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About DrEMiller

Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT). Home: Sint Maarten. K-12 teacher for 13 years (Special Education for 10 years); Post-secondary educator since 2002; Education consulting since 1995. When teaching, held teaching certificates in K-12 special education, reading specialist; and secondary social studies. Doctorate: Educational Psychology Programmer/analyst for 10 years, including project management and training of corporate execs.

Originally posted on Virtual School Meanderings:
From Friday’s inbox… The doors are open to the Instructional Design Best Practice Ceet Meet. This free online workshop runs from May 25 to 30. The focus of this workshop is on investigating what…

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Welcome To The World Of Charter Schools (Part I)

I’m re-blogging from an education site I follow. Chris has some interesting takes on charter schools. Read on! Welcome To The World Of Charter Schools (Part I).

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Teacher Talk | a place for education discussions

Dear Reader, If you follow my blog, you know that it deals only in part with education issues. For example, presently I’m in the middle of exploring how to publish to the Kindle. Since this blog addresses non-education issues, if … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Used Books in Class:
This past semester, each of my Advanced Placement English Literature students adopted one word as the subject of blog posts for ten weeks. After careful consideration, TJ chose the word “insanity”. For ten weeks…

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Originally posted on Virtual School Meanderings:
From Thursday’s inbox… The CORE Education newsletter for those interested in education. Packed with news and information about education. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Latest news and information…

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Also from Tuesday’s inbox… Save the date! Join us for a  webinar on May 30th… Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. THE VHS COLLABORATIVE WEBINAR SERIES PRESENTS: “GOING GLOBAL WITH 21ST…

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un-BLOCK the Internet at schools

Take a few minutes to mosey on over this blog post on internet access in schools. The author speaks of teachable moments from information found by students on the internet, as well as other positive aspects of classroom internet usage. … Continue reading

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 9. Formatting Tips

Dear Diary, Wow! I put together a no-frills document template for Kindle publishing that I’m sharing for free! (I’m adding the link to the template below.) So today, I plan to share what I learned from several authors about formatting … Continue reading

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Repost from an Education Blog: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman – by the Grassroots Education Movement

I can’t say this better…Read on. The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman – by the Grassroots Education Movement. If the link doesn’t work, copy and paste the following address into your browser. http://elketeaches.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/the-inconvenient-truth-behind-waiting-for-superman-by-the-grassroots-education-movement/ ##

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary—Day 8 eBook pricing and length

Dear Diary, Today’s topic is supposed to be on pricing and length of the e-publication, and I’ll talk about that, but I also want to talk about something to watch for when addressing any electronic reading facility. Partly because of … Continue reading

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