Blog - Melinda S. Miller

My Facebook/Instagram Scrapbook

Yes, I actually have a paper copy of my Facebook and Instagram posts! It was one year ago today that I discovered My Social Book. It takes all my Facebook posts for a designated time period and puts them in a "magazine" type book. Before discovering My Social Book I didn't have a reason to post ... Read More about My Facebook/Instagram Scrapbook

Take a Peek Into #APrincipalsDay Jan. 7th, 2015

Education Week has challenged school principals to share pictures of how they spend their day on Wednesday Jan. 7th. If you follow the hashtag #APrincipalsDay on Twitter and/or Instagram you will finally find out what happens behind the scenes. Edweek Article < Click here Our aim is to gather ... Read More about Take a Peek Into #APrincipalsDay Jan. 7th, 2015

The 5 Days of Christmas Teacher Treats

Because I can't keep up with TWELVE!!! Thank you to my Voxer group and +Jay Posick for helping with this again this year. I think Jay did this last year and we all jumped in midstream. This year I let our group of principals share ideas then I took the best ones!:) Since it is AFTER Christmas ... Read More about The 5 Days of Christmas Teacher Treats

How to Blog More Often

So the two people who still read this blog asked why I don't blog more often anymore? That's a good question so I thought I would at least make something up. Here goes.... In order to blog more often my girls will have to rely on a diet of cereal, frozen waffles, and/or ramen noodles. My ... Read More about How to Blog More Often

Displaying Students' Digital Work

Oh what fun we have had with the new display TVs in the hallways!So I didn't really have a workflow plan and list of things to display so this has been total trial and error. What I found is that once I displayed a couple student presentations more and more students have asked to have their worked ... Read More about Displaying Students' Digital Work

Tech Cafe Part 2 – Redesigning Learning Spaces

If you build it, they will come! So it took a while for the teachers to get comfortable allowing the students to work in this space "unsupervised." I totally get that. Some of us educators are very controlling, Type A personalities:) But it only took a couple of times to send the kids out to ... Read More about Tech Cafe Part 2 – Redesigning Learning Spaces