Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Listen and Read.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Benchmark Education is are now offering free access to their extensive collection of eBooks to families and educators. The library includes books both in English and Spanish for grades K-6 and is accessible to users using nearly any device with internet access. This library is available through July 31, 2020.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Burnsville, MN January 16, 2025 Mackin, a leader in providing print and digital educational resources for PK-12, is proud to announce that its free digital content management platform, MackinVIA, has earned the Platinum Award in LibraryWorks’ 10th annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. have online libraries included with student resources. Treat them exactly as though they were print books.

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Turnitin

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Submit Educators know that a robust, dynamic library of resources can increase student learning outcomes. In fact, research from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) shows that access to a library can notably “improve student retention” and “promote academic rapport and student engagement” (Brown & Malenfant, 2017).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

EBook Libraries EBook libraries are changing how students access reading materials, making heavy backpacks filled with textbooks a thing of the past. This instant accessibility promotes a love for reading via formats such as audiobooks and interactive texts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Utah State Library has partnered with Gale , part of Cengage Group, to provide Utahs more than 3 million residents with free access to Gale digital resources. The resources are available online to all Utah residents with a local public library card through Utahs Online Public Library (UOPL).

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Libraries are temporarily closing their doors due to coronavirus—like so many other institutions in the wake of a growing pandemic. But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ? But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ?

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

That early access to knowledge helped shape who I am today, and I carry that legacy into my work leading library services and digital learning for more than 30,500 students in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Equity, access, and the power of informational text Irving ISD is a proudly diverse district.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2019

When you talk to an adult reader about ebooks, they typically come down on one side of the fence or the other. They either love the convenience, access and ease of the digital version, or they’re the kind of person who can’t imagine life without the smell of the pages and the feel of a book in their hand. It’s a more active process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2023

Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). This doesn’t require a library. Reading Any age: Read ebooks. Ebook readers like Kindle, iBooks, and Kobe are easy-to-use and free.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

. – August 17, 2022 – Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries, and home, announces substantial enhancements to its Capstone Interactive eBooks platform. Among the improvements, the eBook platform and reader will be Section 508 compliant and WCAG 2.1

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 30, 2020

Colleges and universities have huge libraries stacked with books. Brick and mortar libraries are still standing strong and are maintained by educational institutions. But let’s be practical here, how often are students excited at the prospect of going to the library to search for a book? Benefits for Institutions 1.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Since technology allows access to different people in different places, students can work together online without having to go to each other’s houses. Students and teachers can access one account so collaboration is also very possible for group work. With SMMRY, you can get a summary of any text gotten from an eBook or web page.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2022

You can have your entire library in your own pocket to take anywhere you go. There are several websites and online libraries that offer access to free ebooks and audiobooks. In the list below, I compiled for you some of the best places where you can search for and access free ebooks and audiobooks.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

Key points: Audiobooks are popular, but print still commands a majority of the audience A balance of both offers students increased accessibility See related article: 5 long-term benefits of our online literacy programs My 2023 #BritReads book tally experienced a massive slowdown in April when my husband and I welcomed Holden Lane to the world.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 5, 2020

However, if you’re not into the idea of social media, Youtube, or a public blog, you can use a simple library of items that students can have access to such as Google Drive, or something more advanced such as your school’s learning management system. Introducing audiobooks and ebooks. But don’t quote me on this one.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2016

Technology is engaging and many of your learners may have devices or access to a computer. For an explanation of each of these ideas check out the post I wrote for ESL Library, 7 Ways Learners Can Improve Their English with Technology. Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Will we wander through VR stacks in the library of the future? Will the library’s computer lab become a makerspace? Those were just a couple of the questions raised on Tuesday, February 27 when the #DLNchat community got together to discuss: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation?

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2017

But these days the question is how publishers can afford to produce them at all, especially as the main customers for those books—academic libraries—face ever-shrinking budgets, and the open-access movement has pumped up expectations that scholarship should be shared as widely and cheaply as possible.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 4, 2019

Libby is an excellent app that allows you to access your local library and borrow ebooks and audiobooks. The way Libby works is very simple: open the app, find your local library, use your library.read more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When Microsoft Publisher came out a lifetime ago, it was the first major desktop publishing effort to blend layout, colors, and multimedia that was accessible to everyone. There’s no cost for basic (a yearly cost for premium) to use the thousands of free illustrations and images in the Canva library or uploading your own.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It provides reading resources either uploaded by the teacher or selected from the platform’s library of thousands of fiction and nonfiction books (some free; some through Prime plans), Common Core-aligned lesson plans, videos, or simulations. Students, too, have their own dashboard where they access teacher-assigned materials and more.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2020

Macking one of the world’s largest providers of print books, ebooks, audiobooks, and video is offering access to its ebook library and distance learning content for free. 4,500+ Multi-User eBooks. 3,000+ Multi-User eBooks. 1,500+ Multi-User eBooks. Elementary School. Middle School. High School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. When students finish, publish them to a Hundred Days ebook using Adobe Spark or similar and share it with classmates and parents. BTW, if you know why “100 Days of School” is so popular, I’d sure like to hear it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

CLEVELAND – June 7, 2022 – Digital book access for reading and listening for K-12 students has reached a milestone. Students using the free Sora student reading app have now accessed more than 100 million books from their school’s digital collections since Sora launched in 2018.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Join our ALL ACCESS Membership for access to these sessions and more, plus credit certificates for your PD hours. These are available exclusively with our ALL ACCESS Membership. You’ll also unlock access to our entire library of cheat sheets, guides, ebooks, templates, and more. We gotcha covered!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. Increase accessibility. access to Kiddom Academy for administrators. early access to new products and influence over future ones. Kiddom’s Content Library Makes Differentiation Faster Than Ever. Provide change in pedagogic frameworks.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 2, 2019

Looking for some good library apps other than Kindle and Kobo? Some of these apps provide access to free eBooks and several other.read more Below is a collection of some iPad apps you might want to try.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Scholastic US research indicates that of children who had read an eBook, 26% of boys and 16% of girls said they were reading more books as a result. There’s no limit or allowance to worry about – just complete access to the entire Nimble Stories’ library, as if it were your own. Kevin Palmer, Nimble Stories Founder.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2023

Leveraging the use of eBooks and audiobooks to expand access to reading materials as well as improve literacy skills for students was the focus of the edLeader Panel “ Keys to Elevating Readers with eBooks and Audiobooks.” Finding solutions to help students attain grade-level reading proficiency is a top priority.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

1990 – The Internet brings about unprecedented access to information. These tend to be the challenges for any new technology, however, and as interactive whiteboards become more accessible they will continue to grow in popularity. . However, students do admit to multitasking more on tablets than in ebooks. Smartphones.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Sora Sweet Reads provides free access to a variety of popular digital books during the next 100+ days to encourage student reading during the rest of the school year and summer break. Ebook titles include 10 Blind Dates, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, Ironheart, and Ark Angel. Audiobook titles include Flannery and Game Changer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. When students finish, publish them to a Hundred Days ebook using Adobe Spark or similar and share it with classmates and parents. BTW, if you know why “100 Days of School” is so popular, I’d sure like to hear it.

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Adobe Learning Exercises Digital Citizenship 395

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. When students finish, publish them to a Hundred Days ebook using Adobe Spark or similar and share it with classmates and parents.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to provide access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. As such, the DDOE committed to ensuring all Delaware public schools’ students and staff can access resources to support learning acceleration.

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Accessibility eBook Libraries Instructional Materials 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Listen and Read.

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