Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 2, 2024

From mastering core job responsibilities to understanding company protocols and honing software proficiency, there’s a multitude of training needs to address. Gone are the days of struggling to manage training in large companies. Reskilling: Prepare employees for new job roles or changing job requirements within the company.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With the addition of the new licenses, more than 24 million readers at over 55,000 schools, public libraries and higher education institutions can now access TeachingBooks’ curated educational materials. More than 55,000 schools and libraries have received more than 70 million unique investigations and searches since August 2020.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

. & LEHI, UT – Gale , part of Cengage Group, a global provider of research and learning resources, and SirsiDynix , a global leader in library technology solutions, are excited to announce a strategic partnership that will deliver more than one billion records to CloudSource, SirsiDynix’s premier content and discovery services platform.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Burnsville, MN – January 18, 2022 – Mackin , a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to announce it is a multiyear honoree, winning another Platinum Award in LibraryWorks’ eighth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). For more information, visit www.mackin.com or call 800-245-9540.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

A robust library with standards-aligned content, lessons, activities, and ebooks for both online and offline learning. To round out Hatch’s holistic teaching and learning ecosystem and give teachers with crucial insights about usage and activity, the company has integrated its data dashboard, Insights , with the new software.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

For example, educators use Sora to connect students with their local public library for additional age-appropriate materials through Public Library CONNECT. Students at participating schools can enjoy free access to 50 popular juvenile and young adult ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs from their school.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

Students will also have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries’ digital collection as a result of the new partnership with the DDOE. Sora incentivizes reading with fun avatars and achievements within the app and provides seamless access to the local public library in most markets.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. About Cengage and Gale.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, announced it is partnering with Analytic Measures Inc. AMI) , an educational technology company, to provide a fully automated assessment tool that uses artificial intelligence and voice technology to measure K-5 students’ reading abilities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Using a code, the students can then unlock and read the ebooks and audiobooks in Sora , the leading student reading app available in more than 53,000 schools worldwide. Create teacher-specific classroom libraries. The company’s student reading app, Sora , provides every student with access to the right books.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

“By partnering with TeachingBooks and Sora, we’re bringing free, ready-to-teach literacy lessons to teachers and learners, furthering Pear Deck’s mission to create powerful learning moments for every student, every day,” said Stacy Yung, a former teacher and Senior Instructional Designer at GoGuardian, parent company of Pear Deck.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries, and homes, has named Haygood Poundstone as Chief Revenue Officer. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Throughout his career, Poundstone has led top-tier sales teams to drive organizational revenue, performance, and profit.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

An award-winning app known for ebooks and audiobooks, Sora unifies a simple user experience for students, including easy issue selection and single article view. Finally, students can use one app to access magazines alongside their school’s collection of ebooks and audiobooks, consolidating reading in a streamlined user experience.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity gaps stemming from challenges such as inadequate internet access, strategically directs investments towards international companies that share their mission and actively contribute to its realization. And when they hit send, we're integrated in the background.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

The company has launched Gale In Context: Literature, a new resource for literature instruction and learning that helps high schoolers engage and thrive in English language arts (ELA). Full Text: access to select full works of literature in an easy-to-use eBook format. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Attendees from academic libraries and scholarly publishing explored how higher education will have to adapt to changing demographics, rising inequality and continuing tensions between big commercial companies and their academic customers. But UNC’s Westbrooks saw another danger: too much power in the hands of a few powerful companies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2019

If you prefer face-to-face groups, check your local library or coffee shop for book clubs and other hobby groups. Go to the Library (or Dance Class or the Pool) Go to the library and check out some books. Just go to the library and ask how you can get set up. You can also find a Twitter chat that might suit you.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

You’ll find Alex has written a thoughtful analysis of what’s going on with physical bookstores in an ebook era: The Future of Physical Bookstores in the Digital Age. Worries about cheap, sometimes poorly edited, and often over-saturated eBook markets seemed like they would be the death of the printed word. More on books.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This means that schools can provide instant access to assigned titles as ebooks and audiobooks for in-class and distance learning for all students. More than 35,000 schools have shifted to OverDrive Education for digital books as the company has significantly expanded its catalog to include grade-leveled class sets aligned to teaching units.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2022

This model makes available ebooks and audiobooks on-demand in the Sora reading app to as many students as needed, with or without codes. Arnold adds, “Unlike print, reading data is available with ebooks and digital audiobooks to help teachers see how students are engaging with core texts.”. www.overdrive.com/schools.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With mental health issues and racial injustices on the rise, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the Charleston County School District (CCSD) provide its students and school staff with authoritative digital resources to support social and emotional learning (SEL) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). About Cengage and Gale.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2020

Here is a closer look at Follett’s company-wide eLearning resources that are being made available at libraries, schools and universities in communities across North America affected by the COVID-19 virus: Follett School Solutions (PreK-12). To access the free ebooks, visit www.Follett.com/RedShelf. Students must have an “.edu”

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2017

Today Josh Stumpenhorst @stumpteacher is directing a library revolution and evolution to Learning Commons at his school. And yes, they’ll be flying drones in the library! ” He also discusses the importance of literature and creativity in the library. .” But Owl Eyes isn’t just an ebook reader.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. Cengage, an education technology company serving millions of learners in 165 countries, advances the way students learn through quality, digital experiences. Gale, a Cengage company, believes in the power and joy of learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Presents: "Success for Struggling Readers: New Strategies Using eBooks" With: Ann Fondren + Sarah Downing Date + Time: Thursday, October 13th 3:00pm EDT for one hour (Click on the time link to see the event time in your own time zone.) Research proves that eBooks hold many advantages and opportunities for success. Sign up HERE.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This updated Sora Starter Collection bundle includes high-interest ebook, audiobook and Read-Along titles that are always available to students through September 1, 2023. Ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs in this collection come from Sourcebooks, Jump!, Sora is the leading student reading app for schools worldwide.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

With additional pressure being placed on students due to the pandemic and other stressors, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the North Bend School District 13 (NBSD) support mental health and wellness. School staff, including counselors, can also access the resources to assist students and their family members.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

So it may be that it deploys a new upgrade but if there is a problem in deployment for even five minutes, the company will roll back the new upgrade and immediately switch to the previous version. Related Read: 9 Reasons Why Publishers Should Move to Digital eBook Libraries. How to monetize your content for digital library?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The company has launched Gale Community For Educators , a new Facebook community designed with K-12 educators in mind. About Cengage Group and Gale Cengage Group, an education technology company serving millions of learners in 165 countries, advances the way students learn through quality, digital experiences. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.

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edWeb.net

JULY 12, 2022

Partially spurred by the pandemic but also by a desire to increase equitable access to reading materials, district leaders made a digital library one of the seven essential tools in all of the schools. Next, school leaders would talk about the digital library many times throughout the year, showing support that goes beyond money.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

The government funds, also known by legislative acronyms CARES, CRRSA, ARP and ESSER, can be used in a variety of ways ranging from improving ventilation, expanding after-school programs and purchasing digital resources like ebooks and audiobooks. Case studies of schools that expanded their digital libraries using ESF.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference: " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0 Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2022

An award-winning app known for assigned and choice reading of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines, Sora also provides a simple user experience for students to browse and read comics, even on phones. The company’s student reading app, Sora , provides every student with access to the right books. www.overdrive.com/schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2022

Gallagher (CKG) Foundation with a check for more than $18,000 from the proceeds of Cameron’s Collection and Cameron’s Camp for Wellness on the Gale eBooks platform to further support their education and awareness of student mental health and wellness. CKG Foundation is so grateful for Gale’s support. About Cengage Group and Gale.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

They can also send them as eBooks that people can read on their mobile devices or computers. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. However, you can still keep them in easy digital reach on your phones, digital ebook reader, or any electronic device. Book Creator Features. This tool is the best of both worlds.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The digital diffusion of education enabled the development of the collaborative economy, which refers to an economic system in which companies and several independent creators and producers aggregate and create value jointly in freely interconnected networks. “Co-creation, Here are the top 10 advantages of eBooks over printed books ).

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

But students at some colleges and universities still rely on print , which is a problem when bookstores and libraries have closed. Academic libraries have huge physical collections,” says Sherwood, 28. Founded in 2014, the London-based company provides digital content from 2,000-plus publishers. In the U.K.,

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