Mariflor Medrano

Day 3- Perspective

Agenda: FCI, Class Expectations Document, Finish iso/ortho intro, mat plans, HW: discussion Makers took the FCI today. I was mostly interested to know how well they retained their physics content knowledge from freshman year. I’m curious to know which students are in the honors programs and how the curriculum was taught. Basically, I want toContinue reading “Day 3- Perspective”

Day 2 Physics

Our Learning Management System is still malfunctioning, and it only did that for incoming freshmen and transfer students…our most vulnerable! Instead of relying on our LMS to work and the students learn how to submit work, I thought I’d try something I learned from #MERIT18. Author of The EduProtocol Field Guide, Marlena Habern, did anContinue reading “Day 2 Physics”

Day 2- MHT

I could not for the life of me remember what we did last year on Day 2. Luckily, Past Mariflor thought ahead and documented it in a planner and daily slides. However, some of those notes didn’t make sense. So once again, I’m glad I’m doing this blog now. Luckily, I’m teaching two blocks of thisContinue reading “Day 2- MHT”

Day 1- 12th and 9th graders

The Quiet. The room before everyone came in. There are still plenty of things to fix/ take care of. It takes a while to really call a place your own when you inherit a classroom. My first classroom took me 8 years to really make mine! It was also a really great moment to justContinue reading “Day 1- 12th and 9th graders”

Day 1 of the 2018-19 School Year

Summer of Travel and Naps is official over! As much as I’m going to miss my daily nap schedule and all the wonderful trips I’ve taken, I’m super excited to be back! I’m not sure if it’s because I took a lot of time over the summer for myself or if it’s the awesome ProfessionalContinue reading “Day 1 of the 2018-19 School Year”

Day 9 #MERIT18

iMovie Trailers I really do have a love-hate relationship with iMovie. I had to use it to create videos to apply for my California Teaching Credential (CTC), but the software changes very often. When things change this often, I spend a lot of time watching YouTube videos and crying…then learning…and more crying. Eventually, I haveContinue reading “Day 9 #MERIT18”

Day 8 #MERIT18

Who Are You? Well, @fel_ski and I ended up in one of the most awful traffic jams that I can remember in my commuting life. PLUS to this is that we thought of starting a Voxer chat with @LisaTeachesTech to communicate about us being late. We learned how to use the app while we wereContinue reading “Day 8 #MERIT18”

Day 7 #MERIT18

Getting things done… When I saw today’s directives, I was sure that we were making ONE video, and it was going to happen TODAY. Turns out, we made a ton of things. I made an infographic, video, and I think I made other things. My head is spinning, and I find myself REALLY scratching myContinue reading “Day 7 #MERIT18”

Hula Class + Education

I write this piece early in the morning reflecting on my sore muscles and bruised spirit. Movement of the body is something that has seemed to come easily for me. After a few tries, I can pretty much get the gist of it. Then I spend years perfecting the movement so that my feet, head,Continue reading “Hula Class + Education”

Day 6 #MERIT18

MORNING: Started our day with the importance of giving credit to where credit is due. I kind of imagined that everything on the Internet is “google-able.” But @LisaTeachesTech is right. We have to give credit to all our images, even the ones we contribute to the Interwebz. Talked about how to use Google Forms withContinue reading “Day 6 #MERIT18”