If you are a teacher and have a blog (as our department asks us to do), one often wonders if it is effective or not. What is its purpose, and what audience does it serve? I signed up for Google Analytics, a data analysis site that tracks traffic and gives statistics for which pages are viewed the most, how many visit, and the like. Wow! What an eye opener!
Tonight, after analyzing it, I discovered the following:
==>There were no visits from Portsmouth teachers.
==>There were 47 visits from three continents and all corners of the U.S.
==>The most visits were for resources.
==>Visits from Classroom 2.0 were NOT the biggest director of traffic (I thought it might be).
==>There ARE folks out there that have Colonial Fairs.
Obviously, John Tyler and Olive Branch (schools I service) are not using it for resources as often as I thought. Could it be the present state of testing frenzy? Am I not serving their needs? Is blogging not as common in eastern Virginia as I thought? Time for me to start planning some inservices!
I can check for updates weekly, so I’m interested in seeing what happens after testing is done and teachers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Are you a blogger? What have you found out to be successful for your sites?
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