Hi! Wow! I can't believe I'm actually doing this. I am really excited to embark on this journey. I'm excited to give you all a glimpse into my world and what I love.
I want to tell you how I got to where I am today. When I was in elementary school, I volunteered in the special needs classroom and fell in love with the students. I knew I wanted to be a teacher most of my life (I use to set up my dolls and stuffed animals and "teach" them lessons in my room after school). So when I got to college, it became a matter of what to teach. I started out in elementary education, but quickly lost the passion for it and wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Once I took the first special education course in college, I knew it was meant to be. I graduated from Georgia Southern University (Hail Southern!) in 2006 with a B.S. in Special Education. From there I taught middle school in Bulloch County, Georgia for one year before returning home to Atlanta. I then taught 5th grade writing and social studies at a small, private school for students with learning differences for two years. I moved back to public school after that, where I discovered my passion for students with physical disabilities. I enrolled in the M.Ed. program at Georgia State University while teaching in a self-contained classroom for students with physical and health disabilities. I completed my M.Ed. in 2012. In 2013, I decided to change locations in Atlanta and left my self-contained position in order to take an itinerant position in Cherokee County. I currently serve students with physical and health disabilities in several schools throughout the county. One of my many tasks as an itinerant teacher is to train and manage assistive technology devices for my students. I have always enjoyed training teachers and helping them learn new technology. I decided to learn more about teaching and learning with technology and in 2014 I enrolled in the Ed.S. Instructional Technology program at Kennesaw State University. I completed that program in July and am excited to share the knowledge I gained.
Technology in the classroom is very important to me. Many of my students would not be able to be independent in the classroom without the use of technology. As an educator, it is important to me to stay up to date with technology. Students are surrounded by technology and will continue to be throughout their lives. We should embrace that and run with it to make our lives easier and our classrooms more fun!
I want to tell you how I got to where I am today. When I was in elementary school, I volunteered in the special needs classroom and fell in love with the students. I knew I wanted to be a teacher most of my life (I use to set up my dolls and stuffed animals and "teach" them lessons in my room after school). So when I got to college, it became a matter of what to teach. I started out in elementary education, but quickly lost the passion for it and wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Once I took the first special education course in college, I knew it was meant to be. I graduated from Georgia Southern University (Hail Southern!) in 2006 with a B.S. in Special Education. From there I taught middle school in Bulloch County, Georgia for one year before returning home to Atlanta. I then taught 5th grade writing and social studies at a small, private school for students with learning differences for two years. I moved back to public school after that, where I discovered my passion for students with physical disabilities. I enrolled in the M.Ed. program at Georgia State University while teaching in a self-contained classroom for students with physical and health disabilities. I completed my M.Ed. in 2012. In 2013, I decided to change locations in Atlanta and left my self-contained position in order to take an itinerant position in Cherokee County. I currently serve students with physical and health disabilities in several schools throughout the county. One of my many tasks as an itinerant teacher is to train and manage assistive technology devices for my students. I have always enjoyed training teachers and helping them learn new technology. I decided to learn more about teaching and learning with technology and in 2014 I enrolled in the Ed.S. Instructional Technology program at Kennesaw State University. I completed that program in July and am excited to share the knowledge I gained.
Technology in the classroom is very important to me. Many of my students would not be able to be independent in the classroom without the use of technology. As an educator, it is important to me to stay up to date with technology. Students are surrounded by technology and will continue to be throughout their lives. We should embrace that and run with it to make our lives easier and our classrooms more fun!