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Yes, this blog has been around for thirteen years!

Lots of numbers – fourteen million visitors, twenty-three thousand daily readersthirteen books.

But the real celebration for me is what I have learned through the process and how it has made me a better teacher.

It has been a great experience, and I hope that feeling will continue…

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Here are the most popular posts from the past twelve years:

1.After Spending $575 Million On Teacher Evaluation, Gates Foundation Says, “Oops”

2. List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations

3. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

4. The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”

5. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom

6. All 2,000 “Best” Lists

7.  The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures

8. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)

9. Oral Presentation Suggestions For IB Theory of Knowledge Classes

10. The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL

11. The Best Sites For Teaching About Latitude & Longitude

12. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

13. Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”

14.The Best Spelling Sites

15. The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress

16. The Best Education Articles From “The Onion”

17. The Best TV/Movie Scenes Demonstrating A “Growth Mindset” – Help Me Find More

18. The Twenty-Five Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017 – So Far

19. The Best Online Activities For Learning About Time Zones

20. The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science

21. This Is The Best Video I’ve Seen On Perseverance & Resilience: “There’s no dishonor in having a disability”

22. What Is The Accurate Edison Quote On Learning From Failure?

23. Make Your Own “American Chopper” Meme

24. The Best Video Clips On Goal-Setting — Help Me Find More

25. The Best Websites For Students Exploring Jobs and Careers

26. The Best Questions To Use For Class Closing Activities — What Are Yours?

27. The Best Movie Scenes To Use For English-Language Development

28.The Best Scaffolded Writing Frames For Students

29. The Best News/Current Events Websites For English Language Learners

30. We’re Encouraging Students To Use This Outline For 2019 TOK Essays

31. I’ve Found These Decent Online Exercises To Teach Paraphrasing – Can You Suggest More?

32. The Best Resources For Teaching About The Black Panther Movie

33. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2018 – So Far

34. The Best Sites For Learning About The 2018 World Cup In Russia

35. The Best Resources For “Do Now” Activities To Begin A Class

36. The Best Teaching Resources For The Movie, “Coco”

37. The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English

38. The Best Funny Movie/TV Clips Of Bad Teachers

39. The Best Websites For Learning & Teaching Geography

40. The Best MATH Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress