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.”

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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