10 Top Click-throughs from Ask a Tech Teacher

top tenI include lots of links for my readers to places that will help them integrate technology into their education. They cover websites on lesson plans, math, keyboarding, classroom management, cloud computer, digital books, teacher resources, free tech resources, and more. On any given day, I generate on average 810 of these ‘click throughs’. Which links my readers select tells me a lot about the type of information they’re looking for.

Here’s a list of the top ten sites visitors selected from my blog:

  1. itunes.apple.com–last year the top click-through was a website. This year, teachers are looking for apps for iPads.
  2. libraryspot.com–there’s a big uptick in using the Internet for research this year over last year
  3. Structuredlearning.net–lots of teachers are finding books/ebooks here for integrating tech into the classroom
  4. abcya.com–a popular site with classroom edutainment
  5. factmonster.com–more research for class projects
  6. kids.nationalgeographic.com–still more research. I’m seeing a trend
  7. bigbrownbear.co.uk/keyboard/–One of my favorite sites to teach K/1 how to type
  8. brainpop.com–great collection of videos and games on almost every topic

What do I conclude from this? Where last year, the top sites revolved around keyboarding, this year it’s research. Second, you want information on managing the classroom–that’s the wikis and the Internet start pages. I hear you. Check back this new year and see what I come up with.


Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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