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‘netTrekker’ Earns
2005 Golden Lamp Award
from Association of Educational Publishers
Academic search engine from Thinkronize
recognized for significant impact in education technology
Cincinnati, OH - As the infinite wealth of information
available on the Internet is being tapped for educational purposes
by nearly every U.S. student, Thinkronize, Inc. has acted as an
educational visionary by creating a solution to ensure that students
and educators can access safe, trusted Internet resources. The
netTrekker academic search engine, developed by Thinkronize,
has been honored for its impact in classrooms nationwide with the
2005 Golden Lamp Award in the Technology Category from the Association
of Educational Publishers (AEP).
The Golden Lamp is the most prestigious award within the field
of educational publishing. Publishing professionals, educators
and librarians recognize winners as providing the most outstanding
materials for learning. In addition to encompassing content and
design that transcends the best in its category, Golden Lamp submissions
are critiqued on their fulfillment of their educational mission.
Awarding a perfect score, the six-judge panel unanimously agreed
that netTrekker not only meets the goals of its mission,
but it fills an overwhelming classroom need. Randy Wilhelm, president
and CEO of Thinkronize, accepted the award on behalf of the students
whose learning is being positively impacted by use of the netTrekker
search engine.
Nearly 4 million students and a quarter of a million teachers
in 47 states are using the award-winning netTrekker search
engine to enhance learning. netTrekker delivers only the
best educational resources from the entire Internet to a student’s
desktop, saving valuable time and making searches safe and powerfully
productive.
Ann Dalton, program administrator of textbooks, libraries &
media services for San Francisco Unified School District, represents
one of the 6,000 schools relying on netTrekker to deliver
safe, quality information to students over the Internet. “netTrekker
is an exciting resource for our students and teachers,” said
Dalton. “Students can go straight to reliable, informative
online resources without wasting time sifting through countless
off-target or questionable sites. And, teachers get great educator-selected
resources tied to the curriculum and our state standards.”
Golden Lamp Award entries are judged against all audiences and
types in their respective category (Instructional Materials, Books,
Periodicals, and Technology). Thus only four Golden Lamps are awarded
annually and the winners are referred to as the “best of
the best.” Companies enter the Golden Lamps because they
believe they have the best Instructional Material, Book, Periodical,
or Technology product overall. Prior to winning the Golden Lamp
Award, netTrekker also earned a Distinguished Achievement
Award from AEP in 2004, and recently was awarded two 2005 Codie
awards from the Software & Information Industry Association.
AEP, founded in 1895, is a national, nonprofit organization that
represents, supports and promotes the publishers of supplemental
educational resources, key tools for reading and learning at school
and at home. Thinkronize joins an elite cadre of companies in the
supplemental publishing field who have been honored for excellence
in their products. An AEP award, earned after thorough analysis
by a national panel of experts, confers upon the winner the right
to display the coveted Lamp of Learning logo, which tells consumers
a product has met the highest standard of excellence. For more
information, visit www.edpress.org/awards/lampwin.htm.
About netTrekker
netTrekker is the award-winning academic search engine
specifically designed for school use. Unlike ordinary search engines,
netTrekker delivers only the best educational resources
from the entire Internet in a safe, organized, standards-aligned
format to every desktop, helping to increase student achievement.
Using netTrekker, educators, librarians, students, and
parents save valuable time because they receive only safe, relevant
educator-selected results, allowing them to spend less time searching
and more time focused on learning.
To learn more about netTrekker, visit www.netTrekker.com.
About Thinkronize
Thinkronize, an Internet developer of award-winning K-12 educational
products, was founded
by Robert Reinders in July 1999 and grew out of a passion and commitment
to enhancing teaching and learning with the Internet and standards-based
online resources. The company’s premier product, netTrekker,
the trusted search engine for schools, was launched in October
2000. Since netTrekker’s launch, Thinkronize has
enjoyed continued growth, success and industry recognition and
awards. netTrekker is being adopted by key districts nationwide
and is known to be one of the best products in the education industry.
For more information visit www.thinkronize.com
or phone 877-517-1125.
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