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…
By: Kristen Hein, Account Manager In our recurring Sora Spotlight series, we feature a wide range of educators who’ve become Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. Here, we ask them…
Since February, we’ve been collecting your entries for the School Stars contest. So far, we’ve seen so many awesome submissions, from amazing bulletin board displays, to memes, to videos and more! Your entries are creative, funny, heart-warming, and inspiring. We love getting a glimpse into…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager As an educator, what do you find harder: getting sick or managing your lessons when you’re out sick? I admit that I used to come into work, pre-COVID – pockets overflowing with tissue and DayQuil – because it was more…
If you’re like most educators, your students probably can’t get enough of audiobooks. They’re a great way to appeal to every kind of reader and offer more advantages than you might’ve realized. But as audiobooks grow in popularity across kids of all age groups, it…
By: Kristen Hein, Account Manager Supporting your English classes with digital novels seems like a natural approach, a natural fit and a natural partnership. But a librarian and a PE teacher? Now, that may seem like an unlikely pair! However, as our past Sora Spotlight…
Did you see the news? During the 2023 editions of FETC and TCEA, OverDrive Education announced that the Sora app is piloting a new Sora Extra that provides students with easy access to interactive reading and learning resources from TeachingBooks.net. This Sora Extra will give…
Our 2023 School Stars contest has launched and we’re already receiving some out-of-this-world submissions. But we want to make sure that your school has a chance to win US$2,500 in content credit to add new titles to your digital library, in addition to (new this…
By: Kristen Hein, Account Manager In this recurring Sora Spotlight series, we feature a wide range of educators who’ve become Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. Here, we ask them…
OverDrive’s K-12 Resource Center is your school’s one-stop shop for free educational, curriculum and promotional resources to support both students and teachers. It’s the easiest way to access ready-made and customizable marketing and training tools that can help increase usage of your school’s digital collection…
For many of our school partners, the start of the calendar year is also the halfway point of the school year. With winter break in the rearview mirror, you may be looking ahead now to spring, or – if you’re really feeling the winter blues…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager A few years ago, I lucked into a problem. I was asked by a very high up higher-up to build a unique digital collection (I am not a librarian) for readers of all ages (I’d never taught kids younger than…