K-12 Schools Staff Training

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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!

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.

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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.

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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.