Is screen time the threat we think it is?
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager Think of all the things you rely on your smartphone or tablet to accomplish. These devices have become our primary means of communication, through texts, emails and phone calls. Phones and tablets are the modern newsstand, offering access to countless…
Come on, guys – let’s read!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist What do Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Bill Gates, Jay-Z, LeBron James and Barack Obama have in common? They’re all men, all distinguished in their fields and have all stated that they owe some of their success and/or intelligence to reading…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Famous monsters and the books on their nightstands
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager I’d wish you a happy Hallowe’en, mortals, but why would I want you to be happy about anything? But Nosferatu, you ask, isn’t there anything that makes your worm-like lips stretch upward around your gangrenous fangs? Fool! I am an…
Novels in verse: Poems that tell important stories
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager Imagine you’re an insect: a beetle or butterfly, a worm or a grasshopper. Now stand up and move like that insect for 30 seconds. Wriggle or crawl or float. Step outside of yourself and into the body of something strange….