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Monthly Archives: September 2018

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 31, 2017 “How Do You Want People to See You?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. As you may have heard, my lovely daughter got […]

Throwback Thursday: How Do You Want People to See You?

September 13, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Sabrena Youngerman

The other day I received an email in my inbox with the subject line, Job Interest. Now as the CEO of a startup, I get a number of emails from potential job seekers – from intern candidates, from people applying to open full or part-time roles, from people inquiring about […]

Job Seeking Tips from a 10-Year-Old

September 10, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

We are working on a new game, set on an American Indian reservation, Crossroads, and we have a female character named, Jessie and a male character named ? He is supposed to be from a tribe in the Great Plains and live on or near the reservation. He has a […]

Name this guy!

September 10, 2018 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

You know what time it is…it’s the end of another week and that means that it’s time for the Freebie Friday. Today’s freebie is from Spirit Lake and it’s a math video on estimating. The video “Problem Solving: Estimate” explains what is estimating, how to estimate, and gives examples to […]

Freebie Friday – Problem Solving: Estimate

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

The vast majority of teachers are amazing, selfless people who spend countless hours working to teach our children while being woefully underpaid. They are the unsung heroes who not only take our children off our hands while we go to our jobs, but who lead the way in teaching our […]

How To Deal With A Difficult Teacher

September 6, 2018 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from September 4, 2015 “Randomness” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Life has been really crazy lately and I haven’t been blogging as much. We’re in the Boom […]

Throwback Thursday: Randomness

September 6, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Atacama desert — How do you say it? I asked Maria Paz. Decepcionado, She answered . ‘Huh, I would have guessed that meant “deceptive”. So, it means “disappointed”. Well, that’s how I feel , “decpcionado”. I’ve been in Chile for 7 months and I don’t feel as if my life has changed much […]

Start-up Diaries: You can’t change overnight

September 4, 2018 in Uncategorized by AnnMaria De Mars