http://tabitha.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:04:33 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/what-to-know-as-a-first-year.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/what-to-know-as-a-first-year.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/what-to-know-as-a-first-year.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:04:33 -0700 3. Try not to come in with expectations of what things will be like. There is no set "Teacher Corps Experience." The only thing you can pretty much bank on is that things will be difficult. No matter how much training they try to cram in this summ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/what-to-know-as-a-first-year.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00f48d11b2760001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/you-want-to-apply-to-mtc.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/you-want-to-apply-to-mtc.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/you-want-to-apply-to-mtc.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:44:58 -0700 You want to feel like you are making a difference? You want to get paid enough money for what you do? You want to teach so that you only have to work M-F 8-3 and have the summers free? You want to "try this out" because you're not sure what you wa... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/you-want-to-apply-to-mtc.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00e398b188540002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-favorites.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-favorites.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-favorites.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:39:02 -0700 DG has become one of my favorite students. The first memory I have of DG is one day when he was sick at the beginning of the year. His seat was in the first row by the wall. He raised his hand to ask a question about an assignment. I slowly walked... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-favorites.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00e398b19b650005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/following-some-advice.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/following-some-advice.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/following-some-advice.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:07:18 -0700 From Wong: 3 Ways to Take Roll Efficiently and Effectively 1. Look at your class and refer to your seating chart. Mark whoever is absent. I assigned each kid a number. I made the seating chart. I taped the numbers on the desks (to my... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/following-some-advice.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00e3989c4fdc0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/wowthis-is-intense.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/wowthis-is-intense.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/wowthis-is-intense.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:17:24 -0700 My homeroom. Oh my homeroom. I love you - I really do. You are a handful and I'm not really sure what to do with you. Supposedly we are to help you with ¨character development.¨ I just want you to have a break in the day from class...behave when I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/wowthis-is-intense.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00e3989c59220005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/scary-movie-part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/scary-movie-part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/scary-movie-part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:34:37 -0700 ...another taping of me teaching. It was okay I guess. I'm still saying "okay" at the end of almost every sentence! One student was absent the day I recorded so I am only teaching to one student. The lesson was effective - notes and practice on ar... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/scary-movie-part-ii.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00cd9742b3d84cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/the-scary-movie.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/the-scary-movie.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/the-scary-movie.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:00:21 -0700 featuring...yours truly haha I hate watching myself on video, but it is helpful to see the areas where I need to improve. I taped my "Intro to Algebra" lesson and in the middle of explaining variables, I realized I had confused myself. My kids tr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/the-scary-movie.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00d414455c95685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/questioning.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/questioning.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/questioning.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:08:51 -0700 I think I generally follow knowledge-level questions with higher-leveled questions as I teach, but for my lesson on exponents I tried to plan out specific questions and navigate through the topic based on higher level questions to emphasize critic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/questioning.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00d41444a5e46a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/focus-paper-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/focus-paper-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/focus-paper-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:56:57 -0700 I have always been interested in exercise and nutrition due to the fact that my mom is a personal trainer and lives and breathes fitness. Lily Chang-Chien’s focus paper on Nutrition in Schools interested me because of the relationship between a pe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/focus-paper-blog.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00d414424d736a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/i-missed-the-welcome-to-mississippi-sign-on-route-55.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(T) http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/i-missed-the-welcome-to-mississippi-sign-on-route-55.html?_c=feed-rss http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/i-missed-the-welcome-to-mississippi-sign-on-route-55.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:36:52 -0700 No prob - I think I'll have my share of "welcome to Mississippi" signs over the next several weeks and months... Upon entering Mississippi, the only thought on my mind was getting to Oxford asap so that I could stop driving and go to the bathroom.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://tabitha.vox.com/library/post/i-missed-the-welcome-to-mississippi-sign-on-route-55.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41438b028685e00d41438fc84685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>