Thinkronize Wins Distinguished Achievement Award from Association of Educational Publishers
14 June 2006
netTrekker d.i., the safe, educational search engine specifically designed to support differentiated instruction, has been honored with a 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). Developed by Thinkronize, Inc., netTrekker d.i. earned top honors in the "Best Educational Website - Reference" category. This latest accolade marks the thirteenth time in four years that Thinkronize has been recognized for enhancing the education of youth through the netTrekker product suite.
netTrekker d.i. provides teachers and students with fast and easy access to more than 180,000 educator-selected, standards-based online resources. The search engine goes a step further by assigning each prescreened resource a readability measure based on Lexile(R) ratings and eight other popular methods. In addition, an entire section of netTrekker d.i. resources is filled with customized ELL content to help teach English as a second language, addressing a growing need in K-12 education today.
"netTrekker d.i. is an invaluable tool for teachers of every grade level and content area! It's really a unique tool because it puts a variety of quality online resources in one place, right at a teacher's fingertips, in a matter of seconds," explained Jennifer Laginess, an Instructional Technology Specialist from Michigan. "netTrekker d.i. not only helps teachers focus on state standards but makes integrating technology into the curriculum easy and practical."
Because of its ability to generate relevant results and provide children with safe searches, netTrekker d.i. has seen rapid adoption in school districts nationwide. Nearly 8.3 million students in 14,000 schools across the country are currently using the search engine. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has partnered with Thinkronize to provide access to netTrekker d.i. for every student and educator across the state. Michigan Virtual University, in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education, has also teamed with Thinkronize to provide netTrekker d.i. access to educators statewide.
2006 is the third consecutive year in which the netTrekker product suite has been honored by AEP. In 2005, Thinkronize won the prestigious Golden Lamp Award in the Technology Category for netTrekker classic. The Golden Lamp is the most prestigious award within the field of educational publishing, with winners being recognized 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. Additionally, netTrekker classic earned a Distinguished Achievement Award from AEP in 2004.
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 http://www.edpress.org/awards/winners.htm .
About the netTrekker Product Suite
The netTrekker product line includes award-winning educational search products for both the education (netTrekker classic and netTrekker d.i.) and consumer markets (netTrekker home). Unlike ordinary search engines, products from the netTrekker suite provide fast and easy access to only the best, pornography-free, educational resources from the entire Internet in a safe, organized, standards-aligned format. Using netTrekker search engines, 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 learning. For more information about the netTrekker suite, visit http://www.netTrekker.com .
About Thinkronize
Thinkronize, an Internet developer of award-winning K-12 educational products, was founded in 1999 and grew out of a passion for and commitment to enhancing teaching and learning with the Internet and standards-based online resources. The company's flagship product, netTrekker classic, was launched in October 2000 and has won 11 industry awards for excellence since its inception. Thinkronize currently serves nearly 8.3 million students in 48 states, including adoptions by key districts and states nationwide, making it one of the fastest-growing companies in the education industry. In recent years, the company has expanded the netTrekker product line to include two- time award-winning netTrekker d.i., designed for use in schools to help educators meet individual students' learning needs, and netTrekker home, available for purchase by parents whose district or school has not yet purchased a netTrekker school subscription. For more information visit http://www.thinkronize.com or phone 877-517-1125.
Source: prnewswire
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