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A ranked list of web traffic referrers.
This is where my web traffic comes from.

I am by no means an SEO expert, but I have learned a few tricks about driving meaningful traffic to my blog, TedCurran.net. This post outlines some of the tricks I use to average around 1500 hits a day on an education technology blog.

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I’m excited to announce that this post is now featured in the curriculum of the eCampus Ontario Canada teacher micro‐credentialing program! So glad that this content is valuable to a new generation of teachers!

In the 21st Century world of abundant free educational content, teachers are challe...

Gear
Gear (Photo credit: mag3737)

 

Two of the most popular posts here on TedCurran.net deal with replacing your too‐huge collection of browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome to improve your browser’s speed and performance. 

Replace Your Firefox Plugins with Mozilla Ubiquity and

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[Question from a colleague] _It appears that OpenClass has the same mission as Canvas –  OpenClass: “disrupt technology for education”, Canvas:  “disrupting the Learning Management System (LMS) market.” Does this new partnership introduce any concerns about Canvas’ future. Blackboard has to change...

Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more relevant ads and improve my user experience. It seemed like a small price to pay f...

John Ward, my High School Math Teacher
John Ward, RIP

 

This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to use, I want to talk about why you would do this in the first place.…

This is a photo of my high school math teacher, Coach John Wa...

Luminous Idea

Image by Tiago Daniel via Flickr

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!” ‑Thomas Alva Edison

“I discovered the meaning of life but I forgot to write it down.” ‑Hugh Gallagher

You know those times when you are struck with a brilliant, life‐altering, million‐dollar, save‐the‐worl...