game / Native American History by AnnMaria De Mars

Fish Lake — When I first started my internship at 7 Generation Games, I had very little knowledge of the gamification of education. Thanks to the help of AnnMaria and Maria, the founders of our great start-up, I was able to learn more about making math and Native American history fun for the […]

Trent’s Personal Experience with Gamification

October 15, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / Adventure Gaming / blog / Fish Lake / Intern / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

I have been searching all over the web for interesting, fun and of course helpful math blogs to share with you. I found these to be the most engaging in my opinion. I hope they can be of use to your students, children at home or even yourself! I’d love […]

10 Interesting Math Blogs

October 2, 2014 in 7GenGames / Math tagged Math / math blogs by admin

7GenBanner — While one aspect of my internship here at 7GenerationGames is to test our games (Spirit Lake and Fish Lake), I am also responsible for compiling teacher resources for our new iPad game currently in development. Essentially, I help the 7GenerationGames team come up with additional math exercises when students need […]

Teacher Resource: Bar Graphs in the iPad Game

October 1, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7GenerationGames / blog / Intern / Internship / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

On my first official day of the internship, I was able to try out the Spirit Lake free demo. (You can download it HERE) As part of the internship, I am responsible for the testing the user experience of the games offered by 7 Generation Games. Not only do I […]

Day 1: Spirit Lake Demo

September 23, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7GenerationGames / blog / Intern / Math / Native American History / Spirit Lake by AnnMaria De Mars