Free to Canadian Sora partners: 100 always-available titles from Canadian authors & publishers
To help Canadian schools meet demand for books that enable students to celebrate the Canadian experience and see themselves and their communities in your digital collection, OverDrive Education is donating 100 juvenile and young adult ebook and audiobook titles from Canadian authors and publishers. This…
Fall K-12 staff training round-up
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager Whether you’re deep into your school year or just getting a handle on student names, new technology, and lessons, October is a great time to take stock of what learning options and PD opportunities are available from your Sora Training…
The best phonics books in Sora for your early readers
Across countless districts and schools in the U.S., there’s widespread recognition that strategies to boost students’ reading fluency are a need, not a nice-to-have. This was made especially clear in the wake of 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress results, which revealed that among 9-year-old…
Enjoy superhero-sized savings during the October Comics Sale
Send your students on new reading adventures in the Sora app with their favorite fictional friends – all without breaking the bank! Shop our October Comics Sale to save up to 50% on hundreds of titles from publishers like DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Viz Media…
Ease into Autumn with Sora and Marketplace Training
By: Lisa Mullins, Product Trainer The promise of autumn is in the air at OverDrive’s Blue Sky Campus. Crisp mornings, changing leaves…and fall webinars! That’s right–we’re hosting daily live webinars on the essentials of Sora and Marketplace through mid-October. Won’t you join us? You can…
Classroom mantras for changing times
By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison I refuse to believe September is almost over. In childhood, the beginning of any new school year brought excitement colored by anxious chaos: finding a new backpack with an adequate number of perfectly sized pockets, stressing about being forced to…
5 Sora tips for parents from parents
By: Gael Reyes, Product Support Specialist We’ve already shared some of our top Sora reading app tips for parents in a previous blog, but this time we want you to hear from the real experts who use Sora with their children every day. Whether you’re…
NEW: 80+ titles added to the All Access Comics package
Fans of our All Access Comics package for schools now have over 80 new Marvel-ous (and more!) reasons to say hooray. We’ve added new titles to our premium package of simultaneous-use comics from publishers like Disney, Dark Horse, Marvel, Image Comics and IDW*. Students can…
Be In the Know with DC Comics!
Join us on Wed., Oct. 5 at 1pm EST for an exclusive look at the comics and graphic novels genre with a special presentation from DC Comics. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear about DC’s new releases and fan favorites with an action-packed list of…
Unpack new student reading during our 2022 Back to School Sale!
It’s September, and that means that for many North American schools, the 2022 back-to-school season is in full swing. Amid all the hustle and bustle, this is also a great time to reevaluate and update your digital collection, so that your students can get off…