Education and Technology

I added the Google Analytics Plugin to Edutechation.com a few months ago and have been  tracking it as we went through the summer. During that time I was not post at any regular rate. I have a plugin that posts my weekly tweets on Wednesday nights, which was 90 percent of the posts during the summer. I really don’t post during the summer because even though I am working as a 12 month employee, the teachers and students are off. That makes for not a lot of things in education to talk about. As we have gotten back I have started to post some, but I am completely swamped with start of the year things on top of a complete computer refresh over the summer.

I have the last 30 days of Google Analytics below and I am impressed with delicious actually sending 6 referrers. My normally number one referrer Michael Kwan and his blog Beyond the Rhetoric slipped this month, but his blog is a great read and I was the Top Thinker on his blog last month. So here are the stats from edutechation.com for August 2009. It will be interesting to see how September trends as I get back in the swing with teachers, students and writing.

Top Pages

1. ActivBoards vs SMART Boards | Education and Technology – 37 Views
2. Broward County School District Using Twitter | Education and Technology – 30 Views
3. FCAT 2009 Underway – Prediction on Scores | Education and Technology – 28 Views
4. I’d Rather Have a Root Canal | Education and Technology – 21 Views
5. ActivBoards | Education and Technology – 14 Views

Google, Monthly Stats, Blogging, Education

During the month of February Michael Kwan ran the Top Thinker Contest on his blog beyond the rhetoric. He had two prizes, one for the most comments and one for the best thought. Well, yours truly won for the best thought.

I had the second most comments, and was in the running for most comments when I decided that I wasn’t concentrating on the quality of my comments. At that point I stopped trying to win most comments and concentrated on making sure I was taking the time to post comments that actually had a point that someone would want to read.

I won some nice prizes, they included a white t-shirt from Blue Phoenix Media, a Griffin iClear Case for the iPod touch, and a wooden USB flash drive (1GB) from Targus.

Top Thinker – Best Thought from Ray Ebersole on Vimeo.

Thank you to Michael Kwan, who is a freelance writer. I highly recommend his blogs, as they are insightful and fun to read. A plus about beyond the rhetoric is that it runs the gambit from movies to grammar lessons to video games. Something for everyone, written for the enjoyment of the reader.

Drop by his blog, and follow him on twitter @michaelkwan

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