K-12 Schools Staff Training
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On-Demand Webinars
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Back-To-School Picks for Your Students from OverDrive Librarians (October 2024)
Get ready to elevate your digital collection this back-to-school season with recommendations from OverDrive's expert staff librarians! In this webinar, we'll guide you through the must-have books landing on your digital shelves for the upcoming season.
What You'll Learn:
- Top Picks for Every Age Group: Discover the best titles for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 students.
- Diverse Genres and Interests: Explore a range of genres designed to captivate and engage all readers.
- Exclusive Shopping Link: Shop all the featured titles and enhance your digital library.
Level Up Your Sora Promotion (September 2024)
Join us for a 30-minute webinar aimed at helping you increase Sora’s visibility and usage in your school. In this session, our K-12 experts will provide practical strategies and tips for promoting Sora effectively. You’ll also get access to ready-to-use resources and hear success stories from educators who have successfully engaged their communities with Sora. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your digital library promotion and make the most of Sora in your school!
Enhance Student Reading in Sora with Public Library CONNECT (August 2024)
Get ready to launch into the new school year with Sora!
Join us for an enlightening session on Public Library CONNECT — a feature crafted to enhance student reading and elevate the circulation of juvenile and young adult materials. Explore how this tool simplifies access to age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks from both school and local public libraries. Our experts will deliver an overview of Public Library CONNECT, highlight its benefits, and demonstrate its ease of use. Don't miss out on transforming your reading initiatives!
Sora Essentials: The Reader Experience
Ready to learn the basics of Sora so you can start exploring and help others get started, too? Join us live for our demo and ask questions of our K-12 experts. This session is primarily a demonstration of the user experience in Sora, the student reading app. Students and educators have access to all of the same great features within the app.
Looking for Professional Development hours?
Watch this video, take the online assessment, & download your attendance certificate!
Marketplace Essentials: The Shopping & Admin Portal
Ready to learn the basics of Marketplace, the shopping and administrative portal? Join us live for our demo and ask questions of our K-12 experts. This session is primarily a demonstration of OverDrive Marketplace, the shopping and administrative portal. We'll explore Marketplace through the lens of a first-time user, including how to browse the catalog, build and purchase a cart, assign a title, and more.
Looking for Professional Development hours?
Watch this video, take the online assessment, & download your attendance certificate!
Learn From the Experts: Getting Students Reading Through Social Media (March 2024)
Are you a K-12 educator who is passionate about promoting reading to your students through social media? If so, this session is for you!
Join us virtually to gain valuable insights into the journeys of K-12 social media influencers, their content creation process, and tips for using social media to get students reading. Joining us will be K-12 librarians and influencers:
- Amanda Hunt (@thenextgenlibrarian),
- KC Boyd (@boss_librarian) and
- Melanie Wood (@melanie_in_the_library).
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your approach to promoting literacy in the digital age!
Quick tips to connect your whole classroom with digital magazines (November 2023)
How can digital magazines change your approach to lesson planning? What kinds of magazines can you even get digitally? (Spoiler alert: A lot!) And just how many students can read them at one time? For answers to all these pressing questions and more, don’t miss this presentation from the Sora app’s digital reading experts. You’ll get a peek at all the different possibilities with periodicals, including:
- Key benefits that make the magazines package a must-have for your school.
- New and always-available titles that can keep your students reading over breaks.
- Classroom ideas to help you cut back on paper (and save you from paper cuts!)
- Success stories from educators like you who are making the most of their digital magazines.