02/23/12

Quarter 1 Recap: The Top Posts of January, February, and March

Happy April! Hard to believe, but the year 2011 is already 25% gone! It has been a hectic first three months of the year, but 2011 has brought some great content to MusicEdMajor.net. It’s time to take a look back and explore the most popular posts on the site! Check it out:

NOTE: Popularity based on page views since January 1, 2011

Top Posts:

Here are the top ten most viewed posts on the site:

  1. Guide to Networking: Part 1-Social Networking - An oldie but a goodie! This post went up at the end of 2009, but is consistently one of the most visited posts on the entire site! It discusses tips for using social networking tools to help your networking goals as a Music Education Major.
  2. Comic-Dissection of a Music Ed Major – John Bogenshutz, who runs the ToneDeaf Comics website, put together a very clever comic dissecting all the different aspects of a Music Ed Major.
  3. REVIEW: Zoom Q3HD – I received a Zoom Q3HD this past December as a gift, and it has come in handy plenty of times since I wrote this post. This review looks at the ups and downs of the Q3HD.
  4. Evernote Series: A Primer – The first in my series of posts on how I use Evernote, this post explains the basic features of the Evernote service. Check out the rest of the Evernote series!
  5. STN Special Edition: Day 1 – Ohhhh No! – I had a very unique experience on my first day of student teaching. Check out this post to see what happened, or follow along with all the posts in my Student Teacher’s Notebook.
  6. Evernote for Student Teaching – Another post from the Evernote series, this article examines the different ways in which I use Evernote during my student teaching internship.

Top Pages:

The top static pages of 2011, Quarter 1:

  1. #MusEdChat – The online hub for our weekly Twitter chat, the #MusEdChat homepage includes everything there is to know about this incredible Professional Development experience. If you haven’t already, check it out today!
  2. 100 MEMT – This is the homepage for the project Lindsay Morelli and I are organizing to get 100 Music Ed Majors tweeting in 2011. If you haven’t already, be sure to apply!
  3. Archive – People have been curious about the past posts here at MusicEdMajor.net, and we’ve had some great traffic heading towards our Archive page. Have you looked through the archives lately?
  4. #MusEdChat Transcripts – I recently moved the #MusEdChat transcripts away from the homepage and onto their own page. Tom West (@thomasjwest) has been doing a great job keeping these updated; check them out!
  5. 100 MEMT List – The official list of 100 Music Ed Majors Tweeting. Have you applied yet? I asked you to about sixty seconds ago…

Thanks for all your support in the first few months of 2011! I look forward to a fantastic rest of the year sharing with and learning from all of you!

Related posts:

  1. What I’m Reading: A Shared Notebook
  2. Evernote for Student Teaching
  3. How Evernote Changed the Way I Job Search
  4. Evernote in Daily Life
  5. Evernote Series: A Primer
About Andy Zweibel

Andy Zweibel is a Music Education major at the University of Miami Frost School of Music in Coral Gables, FL. He founded MusicEdMajor.net in June 2009, and has also been blogging at http://andyzweibel.com since the Fall of 2007. You can also find him on Twitter at @Zweibz7. In his free time, Andy enjoys spending time with friends, and exploring new technology.