Are your students using the Sora app’s multilingual interface? We’re excited to share that Sora is now available in two additional languages, Korean and Portuguese (Brazilian). (Plus, stay tuned – we’ll also be adding Māori later in 2023!) Your students can update Sora’s display language…
Just like a popsicle on a warm summer day, our 2023 batch of Sora Sweet Reads titles is sure to be a refreshing addition to your digital library. On May 15th all school partners who have opted in (if you’ve done so previously, you’re set!)…
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer PREPARE Prepare your school community to continue reading with Sora during school breaks. Make sure all students & staff can sign into Sora with their school credentials. Remind students that they can download Sora to their personal devices, or access…
Are your students ear reading enthusiasts? Audio aficionados? If the answer is yes, then we have exciting news: SYNC Audiobooks for Teens, provided by AudioFile Magazine and powered by the Sora student reading app, is back for its 14th season this Thursday, April 27! SYNC is a summer…
Located just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, Franklin County Schools (FCS) serves just over 7,900 students spread across eight elementary schools, four middle schools, three high schools and one early college facility. Much like most districts across the U.S., FCS found itself at a crossroads…
Spring is here and summer is on its way, which means that most of your students will soon be saying so long to school – for a few months, anyway! But leaving the classroom behind doesn’t mean they also have to give up easy access…
What does it mean to make something wonderful? Likely the best answer is that it depends on who you ask. In Make Something Wonderful, a curated collection of Steve Jobs’ speeches, interviews and correspondence, readers will get an unparalleled window into how one of the…
Sora Sweet Reads is back! Learn more about this year’s program. By: Emily Balser, Integrated Marketing Specialist Can you hear that? If you listen closely enough, you can almost hear the music of the not-so-far-off ice cream truck as it trundles down the street this…
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer Whether your school year is almost over or it’s just begun, OverDrive Marketplace has reading data and insights to help you better understand how, when, why, and how much your students are using Sora. We asked your OverDrive Account team…
This spring and summer, you can get your Sora collection vacation-ready for less with discounts on audiobooks, children’s books and more. Save on audiobooks for all ages Did you hear the news? From now until June 30, you can save on 50,000+ titles from all…
Summer is on its way to the Northern Hemisphere! For many of us, that might mean warm sunny days, Saturdays on the beach and – best of all – vacation. For your students, it’s an exciting, busy time during which literacy-building habits like reading might…
If you had the chance, what would you do to improve the U.S. education system? It’s a complicated question, with equally complicated answers – but in a recent interview with Yitzi Weiner from Authority Magazine, OverDrive Education General Manager Angela Arnold distilled down some of…