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The session I most wanted to attend at the National Conference on Education was on addressing opioid abuse. It did not disappoint as the presenter, Dr. Ember Conley provided not just a lot of information I didn’t know but also tangible steps that communities can take. She also gave a […]

Steps to Stopping the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from NCE

14 Feb, 2019 in AnnMaria / Conferences by AnnMaria De Mars

Attention! This throwback post is all the way from 2014! Can you imagine? I do not remember that far back, but I barely remember last year and this one has only just begun so what we learned today is I have a poor memory. But we can learn even more […]

How to be better at anything

7 Feb, 2019 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Julia De Mars

Our team in Chile — How did adding team in Chile lead to an explosion in productivity in the U.S. ? That doesn’t even make any sense, does it? Listen and learn. I came to Santiago as part of Start-up Chile, leaving our U.S. office with 2/3 of the co-founders. We spent a good bit […]

Start-up Diaries: Everything works out differently than you expect

7 Feb, 2019 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

3d numbers — Okay, that’s an old joke, but I really do have a problem. We place some really unrealistic expectations on teachers, and people who teach math and English get the worst end of it in my experience. I teach statistics and that means that I’m going to assume students have some […]

Of course I have problems, I’m a math teacher

5 Feb, 2019 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

kids playing at Hotel Transylvania display in the metro station — This is a more recent “throwback” from a post written by Ann Maria in August 10, 2018. However, it seems very relevant to anyone travelling or debating travelling this year of 2019. I, Julia De Mars, personally related to this surprisingly a lot since I seem to move just when […]

Throwback Thursday: The thing about moving is you bring yourself ...

31 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Throwback Thursday by Julia De Mars

Maybe you’ve heard that a stolen iPhone is nothing more than a brick. Stop and read this. It may save you whole lot of grief and panic. Perhaps you feel as if your data is safe. You have a password and it’s not 123456. You have find my iPhone. […]

No, a stolen iPhone isn’t a brick: How thieves access ...

27 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from March 29, 2015 “What I Learned Lately” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m not much of a stop and smell the roses type of person. […]

Throwback Thursday: What I Learned Lately

24 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 17, 2014 “Somebody Else’s Dream” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When I get some time next year, I’m planning on writing a book on […]

Throwback Thursday: Somebody Else’s Dream

17 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Parenting / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

This post could be labeled Part 1 of 873 but I don’t have that much time. Here is the back story … I decided to teach a more or less introductory statistics class this semester because we make educational games and I think it is important to be in the […]

OMG I Know Why Teachers Don’t Use New Technology

13 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Excited children about to play our games — Did you miss me? So much has been going great lately – and to be honest semi-great but a lot of work – that I have barely had the chance to breathe, much less write . Here’s AnnMaria’s version of a Christmas letter. (Note to self: find out if Chileans […]

The tip of the iceberg of awesomeness: My company Christmas ...

12 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / blogposts / Education: Innovation and STEM / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 9, 2015 “Sometimes You Need to Move On” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Somebody can be the best coach in the world but that […]

Throwback Thursday: Sometimes You Need to Move On

10 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from February 6, 2015 “Life of a Lie” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Sometimes, I’m a slow learner, but I do learn. I know people who […]

Throwback Thursday: Life of a Lie

3 Jan, 2019 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez