Thinkronize Hits 11 Millionth Student Milestone!

 Safe, Pornography-Free, and Relevant Searching Increases by 84% on Nation’s #1 Educational Search Engine netTrekker d.i. from School Year 06 to School Year 07

Cincinnati, OH, February 6, 2008 – Thinkronize <http://www.thinkronize.com/>, a leader in the digital delivery of K-12 educational content, today announced that eleven million students are now searching safely online with netTrekker d.i., its #1 in-school safe search engine.  netTrekker d.i. is now used by over 600,000 teachers and 20,000 schools throughout the U.S., an 84% increase in safe searches from school year 2006 to school year 2007 and an increase of one million students and two thousand schools since Fall 2007.  
Schools are aggressively seeking ways to provide standards-based digital resources in all subject areas to their teachers and students.  In many cases, states and districts are shifting available funding from print to digital media. Thinkronize’s remarkable growth rate is a result of netTrekker d.i.’s easy-to-use interface and its ability to deliver relevant, safe, teacher-approved digital resources quickly.  

Although schools are increasingly investing in keeping students web-safe, only one in five (20%) of our nation’s students in our 115,512 public and non-public schools has access to netTrekker d.i.’s digital content.  “The opportunity for our continued growth is strong,” said Thinkronize CEO Randy Wilhelm. “We are proud to deliver a solution that is helping educators make significant headway in turning things around so that every child can benefit from online content.”

“Our students require the finest Internet search technology, and with over 18,000 students in our district, we are dedicated to providing them all with access to safe, relevant digital content,” said John Laws, executive director of technology at Cincinnati’s Lakota Local Schools, the largest suburban school district in Ohio.  “Using regular search engines means sifting through thousands of non-educational and sometimes inappropriate websites. netTrekker d.i. allows our students and teachers to find digital content easily and quickly.”
According to Eliot Levinson, founder and CEO, BLE Group, “Since 1998 I have been involved in helping schools and states implement technology for better results.  I’ve watched Thinkronize since their 1999 launch and have been impressed by their vision for technology use in education, undeniable growth story, focus on safety, and ability to develop cutting-edge products to meet the unique needs of educators and students around the globe.”

In a recent study, Schools and Generation ‘Net (http://ntdi.nettrekker.com/?page=study_2007), commissioned by Thinkronize, it was revealed that, although virtually all the 954 educators who responded reported that their schools or districts were taking actions to protect students using filters and training, only about one-third had purchased and installed special search engines. With netTrekker d.i.’s significant growth rate, that number appears to be on the rise. 

About the netTrekker Product Suite
The netTrekker product line includes award-winning educational search products for both the education (netTrekker d.i.) and consumer (netTrekker home) markets.  Unlike ordinary search engines, products from the netTrekker suite provide fast and easy access to only the best educational resources from the entire Internet in a safe, organized, standards-aligned format. Using netTrekker search products, educators, school librarians, students, and parents save valuable time because they are directed to relevant, reliable, educator-selected websites every time—meaning less time spent on searching and more time focused on teaching, learning, and achieving.  For more information about the netTrekker productsuite, visit www.netTrekker.com.

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 engine in K-12 schools and is currently used in over 20,000 schools worldwide. The company’s consumer product, netTrekker home, gives parents and students whose school or district has not yet purchased a netTrekker d.i. subscription access to its 180,000+ educator-selected resources. Peers, educators and parents have honored Thinkronize and the netTrekker product suite over 20 times for their contribution to education.  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 over 11 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.