Post #1000 for the THSP Blog

When Kent, Steve and I created this blog back in early 2009, we had no idea how things would pan out. I suspect it has been much better than we could have imagined.  We have over 1000 visitors to our blog daily, over 1,000 people who receive an email when we post and have had nearly two million hits in our history.  With this post, we will hit one thousand entries/posts.  That is mind-boggling to us.  As Homer Simpson would say, "Woo Hoo!!"

The reason we do the blog is to share information, resources, videos, lessons, etc. out to teachers who may not otherwise have the access.  When we began teaching, there was no world wide web, limited internet, no blogs, and only journals and snail mail that could unite us.  Ultimately, we want to make teaching psychology easier and more effective and perhaps make connections with people around the United States and the world.  There is no pay in this, so your feedback is important to us.  We strive for accuracy and efficacy.

So thank you to everyone who has posted, commented, read, and benefited from this blog.  Big internet high fives and hugs to everyone!

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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THSP Surpasses One Million Views

The Teaching High School Psychology Blog is four years old--we began in February of 2009 with just three of us blogging.  We've added several members to the team and continue to grow.  We've posted 876 blog entries.  Our regular contributors have included:

• Steve Jones
• Kent Korek
• Chuck Schallhorn
• Rob McEntarffer
• Kirstin Whitlock
• Nancy Diehl

along with several guest bloggers

Sometime in the past month, this blog went over the one million views mark.  That represents the number of pages on this blog that someone has viewed.

To our readers and contributors, the team of bloggers here gives you our profound thanks.  We strive to share relevant and quality ideas and teaching resources.


posted by Chuck

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Barron's AP Psychology Review Book

Please be aware, we have the twenty-five winners for this give-away. Thanks to Barrons for their help and everyone who sent a note. The free sample copies should arrive in the next few weeks.

In conjunction with the first year anniversary of the Teaching High School Psychology Blog, Barron's is giving away twenty five (25) sample copies of their AP Psychology review book authored by Allyson J. Weseley and our own THSP Blog moderator, Robert (Rob) McEntarffer.

The books includes a basic summary for each of the fourteen AP Psychology Units as defined by the College Board's Acorn Book, a number of full-length practice tests, a chapter on essay writing and much more.

Examination copies will be sent free of charge to the first twenty-five psychology teachers who send an email request to Kent Korek at kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us. In the email please include the following information:

- Full Name
- School Name (samples will be sent to school addresses only)
- School Address (please include street, city, state and zip code)
- School Phone Number

Please limit the samples to one request per school address. For more information on the Barron's AP Psychology Review Book go to http://barronseduc.com/0764140531.html

All of us at the THSP Blog would like to thank Barron's for their generousity.

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THSP Blog One Year Celebration

Today (02/10/10) marks the one year anniversary of the Teaching High School Psychology Blog. In the course of one year we have had over 380 postings and are currently receiving an around 10,000 hits a month. Thanks to everyone who has helped make the THSP Blog such a success.

In honor of our birthday, many of the textbook publishers have generously donated prize packages. Over the course of the next week and a half, we will have a number of contests and drawings to distribute those prizes to lucky psychology teachers.

On February 12th we will randomly pick winners from the list of Followers of the THSP Blog and from those who receive THSP Blog postings via Feedburner.

To become a Follower of the THSP Blog, simply go to the blog page at http://teachinghighschoolpsychology.blogspot.com/ , then cursor down the left side column to the followers section. Click on the "sign up" link and follow the directions.

To receive the THSP Blog postings via Feedburner, go to the THSP Blog, then cursor down the left side column to the section entitled "Get Email Updates of the Teaching High School Psychology Blog" section. Enter your email address and click subscribe. You will then be sent a verification via email. Follow the directions in that email and you will start receiving a daily email update of the blog's postings and become eligible for the drawing.

We at the THSP Blog hope everyone has found our posting useful and pertinent to their teaching. Please feel to contact any of the blog's moderators if you have questions, comments, or suggestions. We are always looking for ways to improve.

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THSP Blog Birthday Celebration - New Teacher Peer Award

Believe it or not, next week marks the first anniversary of the Teaching High School Psychology Blog. On February 10, 2009 we published our first post. 370 some posts later we are ready to celebrate what we hope everyone agrees has been a very successful year. To help make the event truly a celebration, many of the publishing companies have promised a number of "goodies" such as books, DVDs, resources items and the like.

One birthday event which I hope will become an annual tradition, is the New Teacher Peer Award. Nominated and voted upon by one's fellow high school psychology teachers, the recipient of this award must have been teaching psychology for ten or less years, and, in the words of Phil Zimbardo, has worked to "share psychology" with the world.

For the next week (2/3 to 2/10) I will be excepting nominations for the New Teacher Peer Award. Send your nomination(s) to Kent Korek at kkorek@germantown.k12.wi.us. Please include the nominee's name, high school, email address and a brief statement (which will be published on the THSP Blog) on why you feel the teacher is deserving of this award. I would ask that you contact the nominee(s) to confirm their willingness to be nominated. Self nominations will NOT be accepted.

On February 11th, the poll of the nominees will be published on the THSP Blog where high school psychology teachers can vote for their choice. On February 16th the poll will close with the winner announced the next day.

Worth Publishing has graciously donated what I consider the ultimate new teacher prize, the DVDs for both The Brain and The Mind series. We would like to thank Rich Rosenlog rrosenlof@bfwpub.com and Eileen Tanania etanania@bfwpub.com for their generosity. This is just one of many prizes coming from Worth for our birthday celebration.

Over the next few days, please take some time to consider nominating a fellow psychology teacher. Over my many years of teaching psychology, I have come to realize we are a very unique group in our willingness to share and collaborate with each other in ways I've never seen in the other areas I have taught. I hope this is an opportunity to say "thanks" to someone who has helped your teaching.

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