about the mill
this blog is about Spinner, the Miller and her Quern Stone…
My surname is Miller, my virtual (Second Life) name is Spinner, so it was fairly logical as a ‘Miller’ that I should have my own Quern Stone.
What’s a Quern Stone? Quern-stones have been used throughout the world to grind materials, the most important of which was usually grain to make flour for bread-making. I love that Quern Stones are made from igneous rocks. This reminds me of a line in my all time favourite movie.
daily grind?
Not quite, I’ll try to post regularly, maybe once or twice a week. I can’t promise daily!
about the ‘miller’
My name is Alex Miller. I love music, good food, good wine, web design, fishing, cooking, reading, tinkering with tools, getting in the surf with my body board… my iPod, my iMac, the MacBook Pro, the iPhone (I think/ I hope), iLife, iTunes…
how to subscribe to this site/ get updates
Click the orange RSS icon on the left to subscribe to updates on this blog and get hints and tips on using technology for teaching and learning.
See my posts on RSS for a guide on how to use RSS. Also, check out the latest Darren Rowse post, a Beginners guide to RSS.
OR, see the RSS resources on my wiki
OR, you can fill in the form on the home page to receive updates by email.
what you will find on this site
The home page is my blog, my journal. I try to share both personal insights and work related information.
about the mill is this page, it’s about me, who I am and where I come from (well, I’m working on that!). There are secondary links here to my Second Life resources and to some music.
the quern stone contains information about how and why this blog was created. It also has some sub-links to the 31 day blog challenge journal and tasks and an example form created through the Web2.0 tool WuFoo.
What is a Quern Stone and why call my page that? Have you ever been to wikipedia?
While you’re here, you’ll also find some useful links and if you need a distraction, you’ve come to the right place (please help yourself to the recipes!)
other places to find me online
- Millers-spin - Learning Technology Team Wiki…
- flairandsquare/mobloguk - My visual ‘exploring e-Learning’ diary…
- Twitter - tweet tweet! Keep in touch with what I’m doing…
- Flickr - photo gallery…
- Del.icio.us - work related bookmarks…
- Lastfm - music I’m currently listening to…
my current playlist in Lastfm
my work
My name is Alex Miller, I am working in education and innovation.
My role involves supporting teachers with their e-Learning and technology needs. I assist with resource development, building courses in the Moodle LMS. I work on various web projects, assist staff with funding applications, project management and I have recently been asked to run sessions on teaching and engaging generations X & Y.
I love exploring new and emerging technology and their possible application in teaching and learning. I am particularly interested in Second Life, Web 2.0 tools, social networking, mobile technology, RSS, moblogging, blogging and wiki tools.
view my Online Business Card (lyro.com)
