What are your netTrekker best practices and favorites? Share with others - and hear what other Michigan educators and kids have to say!
"I like netTrekker because it gives good information that is easy to find! netTrekker is also great because it finds that important information quickly!”
Michigan student
“I like netTrekker because it is an easy way to get information. You can get information on any subject!”
Michigan student
"If you are at home and forget one of your textbooks, all you have to do is go to netTrekker and you’ll have all the information you need. netTrekker is great because it helps kids from Kindergarten to High School. It has helped me many times and I’m sure it will help many kids in the future.”
Michigan student
"I like netTrekker because it helps me with my homework and netTrekker helps me with after school club projects. NetTrekker is great because the program helps us with diversity and can bring in all kinds of wonderful information.”
-Michigan student
"I was impressed that students would have home access to the best of the web, since that is when many of them do their Internet research or browsing. The ability to choose resources by readability level and the read-aloud options are also popular features. Our administrators, students, and parents have been very enthusiastic, and our statistics prove it. We recently hit one million views countywide in less than a year!"
Lisa Marlatt
Director, Center for Educational Materials & Technology
REMC 19 West, MI
Michigan student
“I like netTrekker because it is an easy way to get information. You can get information on any subject!”
Michigan student
"If you are at home and forget one of your textbooks, all you have to do is go to netTrekker and you’ll have all the information you need. netTrekker is great because it helps kids from Kindergarten to High School. It has helped me many times and I’m sure it will help many kids in the future.”
Michigan student
"I like netTrekker because it helps me with my homework and netTrekker helps me with after school club projects. NetTrekker is great because the program helps us with diversity and can bring in all kinds of wonderful information.”
-Michigan student
"I was impressed that students would have home access to the best of the web, since that is when many of them do their Internet research or browsing. The ability to choose resources by readability level and the read-aloud options are also popular features. Our administrators, students, and parents have been very enthusiastic, and our statistics prove it. We recently hit one million views countywide in less than a year!"
Lisa Marlatt
Director, Center for Educational Materials & Technology
REMC 19 West, MI
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“As the computer lab K-5 teacher in Onsted, I would like to say that netTrekker is the best research tool to hit the Net for our students!
We have completed several searches for projects using netTrekker. Third graders researched Michigan facts and Michigan agriculture. Second graders learned about their animals for a book they are making. Many students are using NetTrekker at home to help with school work. Its safe search modes and links to academic web sites that have been screened are bringing a wealth of information quickly to the students.”
Deb Falk
Computer Lab Instructor K-5 Lab
Onsted Community Schools
My students are always looking for graphics online to use with PowerPoint, Inspiration or Word projects. Before netTrekker d.i. I ran into several inappropriate pictures even with the filter turned on in Google™.
I had to ban the practice of importing graphics to projects. Now my students can add great graphics to their projects with help from netTrekker d.i.'s Image search and it’s worry free. My students' projects have never looked better!
Scott Piestrak
Technology Teacher Specialist
Southgate Community Schools
Southgate, MI
"Your netTrekker product has power. netTrekker d.i. can be useful for more than helping teachers find resources for group instruction, but it also gives the students themselves the power to find ideas on their own at their level of ability. This achieves the level of differentiation of reading content that will really make a difference. I am interested in students working more independently, with less dependence on the teacher. netTrekker d.i. can help me with this.
I have suggested that teachers throw out study guides that direct students to the textbook and instead ask students to go into netTrekker d.i. at any level of their choosing and find images and ideas about the topic that the teacher will be presenting the next day. Rather than filling in a study guide from a book the students can't read or find boring/confusing, let students explore a topic with more freedom, just as they used to do when they were very young and loved to learn.
Also, Special Ed students can have all of the netTrekker d.i. information read to them.
Parent access is also a key feature. At the secondary level, parents don't know how to help their students. Giving them netTrekker d.i. and the task of randomly helping their children find ideas, visually, in text, audio, etc. is one way to bring them into the academic help system."
Sharon Strean
English and Special Ed Curriculum & Instruction Administrator
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
”I am a middle school science/language arts teacher in Troy and I just wanted to tell you that the netTrekker d.i. website is incredible! I showed it to all in our building and cannot tell you the number of overwhelmingly positive responses I received! Everyone just loves it!
I spent the entire morning during my prep searching for things and I was able to find what I needed in less than half the time it would have taken me using another search engine.”
Jessica Hughes
Science-Language Arts Teacher
Baker Middle School
Troy, MI
"netTrekker d.i. is an invaluable tool for every grade level and content area! It's really a unique tool because it puts a variety of quality resources in one place, right at the user’s fingertips, in a matter of seconds. netTrekker d.i. not only helps us focus on state standards but makes integrating technology into the curriculum easy and practical."
Jennifer Earl
Director of Instructional Technology
Bedford Public Schools
Temperance, MI
From “Vlad the Impaler” to “An online collection of the works of Michelangelo” to the “Role of Cells in Human Life”, netTrekker d.i.’s teacher evaluated, safe web sites allow to find the best resources on the Web!
Jeanna Walker
Media Specialist, Portage Northern High School
Instructional Media and Technology Department Chair
Portage Public Schools, MI
"I use netTrekker d.i. with my elementary students on a regular basis. My favorite tool is the refinement menu that lets you refine the search by videos, by grade level, etc. I have grades 1st-5th in the lab and each class has different needs. I am able to refine my search based on exactly what they need and on what I want them to see. I really love netTrekker d.i. for all of my students' research needs."
Carma Roesch
Media Specialist
Clinton Community Schools, MI
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