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netTrekker d.i.'s New "My Portfolio" Tool Takes Off with Teachers
Thinkronize's Leading K-12 Search Tool, netTrekker d.i., Now Allows Educators to Collaborate and Share Digital Resources at School and District Levels
FETC, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, January 23, 2009 – A
new customized online teacher tool is advancing the way teachers interact
and collaborate with each other and ultimately with their students. Powered
by “My Portfolio,” the leading K-12 safe search tool netTrekker
d.i. now allows educators to create, organize, and share content
for standards-based instruction with fellow teachers within their school
or district.
“My Portfolio” is perfect for both individual teachers and district
curriculum staff because of the ability to create project-based learning activities
and units for standards-based instruction. Educators are using its many customized
features to scaffold, save, and share digital content, including resources found
in netTrekker d.i. and from third parties. They can add content
to their portfolios— templates, timeline and famous person search results,
and images—and then, like a digital file cabinet, create folders for organization.
“With the introduction of ‘My Portfolio’ we have provided
a simple yet very powerful way to bring 21st-century tools to the fingertips
of all of our customers,” said Thinkronize CEO Randy Wilhelm. “‘My
Portfolio’ facilitates the development of engaging interdisciplinary
projects and lessons, helping teachers create a more interactive learning
experience for students. We are thrilled to see the inventive ways
that teachers are using its many features.”
Florida’s School District of Palm Beach County has enthusiastically
embraced netTrekker d.i. as a valuable tool for finding, saving,
and sharing safe and educationally sound resources. According to
Jonathan Decker, the district’s Technology Program Specialist, “With netTrekker
d.i.’s new ‘My Portfolio’ feature, our Educational
Technology department can collaborate with our content and curriculum
experts to provide direct links to netTrekker d.i.’s collections
of web resources that are aligned with our state standards and presented
to teachers in a lesson plan–specific way. This provides just-in-time
access to a huge number of digital resources. Our teachers then build
on these collections to create and collaborate around their own portfolios
at the school level and share many of these resources with their students
through their course-specific web presence.”
Created by Thinkronize, Inc., netTrekker d.i. is the #1 K-12
educational search tool that transforms digital content into safe, valuable,
custom-designed resources for educators and students. Unlike ordinary search
engines, netTrekker d.i. provides fast-and-easy access to more
than 300,000 digital resources that have been evaluated by a team of expert
educators for superior quality and academic appropriateness, organized
by grade and readability level and aligned with state standards. netTrekker
d.i. is now used by over 12 million students, 600,000 teachers, and
21,000 schools in all 50 states in the United States.
About
Thinkronize
Founded in 1999, Thinkronize is a leader in the digital
delivery of K-12 educational content and is dedicated to enhancing
the education of today’s youth with highly effective technologies
that deliver the rich educational value of the Internet to every
child in a safe, relevant, easy-to-use format. With the mission
to help every child learn and a belief that technology can transform
education, Thinkronize was first to market with a standards-based
educational search engine, utilizing the services of Academic Benchmarks
(www.AcademicBenchmarks.com), the premier provider of comprehensive
standards-based K-12 educational databases, alignment tools, and
integration products. Thinkronize’s flagship product, netTrekker
d.i., is the #1 educational search tool in K-12 schools and
is currently used in over 21,000 schools nationwide. Peers, educators,
and parents have honored Thinkronize and netTrekker d.i. over
25 times for its contribution to education. In 2007, netTrekker
d.i. was named the Best Education Solution in SIIA's CODiE award
competition. In addition, Thinkronize was named to the 2007 Inc. 5000
and 2006 Inc. 500 lists as one of the fastest growing private
companies in the United States. The company was founded by Robert
Reinders and currently serves over 12 million students in all 50
states, including adoptions by key districts and states nationwide. For
more information visit www.Thinkronize.com or
phone 877-517-1125.
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