Staff and Contributors

Ross White

Director, Educational Programs

Ross White, LEARN NC's Director of Online Learning, began working at LEARN NC as a desktop support technician in 1998. While working on computers and playing with web pages, he inadvertantly began using LearningSpace, and soon found himself coordinating the statewide Virtual Classroom and Online Courses efforts. He now manages many aspects of LEARN NC's online courses for K-12 students and professional development.

Ross holds a BA in English Education and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Teaching Fellow, and is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. He has taught creative writing at in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has taught high school English in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (in the classroom) and Rowan-Salisbury Schools (online).

When he's not at LEARN NC, Ross runs Bull City Press, a micropress dedicated to poetry and short fiction.

Resources developed by Ross White

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Comics in the classroom
Graphic novels aren't just “literature lite”: they're a genre you can use to explore philosophy, history, human interactions, visual literacy, and more with soon-to-be adults in a high school English class.
Author: Ross White
Format: article/single page
The Trial of Hamlet
In this lesson students have the chance to research courtroom procedure to try Hamlet for the murder of Polonius. Then, with some students in the roles of characters from the play, the class will conduct the trial of Shakespeare's most famous anti-hero.
Author: Ross White
Format: lesson plan (grade 12)
Why did you send me a virus?
A primer on viruses, worms, and how to protect yourself on the Internet.
Author: Ross White
Format: article/single page