Kristin Stephens-MartinezRevisit: How I organize the teaching staff of my 200+ student classWhen it comes to anyone’s advice on how to run your own course, your “mileage may vary.” So, I thought it would be interesting to revisit…7 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezUsing My Calendar to Audit My Time (Calendar Time Management Part 4)So, first, I wrote about my general philosophy and mechanics of using my calendar for time management. Then, I introduced the idea of…5 min read·Dec 21, 2023----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezColor Coding for Clarity (Calendar Time Management, Part 3)For my third post on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time, I thought I’d write about something more fun: color! I color-code…4 min read·Nov 14, 2023----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezAdding Flexibility with Buffer Times (Calendar Time Management, Part 2)This is the second post of a series on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time. My first post focused on the basics where, to me…5 min read·Oct 16, 2023--1--1
Kristin Stephens-MartinezUsing a Calendar for Better Time Management: What I do (Part 1)I use Trello to keep track of everything I have to do, as seen by my multiple blog posts on it (task tracking for a big class, personally…6 min read·Sep 25, 2023----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezManagement skills, professors need them tooAn underlying current in my blog post series on how I manage the teaching staff for my 200+ student CS1 class is that teaching large…6 min read·Jun 20, 2023--2--2
Kristin Stephens-MartinezHybrid Chair for SIGCSE TS 2023 (Round 2)Time for a reflection on being the Hybrid Experience chair for SIGCSE TS 2023, a.k.a. round 2! This year was so much more manageable in…5 min read·Apr 18, 2023----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezGitHub Rules and ExpectationsIt is important to have documentation for people to reference as they learn how to work in a team. One document I use when I’m onboarding a…4 min read·Feb 1, 2023----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezGrading Logistics: Ideas and TipsI consistently teach over 200 students at a time. Therefore, I heavily rely on autograders and teaching assistants (TAs) to grade…6 min read·Dec 13, 2022----
Kristin Stephens-MartinezConnecting with TAsLast semester I started a practice to help me better connect with my teaching assistants (TAs). It worked well enough that I decided to…3 min read·Oct 14, 2022----
