Upcoming webinars: Getting Started with Sora & Getting Started with OverDrive Marketplace
No matter what back-to-school looks like in your district this year, OverDrive’s Training team is hard at work making sure you have the tools and resources you need to succeed when it comes to building your digital collection and leveraging the Sora student reading app…
Sora Sweet Reads ends on a sweet note
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Back to school season is right around the corner, and we’ve got loads of great stuff planned to make this year with the Sora reading app the best one yet! But first, we can’t close out the summer without celebrating…
VIDEO: AASL School Leader Collaborative administrators on the impact of school librarians
As sponsor of the “AASL School Leader Collaborative: Administrators & School Librarians Transforming Teaching and Learning” program, OverDrive Education proudly supports school libraries and librarians and their essential role in teaching and learning. Check out a few great videos below for Collaborative administrators’ reflections on…
Available now at no cost – Community Read: Own Voices & Diversity Books for Students
In our ongoing effort to help support schools’ increasing demand for digital, OverDrive is donating Community Read: Own Voices and Diversity Books for Students, a new collection of simultaneous access ebooks available at no cost to our school partners. This set, which includes more than…
How Stratford School (CA) made the leap to distance learning with Sora
Contributed by: Keira Pride, Manager of Library Services at Stratford School Stratford School is an independent private school with 1,200 middle school students across eight campuses in California. For the past two years, Stratford’s library team has been using the Sora reading app for our…
How 2020 has changed our reading lives: Part 2
By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison PART 1 can be found here. “I’m not one who sets reading goals. Unless it was for a free personal pan pizza. Remember the BOOK IT! program? Anyone? Turns out it’s still a thing… I tend to read whatever and…
How 2020 has changed our reading lives: Part 1
by Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison This year has been nothing if not turbulent. For months, our daily schedules, habits, and thoughts have turned upside down, which means our reading lives have changed, too. Below, Team OverDrive shares how their reading lives are different in 2020….
Save on thousands of comics & graphic novels for your school
A super-powered sale for the supersaver in all of us! From now through July 31, save up to 50% on more than 10,000 popular comics, graphic novels and manga titles sure to satisfy all your comic book enthusiasts. Head over to Marketplace to shop all…
July training updates for K-12 schools
What’s new from OverDrive’s Training team? Check out a few new how-to videos and upcoming training sessions for July, covering tips and tricks for getting the most out of OverDrive Marketplace and the Sora student reading app. Managing Holds – New How-To Video Learn how…
The ear reading advantage: Why students need audiobook access
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager “Well, you didn’t really read the book if you listened to the audiobook.” We’ve probably all encountered that person. The print-book-purist who criticizes audiobooks at every opportunity. Maybe it’s your mother or your favorite grandparent. Maybe it’s a friend who’s…