October 24, 2012

What’s Trending on Ask a Tech Teacher

I  calculate what’s trending on my blog by which of my posts are popular in a

what's trending

Most visited Ask a Tech Teacher articles

particular time period. Here’s the run-down so far this year:

  1. 107 Favorite iPad Apps for K-8
  2. Great Websites
  3. 20 Great Research Websites for Kids
  4. Great Lesson Plans
  5. 18 Online Keyboard Sites for Kids
  6. Kindergarten sites
  7. Four Online Sites to Teach Mouse Skills
  8. 20 Common Computer Problems and Solutions (a Third Grader Can Do)
  9. 23 Websites to Support Math Automaticity in K-5
  10. 62 Kindergarten Websites That Tie into Classroom Lessons

Compared to all time:

  1. 107 Favorite iPad Apps for K-8
  2. Great Websites
  3. 20 Great Research Websites for Kids
  4. Great Lesson Plans
  5. 18 Online Keyboard Sites for Kids
  6. 41 Websites for Teachers to Integrate Tech into Your Classroom
  7. Four Online Sites to Teach Mouse Skills
  8. 20 Common Computer Problems and Solutions (a Third Grader Can Do)23 Websites to Support Math Automaticity in K-5
  9. Kindergarten sites
  10. 31 Human Body Websites for 2nd-5th Grade

OK, yeah, they’re almost the same, but there’s a theme: Resources. It’s what you-all want. I’m good with that. What’s interesting is that the most commented articles are somewhat different from the most visited. Check this out:

  1. 107 Favorite iPad Apps for K-8
  2. 29 Steps to Internet Safety for Kids
  3. 13 ways Twitter Improves Education
  4. 41 Websites for Teachers to Integrate Tech into Your Classroom
  5. Top 13 Web 2.0 Tools for Classrooms
  6. You Know You’re a Techy Teacher When…

Jacqui Murray is the editor of a K-6 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, creator of two technology training books for middle school and six ebooks on technology in education. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blog, Technology in Education featured blogger, IMS tech expert, and a bi-weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.

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