Foil hats and moon pies: alien party ideas for World UFO Day. Or any day, really.
By: Bethany Porter, Collections Development Specialist. World UFO Day was earlier this month, so of course members of the OverDrive Education Team wanted to celebrate! Many of us used to be children’s librarians or school librarians before joining OverDrive, so where there is an excuse…
Things to Do in Cleveland During Digipalooza 2017
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist What’s hot in Cleveland this August? Digipalooza 2017, of course! Our conference is jam-packed with great events, including a keynote from Cokie Roberts, evening socials, and morning yoga. But there’s even more for those who choose to come early…
Summer PD webcast: The Student User Experience
Looking for a quick, simple way to increase your professional development time this summer? Register for our July OverDrive student user experience webcast. This 30-minute session will introduce the fastest way to get your students reading eBooks and listening to audiobooks from your digital library…
Reading green
By: Sasha Zborovsky, Marketing Intern. For avid readers, changing seasons mean only one thing: in winter, one reads inside and in summer, one reads outside. As much as I love to pair my eBook with a warm fireplace and a mug of hot chocolate, there…
Resource Center Spotlight: New Student Fliers
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. I am a huge fan of bright colors. I love pops of red, blue, and green. My design aesthetic is very much the brighter the better because that’s what catches the eye! And that’s the exact approach we took with…
ISTE’s best and busiest
More than 700 people attended the OverDrive Education’s in-booth sessions at ISTE earlier this week, the busiest we’ve seen. Particularly popular was Using public domain eBooks for the public good: learning with Project Gutenberg. Partner Lisa Kulka, Library Specialist at Northside ISD, walked attendees through…
10 Books for Forgetful Souls on National I Forgot Day
By: Sasha Zborovsky, OverDrive Marketing Intern National I Forgot Day was earlier this week, so naturally, OverDrive forgot to post a blog to commemorate this often-overlooked holiday. The Holiday National I Forgot Day celebrates all the times we forgot to wish our third cousin a…
Don’t miss these edtech presentations at ISTE
Successful digital learning demands both flexibility and customization. OverDrive Education embraces both, with a custom-built reading platform that supports differentiated instruction, English Language Learning, Hi-Lo literacy instruction and blended learning. In the 2016-2017 school year, more than 2,500 K-12 schools joined over 15,000 OverDrive-powered schools…
Top 5 reasons Hawaii launched a shared collection
The Hawaii State Department of Education, a statewide district serving 256 public and 34 charter schools across eight islands, was looking for an eBook and audiobook solution that pooled funds to maximize purchasing power and provide expanded reading opportunities. An OverDrive shared collection enables two…
What to check out when you’ve checked out
The end of the school year *should* be an exciting time. Change in routine. Freedom. Quiet, finally. But for many educators, exhaustion comes first. Here’s a quick list of things you can do when you just. can’t. even. And some for when you regain your…
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