netTrekker Newsletter Archive > May, 2005

netTrekker - the trusted search engine for schoolsMay, 2005






This newsletter contains important updates about netTrekker. We value our relationship with you as a subscriber and want to be sure that you are current with ongoing announcements and helpful tips so you can better utilize netTrekker.

We encourage you to share this information with other netTrekker users in your school and district.


netTrekker will be at NECC June 27-30, 2005.

If you attend the conference, please stop by the netTrekker booth #112. We love to hear how your students and teachers are using netTrekker.

We’ll also be celebrating the launch of our new product to be announced during NECC. Stop by for a demo and enter to win prizes.

To learn more, click here.


“netTrekker is the one resource in our district that gets accolades from all levels of our K-12 environment! If we could have only one web-based tool for our students and teachers, netTrekker would be the choice!

Roberta Stagge
Coordinator of Instructional Technology
Middletown City School District
Middletown, OH


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We hope that the 2005 school year has been exciting and enjoyable for you as well as for your staff and students. As you begin preparing for your summer break, here are some things that you may want to consider regarding your use of netTrekker.

  • School & District Usage Stats
  • Saved Searches
  • Usernames and Passwords for Summer Access
  • Summer Review Materials
  • Summer Reading Lists

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On May 25th, netTrekker was honored with two Codie awards during the 20th annual awards presentation sponsored by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. This year netTrekker received the following two awards:

  • Best Web-Based Instructional Solution
    Awards the best educational website designed to provide informational, instructional or content support for K-12 students, teachers, and administrators.

  • Best Elementary Education Instructional Solution: Other Content Areas
    Awards the best education technology solution for students in grades K-6 in curriculum areas other than mathematics or language arts/reading, includes social studies, science, health, art, music, technology or multi-disciplinary topics.

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netTrekker congratulates the following districts on reaching an exciting milestone of 1 million netTrekker page views this year*. To honor this achievement, each district will receive a special plaque to commemorate this milestone.

  • 2.3 M Ysleta ISD, TX
  • 1.5 M Orange County Public Schools, FL
  • 1.5 M Fort Bend ISD, TX
  • 1.0 M Houston ISD, TX

Even though each district takes a different approach to promoting netTrekker, we have found three common factors that contribute to their success: training, communication and ongoing support and monitoring. Read More...

Did you know that the name of the company that developed and powers netTrekker is Thinkronize? netTrekker is widely recognized in the education industry, and we want to make sure that you are also familiar with the company behind the product you know and love!

Read on to discover a few trivia questions to help you learn a little bit more about Thinkronize. Read More...

 

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