I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.
Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):
- New Study Says Ten Percent Of Committed Believers Is The “Tipping Point” — I’m Not Convinced
- What Are Good Inexpensive (& Simple!) Classroom Technology Tools?
- “Go Animate” & “Domo Animate” Update
- Summarizing Books In One Picture
- Interview Of The Month — Bill Ferriter
- The Art And Value Of Compromise
- What A Great Video To Get Students To Think More Carefully About Their Writing…
- Could This Put The Final Nail In Merit Pay’s Coffin? (We Can Only Hope)
- “You Are Not An Equation” (And Neither Are Your Students)
- Collective Punishment In The Classroom
- What Should Teachers Be Doing During Student “Free Voluntary Reading” Time?
- Really Impressive “State Of The Internet 2011″ Interactive Infographic
- Emphasizing Pride, Not Shame, In Classroom Management
- How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated The Class & Me This Past Year
- The People Who Want To Get Rid Of Tenure & Say Teacher Experience Isn’t That Important Should Read This Interview
- Learn English & Gain A 25% Salary Increase
- Contribute A Post To The Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival
- If This Isn’t A Great Reason To Do Teacher Action Research And/Or To Write A Blog, I Don’t Know What Is…
- Slidestaxx Is A New Tool For Online Slideshows
- Whenever You’re Tempted To Use Punishment As A Classroom Management Tool, Remember This Comic Strip
- “Not everything that matters can be measured”
- Knovio Makes Creating An Audio/Visual Web Presentation As Easy As Pie
- Here’s A Comic Strip To Help Teach The Concept Of “Confirmation Bias”
- New Education Data Source From ProPublica
- Video Book Trailers
- “If Students Believe That A Teacher Has Taught Them Everything, They Will Be Less Motivated To Explore”
Nice round up of all blog posts, I especially like the “Confirmation Bias” strip.