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AnnMaria

This category is for posts written by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars.

bags of money — Entrepreneurs often hear that investors are only interested after a company has “traction”. Recently, our CEO made a wasted trip to meet someone who allegedly is interested in funding women-owned start-ups. At the meeting, she was told, “You’re too early for us. We don’t usually invest until a company is […]

Catch-22 for Start-up Funding: Inequality 101

April 7, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Draft 2 — I went to the Computer Users in Education conference in Palm Springs last month, not knowing what to expect. It turned out to be way cooler than what you’d expect and I definitely intend to go back for more reasons than I can tell you in just one post. One […]

CUE Meets the Giant

April 4, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

I have been teaching for 30 years – middle school, undergraduates, graduate students. I’ve given out my share of failing grades during that time, probably more than most people because in mathematics, statistics and programming courses, there is not much room for giving the student the benefit of the doubt. […]

What I Want to Say to Students Who Fail

April 3, 2016 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 9, 2014 “No Wonder Kids Hate Math” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m working on a section of a game that teaches fractions. If a player misses the question about where […]

Throwback Thursday: No Wonder Kids Hate Math

March 31, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Math / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

We get a lot of really good ideas from our users, but there are some that are a few tacos short of a combination plate. Here, in no particular order, are the five craziest suggestions I have received. ============== Player: Why are the Indians shooting the deer? I’m vegetarian. I really […]

Top Five Crazy Game Suggestions

March 30, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

barnyard scene — My mom used to say that any job was easy if you didn’t have to do it yourself. Mom was right, too. Just look at the number of people who have never stood in front of a class in their life but think teaching is easy. “If this whole doing […]

Any Job is Easy if You Don’t Have to Do ...

March 30, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Always remember, ladies and gentlemen, while Burroughs had all of its engineers at work inventing a better adding machine, Steve Wozniak was in his garage inventing the Apple computer. Dr. Hastings, a professor in my MBA program back in 1980 said that and I have never forgotten. Within the span […]

Apple didn’t invent a better adding machine

March 25, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from July 02, 2014 “Self-Employment and People with Disabilities” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m looking forward to speaking at the Turtle Mountain Disabilities Conference and not just because they have one of the best […]

Throwback Thursday: Self-Employment and People with Disabilities

March 24, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Disability / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Self Employment / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Eva, Maria and me — If you have not read Sojourner Truth’s inspiring speech, Aint I a Woman , you are missing out. You can click on this link right now to read it, and don’t skip scrolling down to hear Alice Walker read the speech. You’ll be glad you did. Now, sitting here in […]

Not Sure About Women in Tech Events

March 22, 2016 in AnnMaria / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

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CUE in Palm Springs – Meet us, tweet us

March 17, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 04, 2014 “How Do You Keep From Burning Out Start-Up Advice” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Someone sent me a message recently, “Hey annmaria I just went into business for myself […]

Throwback Thursday: How Do You Keep From Burning Out Start-Up ...

March 17, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / AnnMaria De Mars / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Start-Up / Stress / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Jenn and Julia, two children I produced by having sex — No, this isn’t that kind of post. I do want to talk about virtual reality, though. I was reading on twitter comments from people who said, “There are only two kinds of people: those who think virtual reality will change the world and those who haven’t tried it yet.” […]

Virtual Reality and Sex

March 17, 2016 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars