

“The digital tools honored in 2021 demonstrate how education has stepped up to support remote and blended learning environments. “Like everything else this year, the committee’s work was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic,” award committee chair Mary Morgan Ryan said in a press release. These tools are also evaluated for their application of AASL’s “National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries.”

In service of this mission, the Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning list recognizes tools that are user-friendly and foster qualities of innovation/creativity, active participation, collaboration, exploration and information/reference. It’s the second time Sora has received this acclaim from the AASL, having first been named to the list in 2019.Īs a division of the American Library Association, AASL empowers leaders to transform teaching and learning. The Sora student reading app is a winner once again! The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has named Sora to the 2021 edition of its annual Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning list, which honors electronic resources that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their educator collaborators.
