AnnMaria

Train to San Diego — In today’s episode of Startup Travel , Latinas in Tech or Where in the World are the Founders …. I’m writing this from the Pacific Surfliner, the train that runs between Los Angeles and San Diego. Being an American living on the west coast, every single time I go to […]

UnidosUS: Trains, planes and social impact startups

2 Aug, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Latinx startups / social impact startups / UnidosUS by AnnMaria De Mars

Have you ever read an article where you think the author was reading your mind because it said all of the things you have been thinking? This happened to me lately in, of all places, the Harvard Business Review blog. The title of the article was “We are all Enron […]

The Golden Rule of Business

11 Jul, 2019 in AnnMaria / blogposts by AnnMaria De Mars

girl picking flowers in meadow — Native Americans are noted for their generosity. People give feasts, presents, time and attention to one another. Once you become a board member, you will be giving your time and talents to the community. Good for you! That is why you were elected or appointed. There is a reason it […]

How Do You Say “Mean People Suck” in Dakota?

5 Jul, 2019 in AnnMaria tagged Life Advice / mean people by Daniel Mondaca

Beaded ear ring — Is there such a thing as Native American math? Of course! Math is in every culture and adding Native American content to your math class is easy.

Native American Culture in Math

30 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM tagged Native American culture by AnnMaria De Mars

Creepy house selected in photo curation by Warwick students — ked students to select their favorite photo they took yesterday, crop it as they saw fit and share with me on One Drive and/ or email to me. The point of this lesson was to learn about file-sharing, photo editing and emailing attachments.

Warwick Game Design Class Photo Curation

12 Jun, 2019 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

dirt road in Warwick, North Dakota — It’s been a great start to the summer session teaching game design at Warwick Middle School. Students started off playing two math games, an adventure game and a collector game. We discussed the idea of game genre and what is needed to make a video game – assets, code, story […]

Teaching Game Design at Spirit Lake

11 Jun, 2019 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / rural education / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Graph explaining Buffalo herd statistics — Dates on the calendar are closer than they appear! I know you just got out of school a week ago, or maybe you still have a few days to go. Lesson plans to teach statistics are the last thing you want to think about. Trust me, you’ll thank me later. […]

Resources to Teach Statistics in Elementary and Middle School

9 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Educational Resources / Sixth Grade tagged lesson plans by AnnMaria De Mars

Trail in the grass in Wyoming plains — We're testing educational software in the most remote areas of the country. It's beautiful but it's also important work, remembering schools most companies forget about.

Testing educational software where the antelope play

8 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Lizard we spotted during hike on our road trip — You can do a surprising amount of development on the road, but it tends to be an all-or-nothing situation. There are still large parts of the country where wi-fi is non-existent.

Development on the Road Trip

7 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries tagged digital nomad / road trip by AnnMaria De Mars

AnnMaria at the edge of a cliff — It's impossible to get the attention of teachers and administrators for the next few weeks, so we are going on a road trip testing our educational software under remote conditions. If you are in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota or North Dakota and want to meet up, let us know.

Dennis and AnnMaria’s Excellent Adventure Road Trip

5 Jun, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

630 divided by 42 — Teaching division isn’t easy. It requires practice from the students and patience from the teacher. There are always students who don’t get it the first time so you need more examples. Maybe students are limited in English so you need some explanations in Spanish. We’ve got you covered with several […]

Division lesson plans for the year in one hour

31 May, 2019 in AnnMaria / division / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

Trail with tree, stream and other objects marking off quarters — Seriously, there's more to teaching fractions than pizza. Fractions are the first abstract concept most students learn and they can struggle to understand the concept. So, here are 10 minutes of animated videos, with explanations, definitions and a range of examples.

Teaching Fractions in 10 minutes

29 May, 2019 in AnnMaria / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Mathematics by AnnMaria De Mars