Now available: Magazines in Sora
Give your students more to read in the Sora app with digital magazines. Your students will love having access to dozens of entertaining and educational titles right alongside your school’s existing ebook and audiobook collection – and you’ll love the affordable price! Why add digital…
Come visit the Sora team at #AASL21!
We’re excited to connect with our school partners at this year’s American Association of School Librarians National Conference! If you’re attending AASL 2021, be sure to visit the Sora reading app team at booth #919. You’ll learn about the latest and greatest Sora developments and…
Public Library CONNECT: Building & growing library & school partnerships
Looking to expand students’ access to digital books with little more than a tap of a finger? Check out this live webinar on Public Library CONNECT, a game-changing Sora feature that enables students to borrow age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks from their school and public library….
OverDrive’s Back to School Sweepstakes is on now!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist There are plenty of reasons for our school partners to shop the Back to School Sale, going on now through Sept. 30. There are BIG savings, with over 70,000 titles up to 50% off. There’s a variety to choose from,…
Two new educator webinars: “Level Up” and “Bridge the Gap” with Sora, the student reading app
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer So, your school has Sora – now what? Take the next step and discover ways to use the student reading app with your classroom curriculum with two webinars designed specifically for K-12 educators. Bridging the Gap: Using Sora to Reclaim…
Access no-cost Spanish titles for young readers through the Sora app
As part of our commitment to providing schools with quality no-cost, simultaneous access content, we’re excited to announce that we’re donating the Everyone Reads: Spanish Titles for Young Readers collection to schools with the Sora reading app. Spanish-language titles for your youngest readers Available through Oct….
Sora Spotlight: Andria Morningstar-Gray from Lakeview High School (OH)
By: Kristen Hein, Product Support Specialist In this recurring series, we’ll feature a different librarian, media specialist or educator who’s become a Sora champion at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. We’ve asked…
New for K-12 schools: Access to MORE no-cost books in Sora
Team OverDrive Education is excited to announce that all of our Sora reading app partners can now access the no-cost Sora Starter Collection, which features hundreds of always available ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs from Sourcebooks, Jump!, Bellwether, Triangle, Lerner, Kaleidoscope, Rosen, Abrams and Duke Classics….
Sora is a Tech & Learning “Best Tool for Back to School”!
We’re thrilled to announce that the Sora student reading app has earned another accolade! In August, Sora was honored as part of Tech & Learning’s new Awards of Excellence program, “The Best Tools for Back to School.” Award recipients were divided by grade level and…
There’s still time to explore these SWEET reads!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Back to school season might be right around the corner, but there are still two weeks left of Sora Sweet Reads! Don’t miss out on these amazing reads—over 30 free and simultaneous-use juvenile and young adult ebooks (and select audiobooks)…