→ Edutopia (the George Lucas Educational Foundation) shadowed Laura and her 8th graders as they worked on writing novels (click image for the story + two videos):Want to learn more about NaNoWriMo? Check out Laura’s how-to site here.

→ Laura’s students were featured in the Petaluma City Schools newsletter when they designed and coded their own video games based on the novels they wrote (click image to watch video):

→ Watch this Facebook Live event from KQED MindShift to hear how Laura and her students write novels (click image to watch video):

→ Laura and some of her students share why they love NaNoWriMo and the Young Writers Program of National Novel Writing Month (click image to watch video):

→ Laura shares NaNoWriMo on a Talks with Teachers podcast (click to listen):

→ Laura shares NaNoWriMo on a National Writing Project podcast (click to listen):

→ Laura shares how she brought the Hour of Code to her students in an “EducatorInnovator.org webinar (click image to watch video):

→ Laura shares how NaNoWriMo gives her students significant agency and voice in an EducatorInnovator.org webinar (click image to watch video):