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THINKRONIZE’S AWARD-WINNING EDUCATIONAL SEARCH ENGINE DIRECTLY SUPPORTS CANADIAN EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS PROVIDING ACCESS TO SAFE, RELEVANT CONTENT
Canadian Schools Can Now Access More Than 8,000 New Canadian-Specific Digital Resources in netTrekker d.i.
Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 26, 2007) – Recognizing the need to help educators worldwide identify safe and educationally-relevant Web resources for their students, Thinkronize now offers more than 8,000 new Canadian-specific digital resources through the company’s award-winning safe search engine, netTrekker d.i.
Trusted by more than 10 million K-12 students, educators and parents in North America, netTrekker d.i. provides fast and easy access, from school or home, to more than 180,000 of the best educational resources available online, in a safe, organized and standards-aligned format. In addition, the search engine assigns each prescreened resource a readability measure based on Lexile® ratings and eight other popular methods.
To augment the search engine’s wide array of resources and features that support the unique learning needs of every student, a team of Canadian educators – experts in specific subject areas – worked with Thinkronize content editors to review the Canadian curriculum and then identify and evaluate high-quality resources that specifically support the needs of educators and students throughout Canada. netTrekker d.i. also includes resources specifically designed for ESL students and special needs students with its text-to-speech feature called Read Aloud and a Dictionary/Translation Hot Key that defines or translates any word on a Web site.
The new resources in netTrekker d.i., which are aligned to provincial outcomes and expectations – including, Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia – help facilitate lesson planning for Canadian educators. Using netTrekker d.i., Canadian educators can identify a particular outcome and expectation and then easily find a supporting resource to use with their students. Thinkronize also has added a new search refinement option to netTrekker d.i. that indicates whether a resource is available in French – especially valuable for French immersion schools.
“netTrekker d.i. provides a seamless connection between school and home, allowing students to safely access educational content via the Internet,” said Mario Botticella, Principal of St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic School in Ontario, Canada. “And many parents have commented that the Read Aloud and dictionary features within netTrekker d.i. are a big plus when their children are researching topics online.”
“Canada is just the first step in a worldwide opportunity for netTrekker d.i. Although netTrekker d.i. was originally developed for U.S. educators, our new adaptation directly supports Canadian curriculum with customized content, expanded resources and standards. We are thrilled that Canadian educators are embracing netTrekker d.i. to support their educational goals,” said Randy Wilhelm, CEO of Thinkronize.
For more information about netTrekker d.i., visit www.netTrekker.ca, a new homepage designed specifically for Canadian educators.
About Thinkronize
Founded in 1999, Thinkronize is a leader in the digital delivery of K-12 educational content. Thinkronize 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. Thinkronize was first to market with its standards-based educational search engine, netTrekker d.i., the #1 educational search engine in K-12 schools. Utilizing the services of Academic Benchmarks, the premier provider of comprehensive standards-based K-12 educational databases, alignment tools and integration services, netTrekker d.i. is currently used in over 19,000 schools worldwide. Most recently, netTrekker d.i. was named the 2007 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 more than 10 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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