Press & Media

New Mexico Public Education Department Teams with netTrekker to Infuse Technology into Literacy Instruction

The New Mexico Public Education Department announced today that netTrekker, a leader in the delivery of digital K-12 educational content, is one of the key partners in the Building Blocks Project to improve students’ literacy skills. The Department kicked off the Building Blocks Project at the New Mexico Summer Institute in Santa Fe.

netTrekker Adds New Personalization Features to Enhance Search Experience and Foster Teacher Collaboration

netTrekker, a leader in the delivery of digital K-12 educational resources, is adding new features to its search tool that provide a more personalized and productive search experience, and facilitate educator collaboration to share resources and best practices.

Students, teachers attend high-tech summer camps

At 9 a.m. on a recent day a group of middle school students were hunkered down at a bank of computers, telling stories. The kids, mostly the children of Fulton County teachers, had gathered in a third-floor classroom at Crossroads Second Chance School to write stories for fellow students about everything from dividing fractions to editing video and producing how-to movies.

ISTE 2010 Exhibitor Profiles

As the exclusive official breaking news service of ISTE 2010, June 27-30, PR Newswire is featuring profiles of the exhibiting organizations.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

I thought this was a creative way to integrate BrainPOP and netTrekker resources together for January’s Book Month. Don’t stop after reading this classic with your kids (or watching the movie!).

Safe Search - Engaging Students vs. Protecting Students

One of the most obvious ways to engage students is to give them access INSIDE of school to all of the amazing Web 2.0 tools that engage them OUTSIDE of school. Who hasn’t tried to get through to his 15 year old with an iPod cranked in his ears and a cell phone glued to his hands?