I learned a lot about OverDrive while shadowing a librarian out in Williamsville last spring. His school district had invested in the program in order to encourage students to continue to read over the summer. Each student is given a free account through the school that they can then access on any device using their school ID and password. It works best on a phone or tablet. Depending on the grade that the student is in, they are allowed to check out a particular number of the digital version of books at a time. In the case of the students I was observing, they were in grades K-4 so the number was 3-5. The app has filters that only allow access to age appropriate materials. There are settings where parents can go in and allow their child access to more advanced materials. I think this app would work wonders if encorporated into the summer reading program or used to hold a schoolwide contest to see which student could read the most books over break. The app has built in text to speech...
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