Educational video games work to reach students across cultures
Educational video games work to reach students across cultures
Educational video games work to reach students across cultures
August 2, 2022
By Maya Rodriguez
Summary
"It's important to your survival rate within the context of the game," said Maria Burns Ortiz, co-founder of 7 Generation Games.
"We make educational video games and the tools to develop them."
In their office tucked away on a quiet street in Minneapolis, game developers are creating fun, interactive video games that combine math, history and culture.
Those communities aren't usually the focus of educational video games.
At 7 Generation Games they are front and center by teaching math and history to students not just in English, but also in Spanish and in languages spoken by Native American tribes, like Ojibwe and Lakota.
"It's pretty cool. I think one of the main things is you get to sort of do good, and so it's been interesting seeing the sort of progress of educational video games."
7 Generation Games are used in schools across the Upper Midwest, the Pacific Northwest, as well as in Arizona and California.
Reference
Rodriguez, M. (2022, August 02). Educational video games work to reach students across cultures. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/educational-video-games-work-to-reach-students-across-cultures