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Back to School Tips

Summertime is coming to an end with the start of the school year. Excited chatter about setting up classrooms, finalizing lessons, and attending many back to school professional development opportunities are all a buzz in the stores, on Twitter, on Facebook and netTrekker Village. In other words, anywhere teachers congregate.

Hopefully some of your back to school plans include netTrekker. After all, we are releasing some great new features this new school year. To help you with your back to school professional development, here is a video from our Spring Scholarship for Personalizing Learning and some tips from netTrekker users and employees.

Leslie Peterson, netTrekker Account Manager

To help increase your usage in netTrekker, and really make the new admin features POP, consider promoting netTrekker on your school website with these easy to follow directions, found at the Customer Center. Also, send home one of our parent letters, in English or Spanish, to parents reminding them that you are providing access to netTrekker with great tools for research and homework help. Remind your staff to take advantage of the Promethean and SMART resources in netTrekker by using the Collections Refinement Menu or by doing a keyword search for “Promethean” or “SMART”. With the downloadable viewers, you can use them even if you do not have a white board.

David Candelaria, Technology Coordinator/CTE Department Chair Del Norte HS Albuquerque, NM

David is currently working on the technology plan for his school. He encourages his teachers to think beyond the term, “technology”. He starts by questioning, “what is technology? Many people hear the term and think “computers”, but to me technology, educational technology, is anything that will stimulate students to be productive, innovative and enterprising. These are important 21st Century Skills, whether teaching core standards, STEM, ELL, or Special Education curriculum. ”

David just finished the netTrekker 101 course and says, “I can honestly say in taking the netTrekker course I can see the ‘plan’ and how netTrekker will engage and stimulate the 21 Century Skills aspect of my school.”

Angie Maccani, netTrekker Account Manager

When training faculty and staff on netTrekker, model how the My Portfolio system can be used for paper free communication with students and parents. Upload your documents, such as permission slips, course syllabus, field trip information, and rubrics for projects, to an Online Office or Storage Location and use the ADD A WEBSITE feature in My Portfolio. This is a great way to organize and share resources for classroom procedures, lessons, and assessments.

Sandra Doran, M. Ed. Educator, Jennings County MS, Jennings County Schools, IN

To help spread the word in my building I will be offering a one hour hands -on training workshop in our computer lab one day after school. I believe one hour is a nice amount of time for teachers and their busy schedules. I will spend the hour doing an orientation of the netTrekker site, search tips, and benefits for all learners. Before I dismiss attendees I will tell them that in two weeks I will be in the lab again to discuss: Advanced My Portfolio, English Language Learners, and 21st Century Learning.

To help introduce families I will be creating a short video tutorial to post on our school website. The link will be next to the link that parents go to for viewing students’ grades so it will be easy for them to locate.

I will also be giving a short demo to our guidance counselors. I believe that they are a vital link between parents and the school.

Danielle Abernethy, netTrekker Professional Development Solutions Team

Make sure you are familiar with the various tools on netTrekker Customer Center. Great resources to be used in your training can be found there, including videos, letters, quick reference guides, scavenger hunts, and other handouts. Aside from the Customer Center, keep an eye on the netTrekker Village. Join in on discussions about the new enhancements; participate in the netTrekker Tip Tuesday webinars and other learning possibilities. Another great tip, if your school uses agenda/homework books, consider making labels that have the URL for netTrekker and then the Student Universal Username and Password for your school. Put this on the page dealing with Library Resources or in the front for a quick reminder of where students can go for research and homework help.

Tom Turner, Network Manager for Lake Marion Creek School, Polk County Schools, FL

I am actively training teachers on how to use netTrekker, along with Weekly Reader Express, on their SMART Boards. One lesson I have learned is to make sure there is student buy-in, and excitement. This year, my television broadcast team will be showcasing their favorite sites found in netTrekker, tips for using netTrekker beyond a research tool, and other student friendly netTrekker tips. By showcasing the students using this fantastic tool, the teachers will be encouraged to explore the many possibilities to integrate netTrekker into their classroom curriculum.

If you have any favorite training tips, please feel free to share them with us here or on netTrekker Village.

Tags: My Portfolio, netTrekker, professional development

New Science Professional Development Resources from the NSTA Learning Center

Recently, President Barack Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort by public and private organizations to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).  What is your school or district doing to address this renewed focus on STEM education? Are you looking for ways to help your teachers expand their science knowledge and easily integrate STEM teaching into their classrooms?

To help you improve science education and to give your teachers the science professional development they need,  netTrekker has partnered with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to offer seamless access to high-quality online PD resources from the NSTA Learning Center on a wide variety of science topics directly from netTrekker.

A small sample of NSTA Learning Center resources will be freely available to all netTrekker subscribers as part of your netTrekker subscription.  The free resources include:

• 1 SciPack
• 1 SciGuide
• 64 Science Objects
• 132 Archived Web Seminars
• 600+ Free Journal Articles
• 179 e-book Chapters
• Click here to download a PDF with complete descriptions of these resources.
• Click here to learn how to access the free resources within netTrekker.

Schools and districts can also provide extended professional development opportunities by purchasing additional licenses to access to the complete set of more than 4,400 NSTA Learning Center online PD resources.  The resources will be easily accessible, 24/7 from your netTrekker search results.

Click here to learn more about the complete NSTA Learning Center professional development package or ask your netTrekker Account Manager for more details.

Tags: netTrekker, NSTA, NSTA Learning Center, professional development, science, STEM

Explore a New World of Personalized Learning at ISTE 2010

Are you heading to Denver for the ISTE conference June 27^th – 30^th?  If so, we know that your time there will be jam-packed with workshops and time spent in the exhibit hall exploring all the latest and greatest in educational technology.  We hope you’ll take some time to visit the netTrekker booth #884 to explore new ways that netTrekker can help you personalize learning for your students.

A few of our ISTE highlights include:

• An exploration game that will help you learn more about netTrekker and give you a chance to win an Apple iPad!

• Sneak previews of the new enhancements coming in netTrekker Search for Back-to-School 2010!  Learn how the new enhancements support an even more personalized, productive, and engaging learning experience.

• A full schedule of  workshops presented by netTrekker subscribers that let you explore netTrekker’s advanced features, hear best practices, get integration tips and strategies, and more.

• Demos of the new NSTA Learning Center online science professional development content available in netTrekker.

• Visit our ISTE page for more details and check out our full workshop schedule.

If you’re unable to attend ISTE this year, stay tuned in netTrekker Village for some post-conference highlights.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in Denver at the netTrekker booth #884!

What are you looking forward to most at this year’s ISTE conference?

Tags: integration, Integration Ideas, ISTE2010, netTrekker, netTrekker Village, professional development

Save 20% on netTrekker Professional Development

How do you maximize the value of your netTrekker subscription? By giving your teachers the professional development they need to ensure successful implementation and classroom use!

Save up to 20% on all netTrekker Professional Development offerings through July 15, 2010!

Here’s how it works:

If you order netTrekker Professional Development and your purchase order is received by July 15, 2010, you’ll get 10% off*!

Order netTrekker Professional Development and schedule your training session before you send in the order, and you’ll receive 20% off*! The purchase order must be received by July 15, 2010 and your training must be scheduled for a date prior to December 31, 2010.

*Travel expenses will not be discounted.

Creating awareness of netTrekker and training on its features contributes greatly to high and effective usage. Our team of experienced educators developed specific training programs designed to meet the needs of today’s classroom teachers. We can accommodate small or large groups meeting on-site or online with a customized agenda to meet your training goals.

Schools and districts that have invested in netTrekker Professional Development have seen a dramatic impact on usage rates. Susan Joyner, an Instructional Technology Teacher from Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, saw immediate results. “We trained media specialists and second year teachers in March, and all of the trainings were quite successful.” Before netTrekker Professional Development, Savannah-Chatham’s total number of netTrekker page views sat at 277,674.  “By March 24th we were at 432,925 total page views. We are so grateful for netTrekker’s support!” netTrekker training almost doubled Savannah-Chatham’s usage, and could help your school or district achieve the same results!

netTrekker’s Professional Development offerings include Online Courses, Webinars, On-Site Workshops and Differentiated Instruction Packages. View a comparison of these options to see which training best corresponds with your needs, or contact your netTrekker Account Manager for more information.

Tags: NT101, professional development, promotion, Training, webinar

Summer? What Summer?!

It’s hard to believe that many schools across the nation are just wrapping up another great school year. Some have already finished, others are ending this week, while a few more are wrapping things up in the next two weeks. And then teachers get six to eight weeks off to be completely lazy, right?

WRONG!

Many teachers work summer school programs, while others attend school or district professional development sessions. Plus, big conferences are held in the summer, such as ISTE for technology, the big ASCD Summer Conference, SDE’s Differentiation Conference, and local statewide conferences. I remember one summer having to attend 2 weeks of Teaching American History, a week-long math manipulatives course, another week-long course on a new teaching strategy, two weeks of unit planning, a week at NECC (now known as ISTE), and graduate classes. That was seven weeks of my summer, and because of the program I was in, three weekends.  I also had to prepare for teaching administrators how to use hand-held devices and learn new software. My point? Teachers are not idling on a beach while indulging in a long overdue paperback book with some fruity drink and an umbrella. No, they are keeping their certifications up-to-date, sharpening their trade skills, and staying connected.

But what if you can’t attend any of the great national and international conferences that are going on? I would recommend making sure you are following some of the well connected educators on Twitter that share updates from conference sessions and sometimes a link to watch the broadcast version of the session with a back-channel to partake in the dialogue. I know I can usually find a few good sessions to watch. Plus, check out ustream.tv for archives of sessions you may have missed at other great conferences. I do this quite frequently.

What are your big summer plans for professional development? Who do you follow on Twitter to keep up with the conference talks? Share your connections with others by leaving a comment on this post.

Tags: ASCD, iste, professional development, SDE, summer

Motivation. Training. Accountability.

I need to exercise more. I know this. I have bought the shoes, Sketcher Shape Ups to walk and a pair of running shoes. I have the outfits. I even downloaded the apps – yes more than one- designed to encourage me to eat healthier, exercise more, and be accountable for my lifestyle.  I have a shelf full of workout DVDs, two exercise balls, the different bands, a stepper and a stationary bike. And while I have all this stuff, I still wasn’t working out. I’d find an excuse. I went to bed late. I woke up too late in the morning. I was already showered and didn’t want to sweat at lunch, evenings were too busy, and then it was time for bed again.

And then I found a walking buddy. Now I have to get up at 5:40 so I can meet her at 6 to walk anywhere between 2.5-3 miles around our neighborhood. Since I know she’s waiting on me, I know I have to get up. I’m being held accountable. I even have tried a few of those training videos and have been reading up on how to improve your walking workout. Add some tunes and changing the route to keep the walk from getting boring, I think the walking will be well implemented in my lifestyle.

Last night I spoke to a friend of mine on Skype who also uses netTrekker. He wants to get his teachers using it more, so he’s trying to find ways to implement for next school year. The teachers like netTrekker, they know it’s good for them and their students, but they open up their browser and start a keyword search in the search engine that automatically opens up or in the search bar of the browser. And while the teachers know they should use netTrekker, they get caught up in the other search engines. It’s just easier for them since it’s first accessible.

So why not make netTrekker easier to access? That takes care of accessibility. Start with checking out the Customer Center and look at the Access Page. From here you can learn how to make netTrekker your homepage, add a netTrekker search box and a netTrekker log in, and even how to make netTrekker your default search engine. Once they have this set, there’s no excuse for not using netTrekker first, as their dedicated search engine. Our number one users will tell you that this is one way to improve usage. Forsyth County in Georgia has all of their computer homepages set to netTrekker, which helps make sure it’s used and probably why they are one of our top users.

Next, provide training. We have a dedicated professional development team that can help you start with the basics, train the trainer, or an integration training. We also include videos on how to get started with netTrekker. And here’s a tip – once you have them using it for the basics, take it to the next step. Show how to use it with other products, with their curriculum, and make it an integral part of their teaching. Share how to create project based learning folders with My Portfolio. netTrekker is more than a search engine, and if you use those tools, you’ll realize just how powerful it is. Plus, by keeping it from being just a another search engine, you keep it exciting.

Last, create professional development folders for the teachers and standard folders for the students. These folders become their ”netTrekker buddy”. This particular school is learning how to use SMART Boards. Create a folder with SMART Notebooks found in netTrekker to help the teachers get started. Use the “user-defined” template to add steps on how to create their own notebook. Add external links to include other pertinent information. If your teachers are studying more on the use of graphic organizers, create a folder with resources for how to use and create the graphic organizers. As for the standards folder for students, create a folder with interactive media and games for the standards that students are struggling with. Share them in the school or district folder. Use these folders for enrichment.

When the teachers and students are encouraged to go to netTrekker for their professional development or enrichment, they are accountable for using netTrekker.

If you follow these steps, you will see an increase in your usage. It’s not too late to book professional development this summer. We have limited days available. And if you’re thinking fall, consider booking now because we’ve already started getting requests! (I just booked a trip for the end of September!)

And by using netTrekker, your students will see a healthier lifestyle with the Internet. They’ll be more focused on their projects, have tools there to assist them, and will keep them on task.

Tags: accountability, netTrekker, professional development, usage

Training Hits a Triple! No, a HOME RUN!

Savannah is an absolutely beautiful city and the people of Savannah are hardworking, dedicated, and as welcoming as their Southern Heritage claims. I’ve had the pleasure to recently train in Savannah and experience this first hand.

It’s always a pleasure to hear back from the schools after we train to know how well the training went after the fact. That day things may have gone okay, but you won’t know until a few weeks later how effective the training really was. One way to find out how things went is through the evaluations we get back. It’s even better though when we hear directly from the schools with comments about how they have used the knowledge in training.

For Savannah, their success came with tripling their district’s over all usage of netTrekker. They have had netTrekker for a few years. Their 2010 training sessions were more focused on the features, giving more hands on time, and connecting it with their subject and curriculum. Susan Joyner, one of their instructional technology teachers, told me that the usage tripled from the last month after training. Out of curiosity, I decided to compare it with the year before. They actually increased usage by 700% this year!

I’d say that’s more than a triple. That’s a home run!

And it’s a tribute to training, their involvement in netTrekker 101,  and their Instructional Technology team continuing with implementation and getting the word out.

What’s your plan to increase use of your investment in netTrekker? Contact your Account Manager for more ideas, including training and other great resources.

Tags: integration, netTrekker, professional development, Training

Top 10 Reasons Future Teachers Love netTrekker

Shared by Education Students
Dr. Douglas Hazlett’s Integrated Instructional Systems Class
Thiel College Education Department, PA

1.  “netTrekker allows future teachers to use materials and resources that are credible and reliable – saving us valuable time planning our first units.” (Saves Time)

2.  “netTrekker is a resource for materials that are based on standards AND provide differentiated instruction.” (Standards-Aligned)

3.  “Searches for photos and videos are safe, unlike a general search engine such as Google™.” (Safe Searching)

4.  “Organized resources that can be individualized for student needs, including gifted and special needs students.” (Personalize Learning)

5.  “netTrekker pulls together all the aspects necessary for learning to take place while making instruction more engaging.” (Engaging Students)

6.  “netTrekker helps incorporate technology into the classroom while accommodating all learning styles.” (Technology Integration)

7.  “netTrekker is organized and easy to navigate which means less of a headache for teachers.” (Easy to Use)

8.  “The Read Aloud and Dictionary/Translation tools will dramatically help ELL/ESL students.” (Support for ELL/ESL Students)

9.  “Ideas and information for classroom management, professional development, learning styles and strategies, special education, and more.” (Teacher Tools)

10.  “netTrekker provides a lot of tips and resources for helping our students become 21^st century global players.” (21^st Century Learning)

“From freshman students investigating education topics through seniors doing their student teaching; Thiel’s educaiton students made great use of netTrekker.  Thiel College requires all education majors to develop standards-based lesson plans using engaging pedagogy (like Marzano’s instructional strategies) in fun creative ways using a variety of instructional strategies for all learners.  netTrekker is a tremendous digital assistant in this process. netTrekker provides all the answers for college students to design standards-based lessons using engaging pedagogies to increase student achievement for all learners.  Special features like timeline are very popular with students especially history majors.  Science majors love all of the interactive websites that are suggested with a keyword search.  All students use the image search feature.  netTrekker is just a tremendous resource for college education majors and K-12 teachers alike.”

Douglas R. Hazlett, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor
Education Department
Thiel College

Tags: 21st Century Learning, ELL, ESL, integration, netTrekker, professional development, read aloud, resources, Teacher Tools

Yonkers Public Schools Take A Unique Approach to Professional Development with netTrekker

Many schools in Yonkers Public Schools in New York have been netTrekker subscribers since 2007.  To support the successful implementation and effective use of netTrekker, the district has also invested in multiple professional development workshops from netTrekker.  Looking for creative ways to deliver the professional development without taking teachers out of class, the district worked with netTrekker to develop this unique professional development opportunity.   This approach provided an opportunity to have the netTrekker trainers help introduce netTrekker to the students and helped develop new netTrekker “champions” at each school.

• At each school, the netTrekker trainer helped lead an “all staff presentation” to introduce netTrekker, explain how it can help in the classroom, and provide basic access information. The sessions were held either first thing in the morning or at the end of the day to avoid taking teachers out of their classrooms.

• Prior to the date of the scheduled professional development, the Director of Technology also gave the administrators at each school the responsibility of identifying teachers to model netTrekker in their classrooms.

• The netTrekker trainer worked with the selected teachers before the PD date to discuss the lessons and topics they wanted to use to model netTrekker.

• The netTrekker trainer set up some folders in the school’s portfolio addressing the topic to be presented and worked with the teachers to create a collection of resources and lesson templates that address a specific area of the curriculum.

• On the PD date, the netTrekker trainer worked with the selected teachers in the different classrooms to help them introduce netTrekker to the students and also to model how teachers can use netTrekker and incorporate it into their lessons.

• The netTrekker trainer also worked with the teachers to demonstrate how they could seamlessly integrate netTrekker with their other classroom technology, like SMART Boards and clickers, to help engage the diverse student population.

• The principal invited teachers to visit the model classrooms during the model netTrekker lessons. This gave teachers the opportunity to see first hand how easily netTrekker can be incorporated into the classroom.

“We had a wonderful, productive netTrekker presentation done by the netTrekker trainer at our school on Monday. The trainer and I worked together to put together a Portfolio for the students to use. And our librarian was extremely thorough in organizing this training and providing a chance for four of my homerooms to be reacquainted with netTrekker. I have also introduced netTrekker to the parents during Open House.”

Kavita Sapra
6th Grade English Teacher
Yonkers Middle School

The netTrekker Professional Development team is here to work with your school or district to develop a customized PD program that will best meet the needs of your teachers and staff.

Click here to learn more about netTrekker Professional Development opportunities.

Tags: netTrekker, professional development, Training

A Christmas Carol : A sneak peek into the Victorian Era

What a perfect project for Christmas time – and spectacular way to introduce the Victorian Era, while learning a wonderful lesson about the true spirit of the holidays.

The newest version is a 3D Animation by Disney Studios.  Students will love the rich characters and mystical nature of this classic holiday story, A Christmas Carol. The main character, Ebeneezer Scrooge, is a miserly old man who hates Christmas and whose heart has turned cold since the death of his business partner and the break-up of his engagement many years ago. As Scrooge meets up with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, they help him to understand his misgivings and start celebrating the holidays in the true spirit of giving and compassion.

The tale has been viewed as a reflection of nineteenth century industrial capitalism and provides a “sneak peak” into the Victorian Era.  The novella captures life in London between 1830 and 1840 – the midst of the Victorian Era.

The Victorian Era is defined by the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 – 1901.  netTrekker provides many resources to compare and contrast what life was like at the start and end of the Victorian Era.  This time of tremendous change is most evident by where people lived and worked in London, England.

1837		1901
People lived in villages and worked on the land.		People lived in towns and worked in shops, offices and factories.

Check out some netTrekker resources that will bring the Victorian Era alive in your classroom.  These and other similar sites can be found by refining your search on Victorian Era with Interactive Media.

Travel back in time to the Victorian era in this interactive journey to help Ruby & Michael search for Sam, their missing dog. While you are searching, you can learn about Victorian life by examining the objects in the house, listening to the characters, and answering the questions.

Be a Victorian Millionaire Now! Benjamin Gott was a model of entrepreneurial skill. By taking risks and experimenting with new ways of doing things, he managed to hit the cash jackpot and become a powerful businessman.  Can you solve business problems and make money by taking risks?

Virtual Victorians. Interactive examination of life during the Victorian era. Home, work, leisure, education, and technology are just a few facets of life addressed through photos, brief summaries, interactive games, newspapers, and documents.   Questions about daily life can also be submitted on-line to a role playing persona.

To learn more about integration ideas other resources to support your learning objectives, contact your Account Manager. We’d love to provide the perfect Professional Development solution for you.

Tags: Integration Ideas, professional development, refinement menu, Training, Victorian

Kissing Frogs brings Literature and Culture to the Classroom

The Princess and the Frog will debut in theaters this December.  Disney brings to us, “a modern twist on a classic tale.”  Set in the bayous of Louisiana, this film follows the adventures of a frog prince and a beautiful girl.

As this movie is filled with Cajun culture and a definite contrast to classic literature, it provides the perfect introduction to a multicultural unit of study centered around familiar classic folk or fairy tales, as well as, any other topics related to holidays or cultural events.

netTrekker’s Multicultural Pavilion and other portions of the ELL channel contain a wealth of resources to help students study classic literature and the cultural  traditions represented in diverse school populations.

Choose a familiar classic folk or fairy tale or any other topic relating to culture.  In the Elementary tab of netTrekker, do a keyword search for Venn Diagrams.  Use the subject refinement and choose Language Arts>Literature.  On this page you will find a great place to begin planning,  Scholastic: Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Online Activity Teacher’s Guide. Scholastic’s Online Activities are designed to support the teaching of standards-based skills. While participating in the Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales project, students become proficient with the skills listed below, only to mention a few.

* Appreciate diverse cultures and traditions through folklore and folktales.
* Compare historic world cultures with contemporary ones.
* Demonstrate understanding of the genres by responding to questions.

Select a story based on your content standards and the cultural diversity of your student population. For example, you many choose to study the Persian version of Cinderella. You will find that this Cinderella may prefer a sturdy sandal to a glass slipper so that she may trek through the sandy Persian terrain. If you are a physical education teacher, you may choose to focus on the sports of a particular culture. Math teachers may be interested in converting currency or analyzing climate statistics.

Use the resources in the Multicultural Pavilion and/or any other portion of the ELL channel in netTrekker to locate resources to help students study the food, geographic features, weather and climate, dress, or any other topics pertinent to your curriculum.

For the assessment of this project, create a plan for students to produce a visual representation of what they’ve learned.  Encourage students to cook authentic dishes, create cultural costumes and enjoy  associated art and music to produce a shared Cultural Literacy Festival.

To learn more about the Multicultural Pavilion and other resources to support your ELL student population, contact your Account Manager. We’d love to provide the perfect Professional Development solution for you.

Tags: ELL, language arts, multiculture, profess, professional development, standards, Training

Glogging It

This past weekend I was invited to hang out with the Florida Discovery Educator Network at SeaWorld for a great learning event. The teachers learned how to create a waypoint for geocaching and how to create a Glog as a way to share what they have learned. Being the netTrekker fanatic that I am, I created a SeaWorld folder with resources, a link to a map to use with geocaching in the classroom, classroom project ideas and a link to my Glog. Unfortunately, you can’t access this project folder unless you are at my school. However, if you want a copy of it, leave a message of how to reach you and I’ll move the folder to your school or district.

Aside from catching up with good friends and making new ones, the fun part for me was creating the Glog. I chose to do one on Polar Bears. Unfortunately this exhibit was closed (SeaWorld is getting ready for sharing their Polar Express), so I couldn’t add any photos I took first hand. However, netTrekker did point me to a great video and some interesting facts.

For those of you new to Glogster, it’s a way to posterize your knowledge with graphics, text, video, images, and even sound! (The sound I found in a resource under References!) The even better thing is that they now have an “edu” version. If the regular version of Glogster was once blocked, I encourage you to see if this version can now be made available. It’s a great way for students to be creative in sharing their knowledge.

Quick note about the video, I ended up using the link from YouTube. The same video is on a website found in netTrekker, but it didn’t have the link-ability that YouTube has. Sorry about that!

My Portfolio is a great way to organize complete projects. One of the things you can do is add links to outside resources, which is especially a safe and easy way to have students post their projects. The link(s) you add will not show up in netTrekker as a whole, but rather in your portfolio, for your students to view.

Anyone up for a free webinar on Glogster? I’d love to share what I learned! Or contact your account manager to learn how to book your next professional development with us to learn how to integrate netTrekker with many great tools out there!

Tags: DEN, Glogster, netTrekker, polar bears, professional development, SeaWorld