Beginning in September, 2008, I’ll write a monthly post sharing the most popular posts from the blog. In other words, the posts that are “most clicked-on.”
This list is different from the Websites of the Month, which are my picks for the most useful posts that I write each month.
This page will compile each of these monthly popular post reports all in one place. Since I didn’t start this feature until September, 2008, I began with with a summary report of the most popular posts from the first nineteen months of this blog.
I’ve fallen down on the job of keeping this current, but you can see annual lists of my most popular posts here.
MOST POPULAR IN JANUARY, 2010
THE TOP EIGHT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King
2. The Best Sites To Learn About The Earthquake In Haiti
3. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009
4. The Best Sites To Learn About The Vancouver Winter Olympics
5. The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects
6. The Best Online Collections Of PowerPoints For Teachers
7. The Best Social Studies Websites — 2009
8. The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day
THE TOP EIGHT POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. How Much “Content” Knowledge Do You Really Need To Be An Effective Teacher?
3. An Innovative Way For Students To Hire (& Fire) Tutors
4. What Did Martin Luther King Say About Education?
6. How To Get A Discount When Ordering My Book
7. “I Like This Lesson Because It Make Me Have a Longer Temper” (Part One)
8. TinkrBox
MOST POPULAR IN 2009
MOST POPULAR “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009
3. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
4. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
5. The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day
6. The Best Sites For K-12 Beginning English Language Learners
7. The Best Sites For Learning About The Presidential Inauguration
8. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
9. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
10. The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”
2. What Do You Do To Keep Students (& You!) Focused Near The End Of The School Year?
3. Free Rider 2
4. More Student-Created Resources On The Swine Flu
6. The “Most Popular” Blogs That Might Also Be Useful To Educators
7. What Do You Do When You’re Having A Bad Day At School?
8. What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class? (Part Two)
9. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?
10. Reading Logs — Part Two (or “How Students Can Grow Their Brains”)
MOST POPULAR IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER, 2009
THE TOP EIGHT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009
2. The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween
3. The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving
4. The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus
5. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
6. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
7. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
8. The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress
THE TOP EIGHT POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. A Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology
2. How To Get A Discount When Ordering My Book
3. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
5. “I Like This Lesson Because It Make Me Have a Longer Temper” (Part One)
6. Do Teachers REALLY Come From The Bottom Third Of Colleges? Or Is That Statistic A Bunch Of Baloney?
7. “Funniest videos about teaching / learning English”
8. Reading Logs — Part Two (or “How Students Can Grow Their Brains”)
MOST POPULAR IN SEPTEMBER, 2009
THE TOP EIGHT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Sites To Help Teach About 9/11
2. The Best Twitterers For Sharing Resource Links
3. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
4. The Twenty Blogs I Read First…
5. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
6. The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2009
7. The Best Online Learning Games — 2009
8. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
THE TOP EIGHT POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”
2. Reading Logs — Part Two (or “How Students Can Grow Their Brains”)
3. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
4. “Now I Know My Brain Is Growing When I Read Every Night”
5. How To Get A Discount When Ordering My Book
6. “10 Interesting Ways To Use A Wiki In The Classroom”
7. “The Ten Worst Teaching Mistakes”
8. Helping Students Develop Self-Control
MOST POPULAR IN AUGUST, 2009
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Twitterers For Sharing Resource Links
2. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
3. The Best Collections Of Online Educational Games
4. The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience”
5. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
6. The Best Collections Of Web 2.0 Tools For Education
7. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
8. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
9. The Best Sources For Advice On Using Flip Video Cameras
10. The Best Resources To Learn About Copyright Issues
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”
2. What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?
3. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?
4. “Fifty Stimulating Classroom Starters”
5. What Do You To Make Sure Small Groups Work Well In Class?
6. Have You Ever Taught A Class That “Got Out Of Control”?
8. “Top 15 Most Popular Web 2.0 Websites”
10. Good Intro & Overview Of New Web 2.0 Tools
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
2. Free Technology For Teachers
3. Lexiophiles
4. TEFL.net
6. Middleweb
8. TechCrunch
10. The Edublogger
MOST POPULAR IN JULY, 2009
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Listening Sites For English Language Learners
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
3. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
4. The Best Web 2.0 applications for Education 2007
5. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
6. The Best Sites To Learn About The U.S. Financial Crisis
7. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
8. The Best Sites To Help ELL’s Learn Idioms & Slang
9. The Best Collections Of Web 2.0 Tools For Education
10. The Best Twitterers For Sharing Resource Links
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?
2. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?
3. What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class? (Part Two)
4. Where To Find The Most Popular News Stories On The Web
5. “Interesting Ways” Series On Using Web 2.0 Apps In Schools
6. Michael Jackson’s Death & English Language Learners
7. PostRank’s Ten “Most Engaged” Education Blogs
9. The Most Popular “Bookmarks” On The Web
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
1. Free Technology For Teachers
6. Lexiophiles
7. TechCrunch
9. Mashable
10. Ressources Pour Le College
MOST POPULAR IN JUNE, 2009
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Collections Of Online Educational Games
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
3. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
4. The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About
5. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
6. The Best “I Spy” (Hidden Object) Games For Vocabulary Development
7. The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress
8. The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks”
9. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
10. The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class (Part Two)?
2. What Do You Do To Keep Students (And You!) Focused Near The End Of The Year?
3. The “Most Popular” Blogs That Might Also Be Useful To Educators
4. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?
5. “Interesting Ways” Series On Using Web 2.0 Apps In Schools
6. Free Rider 2
7. “New” Color Photos Of Hitler
8. Reflections On The School Year — Share Your Own!
10. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
3. BuzzFlash
6. Free Technology For Teachers
10. Colorin Colorado
MOST POPULAR IN MAY, 2009
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Sites For Learning About The Swine Flu Outbreak
2. The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom
3. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
4. The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo
5. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
6. The Best “I Spy” (Hidden Object) Games For Vocabulary Development
7. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
8. The Best Web 2.0 applications for Education 2007
9. The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress
10. The Best Digital Storytelling Resources
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. What Do You Do To Keep Students (And You!) Focused Near The End Of The Year?
3. More Student-Created Resources On The Swine Flu
4. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?
6. What’s The Link Between Health & Education?
7. What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class?
8. Free Rider 2
10. Wallwisher Is A Winner — Big Time!
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
1. Free Technology For Teachers
7. TechCrunch
MOST POPULAR IN APRIL, 2009
Here’s a listing of the most popular posts in this blog during the month of April::
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners
3. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
4. The Best Sites For Learning About Easter & Passover
5. The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience”
6. The Best Websites For Learning About Modern & Historical Pirates
7. The Best Digital Storytelling Resources
8. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
9. The Best Web 2.0 applications for Education 2007
10. The Best Sites For K-12 Intermediate English Language Learners
11. The Best Sites For Learning About The Swine Flu Outbreak
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Post Rank’s Ranking Of The Top Education Blogs
2. What Do You Do When You’re Having A Bad Day At School?
3. Wallwisher Is A Winner — Big Time!
4. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
6. ESL Carnival
7. Another Good Collection of Web 2.0 Tools
8. Have You Ever Taught A Class That “Got Out Of Control”?
9. Free Rider 2
10. Excellent Immigration Graphic
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
6. Free Technology For Teachers
7. TechCrunch
9. Bloomingdale School District 13
10. The Edublogger
MOST POPULAR IN MARCH, 2009
Here’s a listing of the most popular posts in this blog during the month of March::
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
2. The Best Sites For Learning About St. Patrick’s Day (and April Fool’s Day)
3. The Best Sites For Learning About Easter & Passover
4. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
5. The Best Sites For Learning About Cesar Chavez
6. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
7. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
8. The Best Sites For Free ESL/EFL Hand-Outs & Worksheets
9. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
10. The Best “Cause-Related” Online Learning Games
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Have You Ever Taught A Class That “Got Out Of Control”?
3. Free Rider 2
4. Accessible Multiple Intelligence Test
5. Awesome Stories Has Just Gotten More “Awesome”
7. Two Excellent Sites For Beginning Readers
8. Excellent Immigration Graphic
9. How Do You Find The Right Camera, Camcorder, Computer, Etc.?
10. Superb English Site Back Online
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
2. JimmyR
8. TechCrunch
10. The Edublogger
MOST POPULAR IN FEBRUARY, 2009
Here’s a listing of the most popular posts in this blog during the month of February:
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
3. The Best Resources About President’s Day
4. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
5. The Best Sites To Learn About San Francisco
6. The Best Places To Find Free (And Good) Lesson Plans On The Internet
7. The Best Sites For ELL’s To Learn About The Dangers Of Smoking
8. The Best Places To Learn About Education Grants
9. The Best Sites For K-12 Beginning English Language Learners
10. The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Free Rider 2
2. Tutpup Math and Spelling Games
3. Votes Are In For 2008’s Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education
6. Two Excellent Sites For Beginning Readers
7. Mel Zoo Is An Excellent Search Engine
8. Screentoaster Is Now Open To The Public
10. “Technology Is Not The Panacea For Education”
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
3. TechCrunch
10. The Edublogger
MOST POPULAR IN JANUARY, 2009
Here’s a listing of the most popular posts in this blog during the month of January:
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Sites For Learning About The Presidential Inauguration
2. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
3. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
4. The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King
5. The Best Sites To Learn About Street Gangs
6. The Best Sites That Use Movie Trailers To Teach English
7. The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidential Elections
8. The Best Year-End Collections Of Images — 2008
9. The Best Resources About President’s Day
10. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
THE TOP TEN POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
2. Inaugural Words — A Very Useful Interactive From The NY Times
3. Charter Schools As Immigrant Havens
4. Dictionary Added To Best Reference Sites
5. Free Rider 2
7. The Weirdest Text-To-Speech Site — Ever!
8. Two Excellent Sites For Beginning Readers
9. Vote For 2008’s Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education
10. “WhosTalkin?” Is An Intriguing Application
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG (not including sources like Stumbleupon, Delicious, Twitter, etc):
5. EL Civics
10. Free Technology For Teachers
MOST POPULAR IN ALL OF 2008
I thought people might be interested in seeing a listing of the most popular posts of the year — the ones that have been “clicked-on” the most during 2008:
THE TOP “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
3. The Best Online Learning Games — 2007
4. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
5. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
6. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2007
8. The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers
9. The Best Music Websites For Learning English
10. The Best Websites For K-12 Writing Instruction/Reinforcement
11. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2008
12. The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English
13. The Best Web 2.0 Applications for ESL/EFL Learners — 2007
THE TOP POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Poptropica
2. Free Rider 2
3. Tutpup Math and Spelling Games
4. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!) (this is “sort of” a “The Best…” list, but not really)
5. The List of “Top 50 Education Blogs”
6. Make a Face
7. Free Brainpop Election Movies
10. ESL/EFL Sister Classes Project
11. Excellent Online Language Program
13. Listen & Read
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG:
1. Edublogs
7. TechCrunch
9. Langwitches
10. Creating Lifelong Learners
11. Live Mocha
13. eLearning Post
MOST POPULAR IN DECEMBER, 2008
THE TOP TEN “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
2. The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa
3. The Best Sites For Grammar Practice
4. The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations
5. The Best Fun Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too
6. The “Best” Articles About Education — 2008
7. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
8. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
9. The Best Ways For Students Or Teachers To Create A Website
10. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2008
THE TOP EIGHT POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Free Rider 2
2. Incredibots
3. English Companion: Another Excellent Ning Group
7. Qitera
8. ELL/ESL/EFL Carnival Is Up!
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG:
MOST POPULAR IN NOVEMBER, 2008
TOP SIX “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
2. The Sites To Learn And Teach About Thanksgiving
3. The Best Social Studies Websites — 2008
4. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
5. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
6. The Best Online Sources For Images
THE TOP SIX POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. “The Best…” Lists Reorganized
2. Free Rider 2
3. Tutpup Math and Spelling Games
4. A Good Question For Classroom Management
5. An Exceptional Reading & Writing Site
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG:
8. Edublogs
9. Lexiophiles
10. TechCrunch
MOST POPULAR IN OCTOBER, 2008
Here are the most popular posts for this month. These are the ones that have been most “clicked-on,” and are different from my Websites Of The Month. Those are the posts that I personally think are the best and most helpful.
Because of the popularity of my “The Best…” lists, it should be pointed out that often the most clicked-on posts are not necessarily ones that I wrote that month. Instead, they might have been written earlier, but then one of these older ones has just been highlighted elsewhere and all of a sudden become popular.
You see previous reports on my Most Popular Posts here.
TOP SIX “THE BEST” LISTS:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
2. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
3. The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus
4. The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidential Elections
5. The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween
6. The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers
THE TOP SIX POSTS THAT WERE NOT “THE BEST…” LISTS:
1. Poptropica
2. Tutpup Math and Spelling Games
3. Free Brainpop Election Movies
4. One Of The Coolest Music Tools Ever!
6. Free Rider 2
TOP TRAFFIC SOURCES TO THIS BLOG:
3. TechCrunch
4. Edublogs
8. Lexiophiles
9. Jog The Web
10. Learning Technology Teacher Development Blog
MOST POPULAR IN SEPTEMBER, 2008
As I mentioned earlier, I am going to start listing each month’s most popular posts, and compiling them at Most Popular Posts.
Since my “The Best…” lists are always by far the posts that get the largest number of “hits,” I’ll list the top five of them and then the top five non-”The Best…” lists:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
2. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2008
3. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
4. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
5. The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidential Elections
And, now, for the top five posts that are not “The Best…” lists:
1. Free Brainpop Election Movies
2. iKnow! Has Extraordinary Potential
5. Listen & Read
And top traffic sources to this blog are:
3. Jog The Web
4. Lexiophiles
6. Edublogs
8. SMD Teacher
10. Learning Technology Teacher Development Blog
MOST POPULAR IN THE FIRST NINETEEN MONTHS
Here are the ten most popular posts since this blog began nineteen months ago. In addition, since all the most popular posts are “The Best…” lists, I decided in this nineteen month summary to also list the ten most popular posts that weren’t “The Best…” lists.
I’ve placed a link at the top of the screen where readers will be able access all the monthly “Most Popular Post” reports.
Here are ten most popular posts — all “The Best…” lists:
1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
2. The Best Online Learning Games — 2007
3. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
4. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2007
5. The Best Of The Best — 2007/08
7. The Best Web 2.0 Applications for ESL/EFL Learners — 2007
8. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
9. The Best Websites For Beginning Older Readers
10. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
And now for the ten most popular posts that were not “The Best…” lists:
2. Poptropica
3. When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
4. Free Rider 2
5. Tutpup Math and Spelling Games
6. Make a Face
7. The List of “Top 50 Education Blogs”
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