Blog - Melinda S. Miller

Podcasting with iPadio

This weekend I will be doing a presentation on podcasting with another Missouri principal. Dr. Tim Gallaghar is a Middle school principal from Fort Osage, MO and regularly podcasts with his students. Scott Elias and I used to podcast at Practical Principals and hope to return to podcasting when he completes is doctorate degree and our lives slow down again. In other words..........a long time from ... Read More about Podcasting with iPadio

Faculty Feud for Project Graduation

Last night our Faculty took on our rival school faculty in a volleyball game and basketball game. Three teachers from my building played on the volleyball team so we thought it would be fun to go "cheer/jeer" at them:) Republic and Willard Project Graduation split the proceeds and it was a great time. Willard won 2 out of 3 for the volleyball title but my family didn't stay long enough too see who ... Read More about Faculty Feud for Project Graduation

Using Twitter for Customer Service

Twitter is useful for a lot of reasons and one reason could be customer service. I try not to "call businesses out" on Twitter because I don't want one experience to blow it for a company. So many things go "viral" that you could destroy someone or something by posting something online. Having said all of that....I did resort to twitter to get the attention of one company. At FETC I signed up for ... Read More about Using Twitter for Customer Service

Schmoker Focus Book Study and Online Discussion

ASCD book of the month is Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning. I wish I could remember where I first heard mention of this book but after reading Results Now by Schmoker I knew any book by this author would make sense with me. Then David Jakes mentioned it in his Educon conversation and I knew it would be good. (I find myself agreeing with David Jakes often even ... Read More about Schmoker Focus Book Study and Online Discussion

Parenting 2.0 FETC Presentation by Rita Oates

This presentation has some really good links and statistics to share with your PTO and/or parent community. (What tags do you recommend for this post? I will go back in and add them if you can recommend some.) Parenting 2.0: How to Help Parents with Digital Issues and Fears (from FETC 2011) ... Read More about Parenting 2.0 FETC Presentation by Rita Oates

iRover Interactive White Board “Station”

Putting interactive white boards in all "core" classrooms in the district was our superintendent's goal about 4 years ago. Regardless of your personal opinions on that topic that goal has been reached. During this process we visited a district that had a reputation of being on the cutting edge creating IWB lessons. My teachers traveled to this school for a full day of workshops. It was ... Read More about iRover Interactive White Board “Station”