By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist March is an exciting month for a lot of reasons. If you live in one of the more seasonal regions, you might be fairly over the cold bite of winter and the grey slush it leaves. March is that first…
At school students typically have access to a web browser to complete their work. Outside of school, some students might lack wifi access and struggle to complete their assignments digitally. When an internet connection or the Sora mobile app isn’t available, students can download titles in…
We’ve arrived once again at the day of the Doc. The time on my watch says Seuss-o-Clock For read Across America has once again returned And so we celebrate Theodore and his lessons we’ve learned Dr. Seuss taught us kindness, joy, and to speak for…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. Last year, OverDrive Education launched a promotional campaign called School Stars. We asked our school partners to share all the ways they promoted OverDrive in their schools and boy, did they deliver! Check out last year’s impressive crop of winners here….
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. In my first memory, my Dad is reading me a book. We’re sat on my big girl bed and my Dad is reading to me about a big red dog. I loved stories and I loved any minute I got…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist February doesn’t get the attention it deserves. For such a short month, it’s full of opportunities to celebrate. It’s Black History Month, a time for a little romance, a time to get motivated to focus on the rest of the…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. After thirteen years of classes and a year abroad in Paris, you would think speaking French is as easy for me as me brosser les dents*. Without daily practice, however, my foreign language skills skew more toward “occasional party trick”…
Sora is a K-12 app designed around the modern reading experience that empowers students and educators with access to the most extensive and diverse catalog of ebooks and audiobooks available to schools. Whether students are reading for class or fun, Sora makes it easy: Powerful…
The 2019 TCEA Convention & Exposition runs February 4 -8, 2019, where thousands of educators, campus and district-level administrators, curriculum and technology leaders, teachers, librarians, and champions of ed tech will discover innovative strategies and best practices for integrating technology into their schools, classrooms, and…
Yesterday was Library Shelfie Day, and we collected the best of the best from our OverDrive Team! Most of my reading time these days is spent on fiction with our 3-year old twins. They’re not huge fans of history and biographies (yet ?). ~Beau L….
For nearly 40 years, the Future of Education Technology Conference has gathered the most dynamic and creative education professionals from around the world for an intensive, highly collaborative exploration of new technologies, best practices and pressing issues. Its impact has been felt by thousands of…
We asked team OverDrive what books they were excited about in 2019. As a building full of readers and librarians, you can imagine the response. Here are some of our favorites: We’re excited for gripping mysteries, one in particular I cannot wait for Two Can…
