By: Quinton Lawman, Product Owner. Since a lot of you work in schools, I’ve saved the best for last. We’ve covered eBook readers and tablets. Let’s talk about Chromebooks, shall we? The first thing you need to know is that Chromebooks are in a pretty…
Being a teenager is difficult. It’s an experience that every adult has gone through, yet it remains a situation that is nearly impossible to relate to. Each generation endures different trials and tribulations than the teenagers before them and so, despite the fact that we’ve…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. While I had crushes often as a teen – actors, boy bands, cute boys in my class – my first true love was my middle school best friend, Robin. She showed up at the start of 5th grade with huge,…
By: Quinton Lawman, Product Owner. Welcome back! Last time, I talked (quite a bit) about eBook readers. Today, it’s tablet-time! This sounds a bit obvious, but the key to buying a tablet and being happy about it is to consider the specific things you’ll use…
With the PyeongChang Winter Games approaching, we can’t help but recall the 2000 Summer Games, and the “unseasonably” cold weather in Sydney. Northern Hemisphere dwellers, some of us challenged by geography and climate, sat smugly in shorts, watching those poor runners and swimmers lose the…
During FETC, OverDrive Education will be presenting in tandem with local school partners. Mark your agenda for the sessions below, and attend for a chance to win a Galaxy tablet at the end of each in-booth session. Pick up your flashing eBook heart and wear during…
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Welcome back! In mid-January, we’re getting back into the groove of waking up early and, depending on where you live, wishing for a snow day. With students’ return to school, it’s the perfect time to learn (or review) how they can…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. Welcome to 2018! For some of you this is the start of a new quarter or semester and nice deep breath after the craziness of preparing for the holidays. Perhaps you’ve made resolutions for a new classroom culture, or perhaps it’s…
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Specialist. I wanted to read 50 books in 2017. I read 11. Eleven! That’s not even one book a month! For many, finishing 11 books in a year might be a great achievement, but it’s far below my typical average. Last…
By: Quinton Lawman, Product Owner. If you’ve been reading OverDrive blogs for a while, you may remember a humble nerd who used to write device blogs (like this one) from time to time. That was me! I’m back! In the olden days of 2014, I…
When the school year kicked off in fall 2016, so did the K-12 Newsletter from OverDrive Education. Every month, we take to the whiteboard in the Shakespeare conference room to carefully choose themes, brainstorm collection lists and discuss the most pressing topics of the moment…
The OverDrive Staff are as crazy about their pets as most people… so we asked some of them to compare their four-legged family members to book characters. Check out the dogs, too! I can’t help but think of Maple when I see Mochi from…