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

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from December 2, 2015 “Everyone Teaches for a Different Reason” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to say, “Everyone teaches martial arts for their […]

Throwback Thursday: Everyone Teaches for a Different Reason

November 15, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Cranky old teacher with a stick — If you want to hear me rant, just ask me about why students aren’t learning math. We have technology! We have STEM programs! We have STEAM programs! Why the hell are our kids still so far behind? What we don’t have is a lot of actual math teaching When I […]

Math has numbers. Duh.

November 15, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Skyscrapers in Santiago — Living in Santiago has given me a whole new insight in what life is like for limited English speakers in the U.S. When your language proficiency is limited, so are your choices. When I first moved to Chile, I didn’t know any of the neighborhoods, how to use the metro, […]

Limited English Limits Your World

November 10, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 4, 2015 “Throwback and some thoughts” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Thank you very much to Jean Kanokogi for sending me this photo of […]

Throwback Thursday: Throwback and some thoughts

November 8, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

road through the trees in a rural area — For the past four years, I’ve been studying how technology does – or more often, doesn’t – work its way into rural schools. I’ve driven down dirt roads all over two countries, sat out snowstorms and followed directions to school buildings that read “Go past the dip in the road, […]

Do we want rural kids to succeed or not?

November 6, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / rural education by AnnMaria De Mars

Julia in Boston Common — “English Opens Doors” – I love that title “English opens doors” (or, in Spanish, “inglés abre puertas”) is a program in Chile that promotes learning English. I love their name because they really “get it”. Education is the key to a bigger, wider life. Normally, I write about teaching math . […]

Better English Opens Doors to a Better Future

October 31, 2018 in AnnMaria / Bilingual Education / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

kid on computer — I’m analyzing data from a study we did on effectiveness of our games in teaching math and the scores for the control groups are extremely depressing. They’re perfect control groups because they qualified for our study based on being a low income and our software was available to them for […]

How do I get you to care that your kids ...

October 30, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Judo students, AnnMaria and a stuffed llama — Many years ago I met a teenage girl who said she wanted to go to the Olympics . I had visited her club a few times, practiced with her and gave her a few tips about competing and training. One day, when I took off my judo gi after practice […]

I’m that kind of person: Another business lesson from judo

October 28, 2018 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Did you know that many cities have a popular event called “Fuck Up Nights”? That’s where entrepreneurs talk about their failures. The general idea is that there are problems with only studying success. One problem is that many people in the startup world suffer from depression. They are always hearing […]

Stupid Ideas I Have Had

October 26, 2018 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 13, 2015 “Education is More Important than World Titles” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I love Ronda Rousey as much as the next person does. In […]

Throwback Thursday: Education is More Important than World Titles

October 25, 2018 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Educational Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

I’m going to change this story slightly because I don’t want to call out a specific person when I have seen the same thing over and over from “STEM” or “STEAM” or “STREAM” programs. Generally, the more letters they have, the bigger problem it is. I agree with everything Ms. […]

We’re Totally Missing the Boat on Math Education

October 19, 2018 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from September 18, 2015 “I So Suck at that Don’t Worry Be Happy Thing” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I can’t think of many things in […]

Throwback Thursday: I So Suck at that Don’t Worry Be ...

October 18, 2018 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez