Melinda S. Miller

I have been back to work for one week and I am already neglecting my blog posting and reading. I am just not sure how I am going to find the time to continue this form of professional development. Okay, who am I kidding? I know I will be up all hours when I am onto a great blog post! :)Reading blogs ... Read More about Blog Neglect

Recently I have been reading many posts about the power of story telling. Whether it be digital or other I think story telling is a great way for people to get to know you and what you stand for.I am sure there are some amazing stories out there. Not often do we hear about the journey of a ... Read More about What’s YOUR story?

I recently participated in a survey about "who's coming to dinner." A survey about who is out there in the educational bloggoshpere. I believe the results came back with more men than women participating in the discussion. There has been discussion about the scarcity of women bloggers.Blogging ... Read More about Mom Guilt – Blog survey

I just finished posting my latest podcast. Using technology has improved my professional life and is currently taking over my personal life! I don't say that to be negative but this has become my summer hobby in a good way.I wasn't able to get through all of the technology that I use because I was ... Read More about Tech Tools for Administrators Part 1

Last night our school board had the discussion about cell phones. Let me preface this post by saying these are only my personal opinions and thoughts and not those of my district. Duh, administrators do have minds of their own. Apparently the HS students are getting pretty carried away. They even ... Read More about If you can’t beat ’em join ’em

Oh my gosh! The summer just gets so busy with family time and summer projects. I was able to post another podcast today and added a new 'section' if you can call it that. There are so many great books out there that we don't hear about because we don't necessarily have conversations about them. Well ... Read More about Podcast – Advice to Teachers/Book Review

Over the past few months I have blogged about blogging and podcasting. Not really "discussion" but just excitement fueled blogging about new tools I have found. It's about time I get down to the nitty gritty about what this blogging thing is really all about and get in the conversations. I think I ... Read More about Transparency in Administration

For those of you who have journeyed with me through the excitement of podcasting.........I've almost got it! But I still need some help. What do teachers want to hear from principals and/or what do principals want to hear from other principals? As valuable as my time is I have gained so much from ... Read More about Podcast help???

I have been playing around with Bubbleshare for a while now. Edublogs didn't allow bubble share and now it might so I will have to try it there too.I am always trying to think of ways my technology can help my teachers. I carry my digital camera with me everywhere and happened to have it at this ... Read More about Bubbleshare!

To the left you should see a 'badge' from Podomatic that should direct you to my podcast.Yesterday I purchased the Olympus WS-100 digital voice recorder mentioned in one of David Warlick's posts. Of course I am like a kid with a new toy and couldn't wait to get it out of the package to try it. So I ... Read More about The Podcasting Principal!

As I have said before, my main reason for a lot of the Web2.0 tools is to stay in contact with my family. Our closest relatives live 4 hours away and we visited them this weekend. I downloaded Skype for my mother-in-law and hopefully we can get it working and she can see Alyson. Alyson is so ... Read More about Virtual Family Connections

Artsonia.com is a website that art teachers can upload digital photos of student work for the world to view. Described on it's homepage as "world's largest kids museum online."We visited my in-laws this weekend and my niece shared her artwork with me 'virtually.' I can visit this site a buy a ... Read More about Artsonia.com

I can't even remember the 1st blog I came across with 'snapshots' but I just loved it. A few readers have asked me to comment on my 'pop-ups' as they call them. It took me a while to figure it out but I just read the directions on the site and it worked. Every time you drag your mouse over a link a ... Read More about Snap.com

Janetta just emailed me another online conference going on in New Zealand. As I see that online conferencing (I have been watching last year's K12 Online Conference) is going to grow, I think it would be great for teachers to collect professional development hours for 'attending' online ... Read More about Online Conferences!

Where does the time go? I can't believe it has been another year. As my 3rd year as principal I feel this has been a challenging year for me personally and professionally.Personally, I have a 1 1/2 year old daughter that does not sleep through the night. I have relied on Panera, Star Bucks, Krispy ... Read More about End of the Year Reflections

For the past two months I have been tuning in to WOW 2.0 webcasts. This is a live webcast hosted by the Women of the Web, teachers,Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis , involved in discussions about using technology in education. This has been an amazing experience and ... Read More about WOW 2.0 – Tuesday night webcasts