Blog - Melinda S. Miller

Reflections from MO Principal’s Conference

Long time no post! It has been about 2 or 3 weeks since my inaugural opening of the "Internet Cafe" at the MO principal's conference sponsored by MAESP. Many of you who read my blog or listen to my podcasts know that I took on the task of incorporating a technology component at the conference geared ... Read More about Reflections from MO Principal’s Conference

Talking to Myself???

Okay, I think I am talking to myself! After Educon2.0 and all the "reflective" podcasts that I listen to, I have typed some "reflective" emails to my teachers about meetings we attended together, how a certain school process is going, etc.. You know.........REFLECT! I have now come to the ... Read More about Talking to Myself???

Twitter and Me

It has been about 3 weeks since I have taken the plunge and started "twittering." I thought I would give my review since I was so slow to buy into this tool. Okay, I was absolutely NOT going to ever go here!It all began on EduCon2.0 weekend. If you could not attend the conference in Philly you could ... Read More about Twitter and Me

Having fun with “handwriting” – writing tools

Blogging and typing are fun. Computer copies and archived files are nice when you are in a time crunch. Modeling writing and coloring is not my strength. I would rather type on the computer than "write" any day. I realized I need to do better for my 2 year old.For the past couple of weeks I started ... Read More about Having fun with “handwriting” – writing tools

New Book Study – Assessment for Learning

For those of you who have read my blog and listened to my podcast you are aware that I was not a very big fan of my administrative teams last book study, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. I am sure that if handled correctly and under the right circumstances this book study may benefit some of our ... Read More about New Book Study – Assessment for Learning

I have “blogger’s block:):):)

It is such a challenge to come up with things to write about right now. So I will call it "BB" Blogger's Block. I had a very long post about closing school for snow days. But then my Supt. was the only one of 200 and some schools that did NOT call off school yesterday and it voided all my thoughts ... Read More about I have “blogger’s block:):):)