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Author's Note
What's it all about? 
In each BLOG, I write about everyday experiences with an educational peppering.
"So your BLOG's for normal people as well as teachers?" I am asked.
(What a cheek! Aren't teachers normal people?) 
"So what's your BLOG about Chris?....... What's its theme?"
I answer, "No idea really, but I hope - to live and learn"
 
 
 
Site Reports
The Show-me-WOW! website started in September 2007.
 
During the last eleven months, there have been-
 
36,764 visitors!  
 
To date, the website is visited by, on average, 3,063 visitors a month

with 
3833 visitors in September 2011
 
4152
visitors in October 2011 

and 4714 in November 2011
 

 
WOW!
 
Show-me-WOW! visitors and supporters are from at least 30 different countries, including,
 
Australia (Kangaroo Island), Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Commonwealth of Dominica, England, France, Germany, Holland, India, Indonesia (Palembang), Italy, Kenya (Malindi),  Kisibati,  Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tahiti, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S.A., Wales and Zambia.
 
and also, amazingly, from boats of all shapes and sizes in and around the Caribbean and elsewhere. Many visitors are, of course, in Dominica, where the site was conceived and where teachers do not have easy access to computers, but try to log on when they can.
 
Please tell me if you are visiting from a country I have not listed above. I'd love to welcome you by emailing you back. (The latest new visitor to contact me by email is from Saudi Arabia and I am delighted to say, "Welcome Saudi Arabia from show-me wow".)
 
 
How this website came about 
This website started from the teacher training notes of a once-a-week course I ran in 2007 for 16 Dominican teachers over 8 weeks on "Accelerating Literacy Skills". The teachers wanted to "cascade", (as they chucklingly say at the image), information back to their colleagues in their 8 schools. The website was set up for them to use as reference. Now, many more schools, both in Dominica and in other countries, refer to the Show-me-WOW! website. And visitors also include people from many places all over the world, who visit the lovely island of Dominica, either in person or in their dreams and who want to send supplies to help in Dominican schools
 
 
The BLOG
From its beginning, the BLOG page has  been in the top favourites on the Show-me-WOW site, which it is why I think the BLOG ought to continue.