16 reads to spark your holiday spirit
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist The holidays – all of them, and seemingly all at once – have arrived! With so much daily hustle and bustle surrounding this time of year, it can often seem like it’s over before it even began. That’s…
The enduring impact of “Little Women”
By: Hannah Monson, Content Specialist Little Women — originally published in two parts, entitled Little Women and Good Wives — celebrated its 150th birthday in 2018. Celebration of this landmark anniversary has extended into 2019, with a new movie adaptation directed by Greta Gerwig and…
Sora honored with 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is pleased to announce that the Sora student reading app has been honored with a 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award in the mobile app category! The award is a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved for…
Why history matters
By: Hannah Monson, Content Specialist When I told people in college that I was majoring in history, there were three reliable responses: “So, what grade are you going to teach?” “Every barista at Starbucks was a history major, too.” “Those who do not know history…
The 2019 K-12 Digital Content Report: What devices are students using? (Part 3)
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist This series analyzes data from the newly released 2019 K-12 Digital Content Report co-sponsored by ASCD and OverDrive Education. The report aggregates responses from 2,000 K-12 administrators to identify how ebooks and audiobooks are currently being used, in…
Sora spotlight: Dr. Linda Verge from Tahanto Regional Middle/High School
By: Kristen Griesmer, Product Support Specialist In this recurring series, we’ll feature a different librarian, media specialist or educator who’s become a Sora champion at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. We’ve asked…
Gifts of gratitude: How to teach your students to combat anxiety and depression by saying thanks
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager Wool socks, fresh popcorn, the sound of rain against the windows. Every night, I try to write three things in my journal for which I’m grateful. New bedsheets, my parents, a good conversation with friends. This is a practice that…
It’s NaNoWriMo, write right now!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist November is here, and while that means the holidays are fast approaching and cold weather has fallen down upon a lot of us, it’s also one of my favorite times of year. It’s writing season. I became a writer, a…
Public library access in Sora just got an upgrade
By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison Have you heard the news? Thanks to feedback from our partners, the Sora reading app can now dynamically display public library content based on a student’s assigned audience level. This update expands the availability of titles from the public library…
Sora named to TIME’s list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is thrilled to announce that our Sora student reading app has been selected as one of TIME’s Best Inventions in the Education category for 2019! To assemble the 2019 TIME Best Inventions list, TIME solicited nominations across…