All About Me!

My name is Sara Ross and I am in my sixth year of teaching Kindergarten at Antietam Elementary School in Woodbridge, Virginia. I am originally from the Woodbridge area and I attended Antietam Elementary as a child.  I even teach Kindergarten in the same classroom that I went to Kindergarten in way back in the day and took over for my very own Kindergarten teacher! I graduated from Radford University in 2008 with a degree in Elementary Education with concentrations in special education and English and I am certified to teach kindergarten through sixth grade, although my passion for teaching lies mainly with the little ones.  Technology has always been an integral part of my life both in the school setting as well as at home.  I have always encouraged her students to embrace the use of technology and I consistently incorporate technology on a daily basis to enhance my students' learning in the classroom.  With such advances in technology and the growing demand for it's daily use, I feels it is important to link it to my students' lives in and out of the classroom.  My participation in the ITS program at George Mason University is making it possible for me to expand my knowledge on the subject and continually add to my understanding and implementation of technology in education. 

As far as blogs go, the only experience that I have with them is reading educational blogs or blogs on cooking or fitness.  I have never had my own blog or written on a blog, so this is a whole new world for me.  I also don't consider myself to be very creative, especially when it comes to writing, so I am a little bit apprehensive about writing a post each week and making sure that is interesting enough for anyone to want to read.  If I were writing a blog about the happenings of my daily life in the classroom as a Kindergarten teacher, I could probably go on for hours and tell millions of funny/interesting/amazing stories about my students.  I think this whole experience of writing about my learning through the ITS program but I am positive that overall I will benefit from it and walk away with another tool I can use in my classroom.