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How to Use This Magazine

After ISTE’s 40 years of publishing L&L ( iste.org/LL), it may seem odd to talk about how to use this member benefit. But each June, we welcome many new readers because of ISTE’s Annual Conference and Exposition ( isteconference.org), which makes explaining how to use it worthwhile.

L&L arrives in readers’
mailboxes (either e or snail)
eight times each year, start-
ing with the August issue
and ending with the June/
July issue. The contents are
divided into four sections:
Features, Learning Connec-
tions, Leading Connections,
and Products & Services. In
most articles, you’ll find links
to additional resources, such
as websites, books, articles,
and tools, allowing you to
delve deeper into a topic. At
least one feature per issue fo-
cuses on a “target topic.” See
Mary Burns’s story on page
14 for this issue’s target topic
feature on the future of
professional learning.

The Products & Services section includes Buyer’s Guide, Reviews, and What’s New, which features announcements of new resources, tools, and more.

We also provide a digital edition. An email announcing the latest issue goes out to all members with a link. You can also access it using your member login via the L&L website. The digital version has added functionality, such as video and sharing articles via social media.

The magazine is a key professional learning tool in your ISTE benefits tool-kit, and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy producing it.

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—Kate Conley is ISTE’s periodicals director and the editor of L&L. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and is a former high school English teacher. She has been with ISTE for 14 years.

❝Of course, meeting students’ needs requires time for ongoing, high-quality professional development for teachers and administrators.

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tech we like Check out the useful resources the L&L team discovered while producing this issue.

Minecraft: www.minecraft.net Andra Brichacek is blown away by the educational potential of this collaborative online game (page 20).

DigiTales: www.digitales.us Diana Fingal is inspired by Bernajean Porter’s digital storytelling site (page 32).

Cargo Bot: twolivesleft.com/cargobot Paul Wurster enjoyed learning about basic programming with this iPad app (page 35).

Meridan’s Little Voice Blog: http://meridanslittlevoice.blogspot.com/ Kate Conley was thrilled to see the love of writing alive and well in this elementary school student’s blog (page 40).