You may not know this, but Leaflet is all about learning.
The three of us first worked together making Hyperlink, which evolved from indie internet school, to software for collaborative learning spaces…seeds that eventually grew into Leaflet!
We care deeply about building tools that help people do meaningful things together. We think learning is one of the most meaningful things there is, and we think publishing tools are learning tools.
Back to School Special
As we all head back to school, we're making it easier for you to use Leaflet for learning, with 50% off Leaflet Pro.
Almost all of Leaflet's features are free, but Leaflet Pro gets you a few extra useful things:
email newsletters (up to 1k subscribers included)
publication analytics
group publications, for blogs with multiple contributors
We're glad to extend the offer to folks both inside and outside of formal learning institutions — K-12 teachers, university professors, learners doing ambitious self-guided projects — serious learning contexts of all kinds!
We really want to make Leaflet great for educational use, so the only catch is: we want to know how you plan to use Leaflet, and we'd love to hear how we can make it better.
Fill out this quick form; as soon as you submit we'll share the coupon code for 50% off, good for monthly or annual plans:
There's no time limit on this by the way, you're welcome to take your time and play around with Leaflet first.
Leaflet for Learning
Publishing has long been central to pedagogy and shared meaning making, from scholarly journals to class blogs to capstone projects.
Leaflet is a tool for social publishing, and there are lots of ways it can be useful for teachers and learners.
use documents for shared notes — we have a great outliner mode! for example: End User Programming Reading List
or as nice shareable artifacts / project documentation, like: Beeswax Wraps or On PARK POWER!! or How I learned to stop worrying and love the process
use a looseleaf to publish a syllabus or shared resource collection — subpages are very useful here! for example: Hyperlink's Learning Library or Syllabus Zone!
make a publication for a class blog (or lab, department, etc.) — we support group blogs with multiple contributors! see: Leaflet Lab Notes, How Readers Find Books, or ATScience Notes
a publication can even be a mini-website / homepage, like: Olivier Simard-Casanova's homepage or The Makerspace Archive
Reach out if you have questions about any of these, or ideas for how we can make Leaflet more useful for you.
Leaflet for the common good
We're also thinking about this as an experiment / pilot for how we can better support other folks who'd benefit from Leaflet Pro, but otherwise have a hard time swinging it.
If you're running a small-scale nonprofit or open source project or similar, would a discount be helpful? Please let us know.
We're starting with a focus on learning, both because it's directly in our wheelhouse and, hey, it's back to school season. But we'd love to help other projects focused on the public good. We'll think about further ways we can support this kind of thing!