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Christina Jenkins teaches design, cartography and many other things at the NYC iSchool. Her interests include learning space design and illustrated fiction, and her classroom is http://www.roomfourzerotwo.com.
Room Four Zero Two

A Teacher’s Argument Against Moving Past Disaster

In my classroom and in many others that were fortunate to survive Sandy unscathed, we had conversations about post-hurricane well-being and then we moved on to the regularly scheduled program.

As a teacher, that’s devastating. As a student, it must be baffling. (more…)

Room Four Zero Two

Embracing Discomfort After An Exile On Elizabeth Street

It’s easy to observe ethnocentrism on MTV and scoff at a spoiled teenager for refusing to build a hut with cow dung. It’s a lot harder when you’re the one facing a plate of chicken feet with a pair of chopsticks. (more…)

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