How One District Systematically Integrated Digital Books into Classrooms and Independent Reading

Presented by Amy Hall, School Librarian, Weber School District (UT); and Nick Harris, Digital Teaching and Learning Director, Weber School District (UT)
Moderated by Noel Zickefoose, Account Manager, OverDrive Education

Sponsored by Sora from OverDrive Education

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View this edLeader Panel with Amy Hall and Nick Harris from the Weber School District (UT) to learn how they successfully and systematically integrated ebooks and audiobooks into all school libraries across the district. You also discover how Weber School District:

• Embedded digital books into district tech trainings
• Provided monthly tips and user guides for librarians
• Used ebooks and audiobooks for districtwide professional development
• Developed trainings and resources specific to the district
• Spread digital book use and models to departments and individuals

Viewers walk away with best practices and strategies for harnessing the power of digital and replicating this success in their own districts.

This recorded edLeader Panel is of interest to K-12 librarians, education technology leaders, and school and district leaders.

About the Presenters

Amy Hall has been teaching in the Weber School District for the last 22 years. She has been a junior high language arts teacher and most recently a librarian. Curriculum development and library advocacy are two of her passions and she loves working with junior high students. When she isn’t at school, she loves road tripping and laughing with her husband and two children.

Nick Harris has served in education for 18 years and is currently the digital teaching and learning director at Weber School District in Utah. Nick is confident in technology, teaching, and teaching with technology and is passionate about creating and taking part in quality professional learning experiences for educators.

About the Moderator

Noel Zickefoose is an account manager for schools in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Noel’s vision is that all students have access to digital books to not only give them the ability to read 24/7 but also to help them develop their technology skills. She is also deeply committed to serving the needs of her school partners and thrives on solving problems and ensuring they have a great experience being an OverDrive partner. She has three little girls, ages two, five, and seven, and loves reading them books in Sora every evening at bedtime. She’s also an avid runner and vegetarian but likes to balance that out with lots of chocolate!

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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. The company’s student reading app, Sora, provides every student with access to the right books. Supporting the need to read required curriculum titles, class sets and pleasure reading digital books, Sora’s powerful learning tools and insights help meet the needs of students and educators. Sora was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2019. Acquired in 2021, TeachingBooks.net complements Sora with one of the largest catalogs of original and curated literary resources. Founded in 1986, OverDrive—the leading digital reading platform for libraries—and OverDrive Education are based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. www.overdrive.com/schools