http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:00:16 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/a-letter-to-the-incoming-first-year-mtcers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/a-letter-to-the-incoming-first-year-mtcers.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/a-letter-to-the-incoming-first-year-mtcers.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:00:16 -0700 To Whom it May Concern: Welcome to one of the most enlightening, fulfilling, and controversial service careers in the U.S. Teaching can be a very rewarding experience, and it will be even more rewarding to teach in disadvantaged areas of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/a-letter-to-the-incoming-first-year-mtcers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d39610005011017bcddf0860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/human-development-index-maps-for-mississippi.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/human-development-index-maps-for-mississippi.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/human-development-index-maps-for-mississippi.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:06:58 -0700 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/human-development-index-maps-for-mississippi.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d39610005011017b54c94860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/bens-blog-requests-for-103008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/bens-blog-requests-for-103008.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/bens-blog-requests-for-103008.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:58:33 -0700 Topic #1: In response to how I feel about the second-years, I can honestly say that I haven't spent much time around all of them to make such a generalization. This summer was about the only time I was in close contact with all of the second-yea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/bens-blog-requests-for-103008.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fad6b5cf610005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/free-spirited-writing-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/free-spirited-writing-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/free-spirited-writing-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:13:29 -0700 First, I would like to give a disclosure: The feelings expressed here are not representative of the beliefs of MTC, its administrators, or affiliates. These are my own thoughts, representative of my own beliefs and opinions, being expressed in t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/free-spirited-writing-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fae8ce6eb4000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:31:18 -0700 This summer, I worked as a summer school teacher for Holly Springs High School, teaching Biology I to five students. At first thought, I did not believe working with such a small classroom size during a two-month period (where the students & teac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fad69c0a980005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:31:18 -0700 This summer, I worked as a summer school teacher for Holly Springs High School, teaching Biology I to five students. At first thought, I did not believe working with such a small classroom size during a two-month period (where the students & teac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/this-summer-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fa968a77a50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/picture-me-doing-more-teaching.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/picture-me-doing-more-teaching.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/picture-me-doing-more-teaching.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:58:54 -0700 And a great job at it, if I don't say so myself. Everyone who knows me knows that I am my worst critic. So, when I say that I've improved, I must have been motivated to say so. Need proof? I have 50 minutes and 18 seconds of footage (footage t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/picture-me-doing-more-teaching.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fa9687babf0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/number-one-improvement-need-questioning-techniques.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/number-one-improvement-need-questioning-techniques.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/number-one-improvement-need-questioning-techniques.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:29:55 -0700 Okay, okay. I'll be the first to admit that I can be a beast at arguing a particular point, and a house cat when it comes to formulating the correct questions to support that point. The basis of my teaching stems from my own accounts of the rele... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/number-one-improvement-need-questioning-techniques.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fa96880b460003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/three-important-thoughts-from-my-team-leader.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/three-important-thoughts-from-my-team-leader.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/three-important-thoughts-from-my-team-leader.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:31:26 -0700 My team leader for the second session of summer school at Holly Springs High School, Ashley Johnson (aka- AJ), is awesome! She's just as great as - if not better than - my self-proclaimed OCD team leader from the first summer session (thanks J. F... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/three-important-thoughts-from-my-team-leader.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d396100050100a7e86739000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/pictures-a-day-in-the-life.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christina Jordan) http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/pictures-a-day-in-the-life.html?_c=feed-rss http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/pictures-a-day-in-the-life.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:56:49 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fad68d3961000500fae8c87cdb000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00fad68d3961000500fae8c87cdb000b-50si" alt="Cj1" /></a> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fad68d3961000500fa9683e9d20002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00fad68d3961000500fa9683e9d20002-50si" alt="Cj4" /></a> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00fad68d3961000500fa96848e2a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00fad68d3961000500fa96848e2a0003-50si" alt="Cj3" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One cup of Coffee: ~ $1/day (with gas tax, ~$3/day) One Breakfast of Champions: ~ $2/day (champions = teachers) Finally getting sleep after a day of teaching, disciplining, classes, and the dreaded "LP" words (lesson planning): PRICEL... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://christinajordan.vox.com/library/post/pictures-a-day-in-the-life.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fad68d3961000500fa96848e890003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>