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ISTE and Capstone Collaborate on Children’s Books Championing Digital Citizenship

April 21, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries and ... Read more

Newsline

K-12 Students Access 100 Million+ Digital Books from their Schools with Sora Reading App

June 7, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – June 7, 2022 – Digital book access for reading and listening for K-12 students has reached a milestone. ... Read more

Newsline

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

January 18, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – January 18, 2022 – Educators who are looking for more efficient ways to support reading outcomes have a ... Read more

Newsline

New Sora Showcase Turns Any Touchscreen Display into Kiosk for Student Discovery of Digital Books

October 29, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – October 29, 2021 – As schools embrace the digital shift and rely more on digital books to support ... Read more

Ancillary

How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading

October 10, 2022October 1, 2021 by Diana Thomas, 7th and 8th Grade Reading Teacher, Cleveland Metropolitan Schools

Digital books connect all students with reading opportunities--but vulnerable populations, in particular, see huge benefits

The definition of success is a “favorable or desired outcome.” At Title I schools, where students are often at a disadvantage from the start, measuring success can look…

Newsline

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

July 22, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – June 29, 2021 – With schools facing the challenge of unfinished learning due to the pandemic, one state ... Read more

District Management

Understanding ebooks: Which model is right for your district?

October 10, 2022February 18, 2021 by Angela Arnold, General Manager, OverDrive Education

Knowing how pricing models work will help students access ebooks during remote and hybrid learning

It’s been almost one year since the country shut down, and schools are still adapting to the new normal of remote and hybrid learning environments--with a newfound reliance…

Newsline

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

February 2, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Remote STEM instruction that's both engaging and impactful is possible--with a little determination and creativity

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is ... Read more

Newsline

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

January 26, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

These tips and recommendations can help students learn to read, read to learn, and learn to love reading--because a love of reading is a great thing to have

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is ... Read more

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With Print Supplies Disrupted, More Schools Adopt Digital Books

September 24, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

With a record number of students going back to school online, educators are urgently turning to digital books in place ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Most Popular of 2015, No. nine: 106k free teacher-created digital textbooks hit the web

December 21, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

The move to digital textbooks and resources is spreading as more companies partner with open education efforts Ed. note: We’re ... Read more

Curriculum

New online service applies the ‘Netflix’ model to literacy

March 31, 2014April 14, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

Capstone Digital has launched a new online service that aims to do for literacy what Netflix has done for consumer entertainment, with the hope that this approach might…

IT Management

Google putting its digital library to the test

November 5, 2013July 15, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Google Inc. is giving researchers nearly a half-million dollars to test the academic value of its rapidly growing online library.

District Management

Project puts 1 million books online for blind, dyslexic users

May 6, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Even as audio versions of best-sellers fill store shelves and new technology fuels the popularity of digitized books, the number of titles accessible to people who are blind…

IT Management

University of Minnesota sends books to Google for digitization

April 26, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The University of Minnesota libraries are sending their first shipment of books to be digitized to Google this month as part of the Google books project, reports the…

IT Management

Fending off the ‘digital decay’ of archived resources, bit by bit

March 16, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

As research libraries and archives are discovering, "born-digital" materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated, reports the New York Times.

IT Management

Publishers win a bout in eBook Price Fight

February 10, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

With the impending arrival of digital books on the Apple iPad and feverish negotiations with Amazon.com over e-book prices, publishers have managed to take some control--at least temporarily--of…

IT Management

Electronic books now come in snack sizes

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Who has time to read a whole book anymore? That’s the thinking behind a new publishing venture by the FT Press, a unit of Pearson, which has introduced…

District Management

Can Apple’s tablet spark a textbook revolution?

September 3, 2010January 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Can the release of Apple's eReader tablet do for textbooks what the iPod did for music: combine an online store for purchasing books with sleek hardware that holds…

ISTE and Capstone Collaborate on Children’s Books Championing Digital Citizenship

K-12 Students Access 100 Million+ Digital Books from their Schools with Sora Reading App

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

New Sora Showcase Turns Any Touchscreen Display into Kiosk for Student Discovery of Digital Books

How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

Understanding ebooks: Which model is right for your district?

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

With Print Supplies Disrupted, More Schools Adopt Digital Books

Most Popular of 2015, No. nine: 106k free teacher-created digital textbooks hit the web

New online service applies the ‘Netflix’ model to literacy

Google putting its digital library to the test

Project puts 1 million books online for blind, dyslexic users

University of Minnesota sends books to Google for digitization

Fending off the ‘digital decay’ of archived resources, bit by bit

Publishers win a bout in eBook Price Fight

Electronic books now come in snack sizes

Can Apple’s tablet spark a textbook revolution?

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Counslr Launches in Texas to Increase Access to Mental Health Support for Staff and Students

Ignite Reading Again Approved as 1:1 High-Dosage Early Literacy Tutoring Provider in Massachusetts

aiEDU and The Rithm Project Partner to Infuse Human Connection into AI Literacy Through High School ELA Curriculum

Catapult Learning is Approved to Provide High-Dosage Tutoring in Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Schools

Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

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