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teachers — Forgotten Trail will be available next week, Aztech in another month, and we’re already working on updates and expansion. It’s true as a wise man once told me, Great games are like great artwork. They are never finished. They are just abandoned. Our latest project is adding levels of difficulty […]

Giving Students Control in Math Class

April 12, 2016 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

We’re celebrating the end of another busy week. Today’s Freebie is the Understanding Bar Graphs PowerPoint presentation from our upcoming game, AzTech: UNDERSTANDING BAR GRAPHS – PowerPoint Presentation This presentation complements the Common Core-aligned Number and Operations in Base 10 standards. These charts and graphs are found and used within the game! […]

Freebie Friday: AzTech – Understanding Bar Graphs

April 8, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged Aztech / Bar Graphs / Teacher Resource by Erick Salomon

Enough is enough. I was on Twitter this morning when I was officially pushed over the edge. Here’s the tweet that did it: Edge Retreats gets $1 million to simplify booking of luxury villas https://t.co/QBGoUkw6bI pic.twitter.com/ogsNKYz043 — VentureBeat (@VentureBeat) April 8, 2016 “Now, what’s wrong luxury villas?” You might be […]

Everything Wrong with Venture Capital in a Single Tweet

April 8, 2016 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 9, 2014 “Why I Don’t “Just Ask My Daughter“” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I run a company that makes games to teach math. They are also really fun. You can try […]

Throwback Thursday: Why I Don’t “Just Ask My Daughter”

April 7, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / investors / Money / Ronda Rousey / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

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

Now I am not a famous mathematician. In fact, I’m not even a mathematician, but I have decided I’m not going to let that stop me from adding to the renown body of work shaped by those who came before me. In fact, if we were making a list, I would […]

Getting My Kids Out the Door and My Shot at ...

April 4, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing by Maria Burns Ortiz

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. […]

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Giving Students Control in Math Class

Freebie Friday: AzTech – Understanding Bar Graphs

Everything Wrong with Venture Capital in a Single Tweet

Throwback Thursday: Why I Don’t “Just Ask My Daughter”

Catch-22 for Start-up Funding: Inequality 101

Getting My Kids Out the Door and My Shot at ...

CUE Meets the Giant

What I Want to Say to Students Who Fail

Freebie Friday: The Best Resource You Can Have During Spring ...

Throwback Thursday: No Wonder Kids Hate Math

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