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for limiting a search to relevant web sites and saves
students a lot of time.” Linda
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Library Media Teacher
Canby School District
Canby, Oregon
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April is National Poetry Month. National Poetry Month was established to increase the visibility and appreciation of poetry in our culture. Many schools incorporate National Poetry Month into their curriculum for April. Bring added excitement to your classroom by integrating online poetry resources into your lesson plans.
Both the Elementary and Secondary sections of netTrekker offer a variety of educator-selected online resources on the topic of poetry that can enhance your instruction, including lesson plans and learning exercises, information about individual poets and their works, collections of poems, audio clips of poetry readings and much more. Improving language and literacy skills through the use of poetry is a goal that can be accomplished by all grade levels! Read More...
ISTE NETS Added to netTrekker
netTrekker has recently added the ISTE NETS (National Educational Technology Standards) to the State Standards section. You can find the ISTE NETS by clicking on the State Standards button at the top of your netTrekker page. You’ll find the ISTE NETS in the National Standards section.Improved Student Searching
netTrekker has recently changed the way that search results are sorted so that teacher-specific resources will now appear at the end of the list on the search results page. This will make it easier for students to find the most relevant and appropriate results at the top of their search results page. The teacher-specific resources can be easily located by clicking on the yellow Lesson Plans tab.
Need ideas for rolling out netTrekker in your school or district? Check out our Implementation Items section in Help that includes ideas that have worked for other subscribers in creating awareness, conducting training, and promoting ongoing use of netTrekker. Read More...
There is now a way for other teachers, librarians, and administrators in your school or district to sign up to receive the netTrekker newsletter directly from us. This will make it easier to spread the word about the helpful tips and netTrekker updates we share through our customer newsletter. Read More...
netTrekker was selected as a winner in the 11th Annual Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Awards competition. The BESSIE Awards, sponsored by The ComputED Gazette, honor innovative and content-rich programs and websites which provide teachers and parents with the technology tools to promote educational excellence. Read More...
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