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• Best of L&L Blog Tour Begins Sunday I will be traveling around the blogosphere for the next two weeks, giving away one copy of The Best of L&L at each stop. Here are the tour stops for Sept. 13-18. Sept. 13: Free Technology for Teachers Sept. 14: Educators Royal Treatment Sept. 15: Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog......
• Next Stop: Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog Have you ever wanted to share your classroom's or school's stories? Writing for publication isn't mysterious. The rules of good grammar and good writing structure hold true whether you are writing for publication or for your classroom materials. I share some steps to help you capture your classroom ideas and......
• What Should I Write About? As part of the blog tour for The Best of L&L, I will be addressing the concepts behind Doug Johnson's "A Proposal for Banning Pencils," which is one of the articles included in the book. My host, Willy Kjellstrom at edfoc.us, is gathering your comments for me to respond to......
• Today's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Virtual High School Meanderings to discuss virtual classrooms as a solution to swine flu–induced school closures and at ISTE Connects to talk about how I pulled The Best of L&L collection together. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy......
• Saturday's Blog Tour Stop: Stacy Bodin's Blog Today, my blog host is Stacy Bodin. Stacy asked me to talk about why I chose to do The Best of L&L collection. I'm pleased that Stacy was able to host me, as hers is one of the articles included in the book and I enjoyed working with her so......

AKG Mag just posted an interview where I talk a little bit about The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology. Read it here.

I also did an interview with ISTE over the summer for their author podcast series. Listen here. The podcast series has some great stuff, so check out the other interviews here.

Enjoy, and check back later for more chances to win a copy and for some notes about some cool resources I’ve found.

• Monday's Tour Stop: Dangerously Irrelevant Today, my blog host is Scott McLeod. I'm talking about technology mentoring. The catalyst for the post is one of the articles in the collection: "Teacher to Teacher Mentoring" by Kathleen Gora and Janice Hinson. Gora and Hinson discuss a program in their school that paired teachers who were experienced......
• Comparing Blogging Tools for Educators When you decide to set up a blog for your students or to share your latest thoughts on education, you have a lot of choices about where to host it. Here is a comparison that can help you choose the right host for you. Blogger Blogger's free hosting service is......
• Wednesday's Blog Tour Stop: NCS-Tech Today, my blog host is Kevin Jarrett. I'm talking about the National Gallery of Writing and the different educational opportunities it can offer your classroom. The National Gallery of Writing is a great resource to read and to post your own writing. It is part of the celebration of the......
• Today's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Virtual High School Meanderings to discuss virtual classrooms as a solution to swine flu–induced school closures and at ISTE Connects to talk about how I pulled The Best of L&L collection together. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy......
• Saturday's Blog Tour Stop: Stacy Bodin's Blog Today, my blog host is Stacy Bodin. Stacy asked me to talk about why I chose to do The Best of L&L collection. I'm pleased that Stacy was able to host me, as hers is one of the articles included in the book and I enjoyed working with her so......

There is still one chance to win a copy of The Best of L&L from the blog tour: the Ed Buzz blog. Read my post here, and then enter here. Ed Buzz will announce the winner Oct. 2.

Here are the other winners:

• Dr. Christophy (from Free Technology for Teachers)
• David Ligon (from Educator’s Royal Treatment)
• Kristine (from the Blue Skunk Blog)
• Marcel Kielkucki (from Virtual High School Meanderings)
• Craig Seasholes (from Dangerously Irrelevant)
• Milton Ramirez (from Around the Corner)
• Barb (from NCS Tech)
• Johnathan Wylie (from NCS Tech)
• Curby Alexander (from edfoc.us, posts 1 and 2)

If you haven’t yet sent me your mailing address, please email it to jennifer AT jennifer-roland DOT com. Congratulations, and thanks for all of your great comments.

And a final thank you to all of my wonderful hosts for this tour. If you haven’t yet added their blogs to your readers or subscriptions, please consider doing so. All of these bloggers offer interesting insight into educational technology.

• Friday's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Teach Web 2.0 to discuss Wendy Drexler's article "Kids Galore Helping Kids in Darfur and at Edfoc.us to talk about Doug Johnson's column "A Proposal for Banning Pencils". Tomorrow is the last day of the blog tour. I have enjoyed it. Have you? Did......
• Netbooks and Education Do you think Netbooks are the answer for one-to-one computing? The cheap laptops offered at two major retailers? iPods? Or is the focus on one-to-one computing just a distraction from real educational issues? I'm over at Educator's Royal Treatment today sharing my thoughts on Netbooks and one-to-one. Stop by and......
• Tuesday's Tour Stop: Around the Corner Today, my blog host is Miguel Guhlin, who loyal L&L readers will recognize from the Point/Counterpoint debates in volume 33 on open source and loaning technology. I'm talking about creativity. I discuss one of the feature articles in the collection, "Sowing the Seeds of Creativity" by Mitchel Resnick, and discuss......
• Today's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Virtual High School Meanderings to discuss virtual classrooms as a solution to swine flu–induced school closures and at ISTE Connects to talk about how I pulled The Best of L&L collection together. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy......
• Wednesday's Blog Tour Stop: NCS-Tech Today, my blog host is Kevin Jarrett. I'm talking about the National Gallery of Writing and the different educational opportunities it can offer your classroom. The National Gallery of Writing is a great resource to read and to post your own writing. It is part of the celebration of the......

This week, educators have the luxury of awakening a love of reading and a respect for the written word in their students. Short activities, such as asking students to write a one-page essay about the importance of books, freedom of speech, or the dangers of censorship, and longer activities, including a showcase of student-created printed and electronic reports on commonly banned books, can achieve curricular goals while helping develop students’ critical-thinking skills and judgment.

What are you doing in your classroom?

• Tuesday's Tour Stop: Around the Corner Today, my blog host is Miguel Guhlin, who loyal L&L readers will recognize from the Point/Counterpoint debates in volume 33 on open source and loaning technology. I'm talking about creativity. I discuss one of the feature articles in the collection, "Sowing the Seeds of Creativity" by Mitchel Resnick, and discuss......
• Saturday's Blog Tour Stop: Stacy Bodin's Blog Today, my blog host is Stacy Bodin. Stacy asked me to talk about why I chose to do The Best of L&L collection. I'm pleased that Stacy was able to host me, as hers is one of the articles included in the book and I enjoyed working with her so......
• Next Stop: Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog Have you ever wanted to share your classroom's or school's stories? Writing for publication isn't mysterious. The rules of good grammar and good writing structure hold true whether you are writing for publication or for your classroom materials. I share some steps to help you capture your classroom ideas and......
• Wednesday's Blog Tour Stop: NCS-Tech Today, my blog host is Kevin Jarrett. I'm talking about the National Gallery of Writing and the different educational opportunities it can offer your classroom. The National Gallery of Writing is a great resource to read and to post your own writing. It is part of the celebration of the......
• What Should I Write About? As part of the blog tour for The Best of L&L, I will be addressing the concepts behind Doug Johnson's "A Proposal for Banning Pencils," which is one of the articles included in the book. My host, Willy Kjellstrom at edfoc.us, is gathering your comments for me to respond to......

I’m doing double-duty today, stopping at Teach Web 2.0 to discuss Wendy Drexler’s article “Kids Galore Helping Kids in Darfur and at Edfoc.us to talk about Doug Johnson’s column “A Proposal for Banning Pencils”.

Tomorrow is the last day of the blog tour. I have enjoyed it. Have you? Did you find anything you could apply to your workday? Was there a topic you wished I had touched on?

If you missed any of my previous tour stops, here is where you can find me:

• NCS-Tech: The National Gallery of Writing
• Around the Corner: Teaching Creativity Comment to enter the drawing.
• Dangerously Irrelevant: Technology Mentoring: A Timeless Idea Winner Craig Seasholes
• Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie” Teacher: Background on The Best of L&L collection Comment to enter the drawing.
• Virtual High School Meanderings: Virtual Classrooms and Pandemic Prevention (winner Marcel Kielkucki)
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L Comment to enter the drawing.
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog: Getting into Print (winner Kristine)
• Educator’s Royal Treatment: Netbooks and One-to-One Computing (winner David Ligon)
• Free Technology for Teachers: Share Your Best Technology Advice

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

I’ll be back tomorrow and Sunday to let you know where I’ve landed.

• Today's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Virtual High School Meanderings to discuss virtual classrooms as a solution to swine flu–induced school closures and at ISTE Connects to talk about how I pulled The Best of L&L collection together. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy......
• Netbooks and Education Do you think Netbooks are the answer for one-to-one computing? The cheap laptops offered at two major retailers? iPods? Or is the focus on one-to-one computing just a distraction from real educational issues? I'm over at Educator's Royal Treatment today sharing my thoughts on Netbooks and one-to-one. Stop by and......
• Next Stop: Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog Have you ever wanted to share your classroom's or school's stories? Writing for publication isn't mysterious. The rules of good grammar and good writing structure hold true whether you are writing for publication or for your classroom materials. I share some steps to help you capture your classroom ideas and......
• Winners + One Drawing Still Open There is still one chance to win a copy of The Best of L&L from the blog tour: the Ed Buzz blog. Read my post here, and then enter here. Ed Buzz will announce the winner Oct. 2. Here are the other winners: Dr. Christophy (from Free Technology for Teachers)......
• Wednesday's Blog Tour Stop: NCS-Tech Today, my blog host is Kevin Jarrett. I'm talking about the National Gallery of Writing and the different educational opportunities it can offer your classroom. The National Gallery of Writing is a great resource to read and to post your own writing. It is part of the celebration of the......

Today, my blog host is Kevin Jarrett. I’m talking about the National Gallery of Writing and the different educational opportunities it can offer your classroom.

The National Gallery of Writing is a great resource to read and to post your own writing. It is part of the celebration of the National Day of Writing on October 20. Are you planning to participate? I’m hoping to post some writing there.

If you missed any of my previous tour stops, here is where you can find me:

• Around the Corner: Teaching Creativity Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 24.
• Dangerously Irrelevant: Technology Mentoring: A Timeless Idea Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 24.
• Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie” Teacher: Background on The Best of L&L collection Comments close at 9pm Pacific today.
• Virtual High School Meanderings: Virtual Classrooms and Pandemic Prevention (winner Marcel Kielkucki)
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L Comments close at 9pm Pacific today.
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog: Getting into Print (winner Kristine)
• Educator’s Royal Treatment: Netbooks and One-to-One Computing (winner David Ligon)
• Free Technology for Teachers: Share Your Best Technology Advice (Vote for the winner here. Voting is open until Sept. 23.)

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

• Saturday's Blog Tour Stop: Stacy Bodin's Blog Today, my blog host is Stacy Bodin. Stacy asked me to talk about why I chose to do The Best of L&L collection. I'm pleased that Stacy was able to host me, as hers is one of the articles included in the book and I enjoyed working with her so......
• Winners We've got a few winners to announce in the drawings for copies of The Best of L&L. Marcel Kielkucki won for his comment at Virtual High School Meanderings Kristine won the copy given away atDoug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog And David Ligon was the winner at Educator's Royal Treatment If......
• Friday's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Teach Web 2.0 to discuss Wendy Drexler's article "Kids Galore Helping Kids in Darfur and at Edfoc.us to talk about Doug Johnson's column "A Proposal for Banning Pencils". Tomorrow is the last day of the blog tour. I have enjoyed it. Have you? Did......
• What Should I Write About? As part of the blog tour for The Best of L&L, I will be addressing the concepts behind Doug Johnson's "A Proposal for Banning Pencils," which is one of the articles included in the book. My host, Willy Kjellstrom at edfoc.us, is gathering your comments for me to respond to......
• Monday's Tour Stop: Dangerously Irrelevant Today, my blog host is Scott McLeod. I'm talking about technology mentoring. The catalyst for the post is one of the articles in the collection: "Teacher to Teacher Mentoring" by Kathleen Gora and Janice Hinson. Gora and Hinson discuss a program in their school that paired teachers who were experienced......

Today, my blog host is Miguel Guhlin, who loyal L&L readers will recognize from the Point/Counterpoint debates in volume 33 on open source and loaning technology.

I’m talking about creativity. I discuss one of the feature articles in the collection, “Sowing the Seeds of Creativity” by Mitchel Resnick, and discuss why Resnick’s ideas continue to be relevant.

If you missed any of my previous tour stops, here is where you can find me:

• Dangerously Irrelevant: Technology Mentoring: A Timeless Idea Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 24.
• Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie” Teacher: Background on The Best of L&L collection Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 23.
• Virtual High School Meanderings: Virtual Classrooms and Pandemic Prevention (winner Marcel Kielkucki)
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 23.
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog: Getting into Print (winner Kristine)
• Educator’s Royal Treatment: Netbooks and One-to-One Computing (winner David Ligon)
• Free Technology for Teachers: Share Your Best Technology Advice (Vote for the winner here. Voting is open until Sept. 23.)

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

• Winners We've got a few winners to announce in the drawings for copies of The Best of L&L. Marcel Kielkucki won for his comment at Virtual High School Meanderings Kristine won the copy given away atDoug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog And David Ligon was the winner at Educator's Royal Treatment If......
• What Should I Write About? As part of the blog tour for The Best of L&L, I will be addressing the concepts behind Doug Johnson's "A Proposal for Banning Pencils," which is one of the articles included in the book. My host, Willy Kjellstrom at edfoc.us, is gathering your comments for me to respond to......
• How Are You Celebrating Banned Books Week? This week, educators have the luxury of awakening a love of reading and a respect for the written word in their students. Short activities, such as asking students to write a one-page essay about the importance of books, freedom of speech, or the dangers of censorship, and longer activities,......
• Background on the Book AKG Mag just posted an interview where I talk a little bit about The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology. Read it here. I also did an interview with ISTE over the summer for their author podcast series. Listen here. The podcast series has some great stuff, so check......
• Next Stop: Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog Have you ever wanted to share your classroom's or school's stories? Writing for publication isn't mysterious. The rules of good grammar and good writing structure hold true whether you are writing for publication or for your classroom materials. I share some steps to help you capture your classroom ideas and......

Today, my blog host is Scott McLeod. I’m talking about technology mentoring.

The catalyst for the post is one of the articles in the collection: “Teacher to Teacher Mentoring” by Kathleen Gora and Janice Hinson. Gora and Hinson discuss a program in their school that paired teachers who were experienced in integrating technology with those who were not. They saw increases in technology use across the board, and great results in attitudes toward technology.

If you missed any of my previous tour stops, here is where you can find me:

• Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie” Teacher: Background on The Best of L&L collection Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 23.
• Virtual High School Meanderings: Virtual Classrooms and Pandemic Prevention (winner Marcel Kielkucki)
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L Comment to enter the drawing by Sept. 23.
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog: Getting into Print (winner Kristine)
• Educator’s Royal Treatment: Netbooks and One-to-One Computing (winner David Ligon)
• Free Technology for Teachers: Share Your Best Technology Advice (Vote for the winner here. Voting is open until Sept. 23.)

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

• Best of L&L Blog Tour Begins Sunday I will be traveling around the blogosphere for the next two weeks, giving away one copy of The Best of L&L at each stop. Here are the tour stops for Sept. 13-18. Sept. 13: Free Technology for Teachers Sept. 14: Educators Royal Treatment Sept. 15: Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog......
• Netbooks and Education Do you think Netbooks are the answer for one-to-one computing? The cheap laptops offered at two major retailers? iPods? Or is the focus on one-to-one computing just a distraction from real educational issues? I'm over at Educator's Royal Treatment today sharing my thoughts on Netbooks and one-to-one. Stop by and......
• Winners + One Drawing Still Open There is still one chance to win a copy of The Best of L&L from the blog tour: the Ed Buzz blog. Read my post here, and then enter here. Ed Buzz will announce the winner Oct. 2. Here are the other winners: Dr. Christophy (from Free Technology for Teachers)......
• What Should I Write About? As part of the blog tour for The Best of L&L, I will be addressing the concepts behind Doug Johnson's "A Proposal for Banning Pencils," which is one of the articles included in the book. My host, Willy Kjellstrom at edfoc.us, is gathering your comments for me to respond to......
• Comparing Blogging Tools for Educators When you decide to set up a blog for your students or to share your latest thoughts on education, you have a lot of choices about where to host it. Here is a comparison that can help you choose the right host for you. Blogger Blogger's free hosting service is......

We’ve got a few winners to announce in the drawings for copies of The Best of L&L.

• Marcel Kielkucki won for his comment at Virtual High School Meanderings
• Kristine won the copy given away atDoug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog
• And David Ligon was the winner at Educator’s Royal Treatment

If you are one of the lucky winners, please make sure you email your mailing address to me at jennifer@jennifer-roland.com no later than October 1.

You can still enter to win a copy at these tour stops:

• Footnotes of a Retired “Teckie” Teacher: Background on The Best of L&L collection
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

• Monday's Tour Stop: Dangerously Irrelevant Today, my blog host is Scott McLeod. I'm talking about technology mentoring. The catalyst for the post is one of the articles in the collection: "Teacher to Teacher Mentoring" by Kathleen Gora and Janice Hinson. Gora and Hinson discuss a program in their school that paired teachers who were experienced......
• Friday's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Teach Web 2.0 to discuss Wendy Drexler's article "Kids Galore Helping Kids in Darfur and at Edfoc.us to talk about Doug Johnson's column "A Proposal for Banning Pencils". Tomorrow is the last day of the blog tour. I have enjoyed it. Have you? Did......
• Comparing Blogging Tools for Educators When you decide to set up a blog for your students or to share your latest thoughts on education, you have a lot of choices about where to host it. Here is a comparison that can help you choose the right host for you. Blogger Blogger's free hosting service is......
• Background on the Book AKG Mag just posted an interview where I talk a little bit about The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology. Read it here. I also did an interview with ISTE over the summer for their author podcast series. Listen here. The podcast series has some great stuff, so check......
• Best of L&L Blog Tour Begins Sunday I will be traveling around the blogosphere for the next two weeks, giving away one copy of The Best of L&L at each stop. Here are the tour stops for Sept. 13-18. Sept. 13: Free Technology for Teachers Sept. 14: Educators Royal Treatment Sept. 15: Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog......

Today, my blog host is Stacy Bodin. Stacy asked me to talk about why I chose to do The Best of L&L collection.

I’m pleased that Stacy was able to host me, as hers is one of the articles included in the book and I enjoyed working with her so much on that article.

Her classroom activity, described in “Digesting a Story,” was such a fun project for her and her kids. They used food and related products to act out themed stories. The Easter stories, with chocolate bunny actors and easter grass landscapes, were videotaped and shared with parents.

The value in the activity is pretty obvious–it used technology to get students excited about writing. But a piece that might be overlooked is the important home–school connection it fostered. What a fun way to show parents what their kids are doing in school and get them engaged in their child’s learning!

Stop by Stacy’s blog to read my post, comment to enter the drawing, and find out a little more about Stacy.

If you missed any of my previous tour stops, here is where you can find me:

• Virtual High School Meanderings: Virtual Classrooms and Pandemic Prevention
• ISTE Connects: Crowdsourcing The Best of L&L
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog: Getting into Print
• Educator’s Royal Treatment: Netbooks and One-to-One Computing
• Free Technology for Teachers: Share Your Best Technology Advice

See you tomorrow at another great education blog!

• Comparing Blogging Tools for Educators When you decide to set up a blog for your students or to share your latest thoughts on education, you have a lot of choices about where to host it. Here is a comparison that can help you choose the right host for you. Blogger Blogger's free hosting service is......
• Friday's Blog Tour Stops I'm doing double-duty today, stopping at Teach Web 2.0 to discuss Wendy Drexler's article "Kids Galore Helping Kids in Darfur and at Edfoc.us to talk about Doug Johnson's column "A Proposal for Banning Pencils". Tomorrow is the last day of the blog tour. I have enjoyed it. Have you? Did......
• Winners + One Drawing Still Open There is still one chance to win a copy of The Best of L&L from the blog tour: the Ed Buzz blog. Read my post here, and then enter here. Ed Buzz will announce the winner Oct. 2. Here are the other winners: Dr. Christophy (from Free Technology for Teachers)......
• Next Stop: Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog Have you ever wanted to share your classroom's or school's stories? Writing for publication isn't mysterious. The rules of good grammar and good writing structure hold true whether you are writing for publication or for your classroom materials. I share some steps to help you capture your classroom ideas and......
• Best of L&L Blog Tour Begins Sunday I will be traveling around the blogosphere for the next two weeks, giving away one copy of The Best of L&L at each stop. Here are the tour stops for Sept. 13-18. Sept. 13: Free Technology for Teachers Sept. 14: Educators Royal Treatment Sept. 15: Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog......