The Most Popular Posts for the Month of August

Ariel view of Kamloops

Greetings from sunny Kamloops, BC Canada!  

We have enjoyed a fabulous summer so far with the average temperature being 30 C (86 F).  As August winds down, I am enjoying the last little bit of summer as well as preparing for back to school which starts on September 4th.  I will be starting off with a bang as I am planning a joint project with my collaborative teaching partner from Layton, Utah, Jared Fawson.  We are both very excited about it and we are planning to use all sorts of web tools from Skype to Animoto to anything else we can think of.  I am absolutely positive the students are going to love it!

My school - South Kamloops Secondary

I will also be starting my Master's degree in Educational Technology & Design from the University of Saskatchewan as well as trying to keep up with writing posts.  Busy, busy.  Is there any teacher out there that isn't?  LOL.  I hope that all my colleagues from Canada and around the world enjoy a strong start-up to the school year!  :)  Below are the most popular posts from "The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers" blog.

The Most Popular Posts for the Month of August

1. Remind101: The Perfect Forget-Me-Not

2.  Create Your Own Myth with Story Creator2

3.  Create Striking Videos with Animoto

4.  19Pencils: The Ideal Classroom

5.   InstaGrok: The Perfect Search Engine for Students 

The Most Popular "De-tech-tive" Posts

The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers logo - a work in progress

It has been a little over two months since I started "The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers" blog and wow has it been an experience!  I have had the opportunity to connect with some fantastic educators from around the world.  It makes me wonder why I didn't start this technology blog long ago.  Better late than never, I guess.  

I would like to thank everyone who has visited my blog and I look forward to having you visit again very soon.  Also, I hope you have found "The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers" blog informative and useful.  My ultimate goal is to share my knowledge and expertise so that others can successfully incorporate the use of technology into their teaching practice.

Zazu - my best friend

To improve "The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers" blog, I am hoping to get some feedback from you on two items:

1.  Quality, style & content of the posts.  I would appreciate any suggestions on how I can improve these things so that you the reader gain the most benefit.

2.  Image above. I want to create a logo that epitomizes the goals I have for this technology blog.  What do you think?  Again any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Remember, you can send feedback via text or voice mail.

Lastly, I now have enough posts to collate a list of the most popular posts so far.  If you haven't had a chance yet, please feel free to click on the any of the links below.  The most popular posts are as follows:

1.  The PDF Tool Kit
2. Twitter - An Educator's Dream PLN
3. Quizlet - An Excellent Study Tool
4.  QR Codes - A Wealth of Information Stored in a Little Square
5.  Skype for Education - Connecting Students with the Rest of the World
6. Wiffiti - The Interactive Message Board



This post originally appeared on The De-tech-tive 4 Teachers.