Mariflor Medrano

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”

Day 5 #MERIT18

This post is coming in a few days late, but here it is anyway! Ramsey Musallam Presentation: #MERIT18 started the day with a presentation from the very famous Ramsey Musallam. I’m really excited about this because I have heard so much about this man. During my time at USF, my fellow math & science teachersContinue reading “Day 5 #MERIT18”

Day 4 #MERIT18

Juli’s beautiful #sketchnoting totally inspired me to try doing one with icons provided by The Noun Project. We got a talking to…tomorrow, we have to find new friends to sit with. Our table of introverts will have to divide and find new friends. Honestly, I’m just trying to keep it together so that I canContinue reading “Day 4 #MERIT18”

Day 3 #MERIT18

This morning, I had the opportunity to sit with some new folks and learned more about Google Expeditions and creating Hyperdocs that would be useful for the classroom. Then learned about more EdTech tools. It’s only Day 3 and my head is spinning with all the information that I want to use right now. Naturally,Continue reading “Day 3 #MERIT18”

Day 2 #MERIT18

Morning session included a very information heavy course of learning about and how to use HyperDoc in the classroom given by Karly Moura. I was able to see a really great sample one for Introduction to Engineering Design. I’m most definitely going to find a way to re-mix it and use it for the Making,Continue reading “Day 2 #MERIT18”

What’s your name?

The simple question: What is your name? can be so charged. Having a name like: Mariflor Llanes Medrano made roll call a nightmare at the start of any class. At this point, I usually dream of having a name like Anne Smith. It usually goes down in three different ways: I know my name is next on theContinue reading “What’s your name?”

Day 1 #MERIT18

Anyone who knows me knows that I am absolutely in love with waking up before the birds start chirping. [A sarcasm font would be extra helpful to get my point across.] Yet, here I am, on a Monday…in July…waking up for a 1.5-2 hour commute to complete Day 1/10 of Professional Development. This morning,Continue reading “Day 1 #MERIT18”

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! In my 11th year of teaching, I’ve lightweight decided it’s time to start a blog of my journey as a teacher. I’ve dabbled in blogs and websites before as a requirement for my TeacherEd courses, but also as a tool for students. After discovering that all the stuff I built inContinue reading “The Journey Begins”