It's hard to believe that the year is coming to an end. If time flies when you are having fun, then I must have really been enjoying this year.
And I did!
This year was filled with wonderful experiences, time spent with family and friends, lots of travel, and many, many trainings, videos, and posts.
As a way to wrap up the year, I decided to pull together some of the stats and highlights from 2024 including:
✍️ Top Blog Posts
▶️ YouTube Stats
🎓 PD Sessions
📰 Newsletter Stats📧 Email Discussion Group Stats💬 Facebook Group Stats🎬 Bonus: Favorite Movies and Shows
These are not just numbers however. They are representations of people who have gone on this learning journey with me, folks who have connected in person or virtually, and ultimately educators and students who have been impacted and have impacted me.
✍️ Top Blog Posts
This year was another busy year of posts on my "Control Alt Achieve" blog!
- Number of new posts in 2024 = 123 posts
- Number of visits to the site in 2024 = 2 million
Top 10 new posts from 2024:
- AI Prompt Libraries for Educators - Blog post link
- Super Prompt - An AI Prompt to Create AI Prompts - Blog post link
- Free Resources to Teach Your Students about AI - Blog post link
- Happy 10th Birthday Google Classroom! - Blog post link
- AI Prompts for Differentiation - Blog post link
- AI Policies, Guidelines & Frameworks for Schools - Blog post link
- Rubric for Evaluating AI Tools for Schools - Blog post link
- Google Docs Calendar Templates for the 2025-2026 School Year - Blog post link
- Build a "What I Am Thankful For" Turkey with Google Slides - Blog post link
- AI Tools and Student Data Privacy - Blog post link
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▶️ YouTube Stats
I shared lots of videos on my YouTube channel this year:
- Current subscribers = 51,037
- Number of new videos in 2024 = 45
- Number of views in 2024 = 555K
- Most popular new video of 2024 - Google Sheets for Educators (or Anyone) - YouTube link
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- And watch our monthly GEG-Ohio meetings: bit.ly/gegohio
🗣️ PD Sessions
I had the privilege of providing over 400 hours of professional development this year, with sessions in person and virtual. Altogether I provided 305 professional development sessions in 2024!
Throughout the year I traveled to 20 states across the country to give keynotes and professional development sessions for schools and conferences. The states I travelled to included:
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
If you would like to work with me at your school or conference in 2025, check out my PD catalog with over 70 sessions to choose from here bit.ly/curts-pd
📰 Newsletter Stats
I send out an email newsletter several times a month to share new posts and videos, as well as helpful resources I have come across. Over 2024 the newsletter grew in subscribers and frequency of issues.
- Current subscribers = 10,100
- Newsletters sent out in 2024 = 36 newsletters
You can view an archive of the most recent newsletters to see the sort of content I typically share in the newsletter: Newsletter Archive
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📧 Email Discussion Group Stats
The "Control Alt Achieve" Google Group for email discussions continued to grow over 2024. This is a great way to connect with other educators, share ideas, and ask questions.
We currently have over 1,600 members. If you would like to join, you can get all the details at bit.ly/caa-emailgroup
👍 Facebook Group Stats
Likewise the "Control Alt Achieve" Facebook Group continued to grow over the year. This is also a great way to connect with other educators, share ideas, and ask questions.
We already have over 2,200 members. If you would like to join, you can get all the details at bit.ly/caa-fb
🎬 Bonus: Favorite Shows
And just so this isn't only about educational technology, I wanted to share my favorite movies and shows from 2024. I didn't get a chance to see every movie and show that I wanted to, so this list may change if I am able to catch up on some I missed. Nevertheless, at the moment my favorite movies and shows of 2024 were (in alphabetical order):
- 3 Body Problem
- Colin from Accounts
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Dune: Part Two
- Fallout
- Hacks
- House of the Dragon
- Inside Out 2
- My Old Ass
- Poor Things
- Shogun
- Slow Horses
- The Bear
- The Boys
- The Penguin
🏁 Conclusion
Thanks again to everyone who connected with me in any way this year. I appreciate the encouraging words, the great ideas, the questions, the comments, and the opportunity to learn alongside of you!
Post by Eric Curts
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