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Introduction I started to write this series with a different angle in mind, addressing first the coolest parts of Google Docs. After writing a few pages of that document, I felt the readers would be best served with a proper introduction to the basics of this cloud computing word processing […]

Google Docs: A (Very) Brief Introduction

June 16, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone, it’s that time again. It’s time for the Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is a link we like: LanguageGeek.com. At Language Geek you can find fonts and keyboard layouts for free for various languages. You will find Native American languages, Siouan and Ojibwe languages, as part of the languages […]

Freebie Friday: Language Geek

June 15, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from May 13, 2016 “Four daughters, a dolphin suit and a caged weasel” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was listening to the Moth podcast today […]

Throwback Thursday: Four daughters, a dolphin suit and a caged ...

June 14, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

snow on mountains behind the skyscrapers in Santiago, Chile — It’s been crazy busy here, in a mostly good way, but I thought another Startup Diary, Santiago Edition was about due. One thing I get asked a lot is what people in Chile are like. I’ve been here four months, most of my time in Santiago, with a few days […]

Cultural Nuances: Chileans are more like Midwesterners than Mexicans

June 12, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone! It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from Forgotten Trail and it’s a video on the red river cart. This video freebie explains what is a red river cart, what it was made of, and what it was used for. Click […]

Freebie Friday: Red River Cart

June 8, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Looking through our blog archives, I came across a post about marketing by AnnMaria on how companies market their products to be something that they are not because they “sell the sizzle, not the steak.” This reminded me of my high school prom dress. I found a dress online that […]

Who can you trust in marketing? What edtech games and ...

June 7, 2018 in 7GenGames tagged Educational Games / Marketing by Hannah Wren

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 26, 2015 “Pride, Perseverance, Math and Martial Arts” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Fairly often, someone says to me, You must have been really […]

Throwback Thursday: Pride, Perseverance, Math and Martial Arts

June 7, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

My mom once told me that life is just a series of decisions. Every day we are faced with making new decisions- to apply for this job, to confront your friend about something that has been bothering you, to eat the last slice of cake. While there were many times […]

Smartest Decisions I Made in College

June 5, 2018 in Start-up Diaries tagged college / decisions / education / school by Hannah Wren

Crowd at Chileconvalley Ed event — If you are immediately turned off by the idea of someone selling you technology or of yourself as a salesperson, you need to read this post. Thanks to Startup Chile, I spent Friday morning learning about business to enterprise sales from Nicolas Elizarraga, an expert on tech sales in Latin America . […]

Good Advice on Selling Technology in Latin America

June 2, 2018 in AnnMaria / blogposts / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Hello everyone! It’s time for another Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is a powerpoint on antonyms from our upcoming Making Camp premium version. The powerpoint and pdf explain the term antonym and gives examples. You can view and download either the PPT of PDF below. Antonyms PowerPoint | […]

Freebie Friday: Antonyms

June 1, 2018 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

riding horses in Chile — Here it is, another issue of the Start-up Diaries, Santiago edition. I was talking with a friend of mine in Start-up Chile, she runs Mi Manuel de Bebe (your baby instruction manual) , one of the biggest parenting sites in Colombia. Like me, she had been saying for years she […]

Why Do We Put Off Making Changes?

May 31, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

You made it through another school year and you don’t even want to think about the fall. Maybe you have two weeks left of school and you don’t even want to think about the fall. I understand, I really do. After grading 200 papers, submitting grades for students, you just […]

How You Can Be a Better Teacher

May 29, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars