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Sora “Content Bundles” Feature Empowers Educators to Easily Reserve Digital Books for Specific Students

eSchool News

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. This provides us with so many options to filter content to meet specific district, classroom and learning needs.”. Organize books for book clubs or literature circles.

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TeachingBooks Resources Available to 24 Million Readers with New Statewide Library Systems Added in 2021

eSchool News

OverDrive Education, a division of OverDrive, offers the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines and other content for over 53,000 K-12 schools and millions of students worldwide. TeachingBooks was acquired by OverDrive in 2021. www.TeachingBooks.net www.BookConnections.org.

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It’s NOT About Google (Part 2) – SULS045

Shake Up Learning

Students can create eBooks, individually or collaboratively. Secondary students can use Google Scholar to find credible resources for their research projects. Google Books offers students a place to access and read books and magazines, cite sources, translate sources, and even set up alerts for specific topics.

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What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it?

Ask a Tech Teacher

While reading the ebooks, students can take notes, highlight, jot down questions, share ideas with each other, and respond to the comments of classmates. They can look up words they don’t understand and translate the text into a long list of languages that may be their native or a secondary language they are learning.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

. - Mark Nichols, Digital Promise Fellow Citizen Journalism - Lesley Farmer, Professor of Library Media CLASS: Connected Learning Activities through Social Service - Sebastian Panakal, Chairperson Classrooms without Borders: A Teacher's Guide to International Collaborative Projects - Philip J.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

In addition, they’ve transitioned to ebooks to save more dollars. Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.