netTrekker d.i.

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netTrekker d.i.

• Presented by Marcia Jeans

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What is netTrekker d.i.?

• Free resource through the Kan-ed Portal
• Normally costs about 1500 per school per year
• Educational search engine that supports
  differentiated instruction in the classroom
• Lets take a tour!

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Grade Level Tabs

• Explore online resources organized by grade
  level Elementary, Middle, or High School
• Navigation Tip If you ever want to start a
  search again from scratch, just click on the
  grade level tab.

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Easy Keyword Advanced Search
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Drill Down to the Desired Results

• Narrow search results by subject, learning aids,
  multimedia, readability, languages, and
  collections

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Subject Search

• Find content, games and homework help for any of
  the core curriculum areas studied in school.

Current Events and Famous People by Subject
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Readability Support

• Filter content so it is appropriate for every
  child's reading level.

Keyword Search
Advance Search Gives You More Options
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Read Aloud

• Provides text-to-speech functions for all
  information on netTrekker d.i. pages, for text on
  web resources accessed from any Search Result,
  and for definitions accessed by using the
  Dictionary Hot Key

Hint Read Aloud is only functional on pages of
the original site netTrekker has pointed to. If a
user clicks on a link within that site that
points to a new site, rather than to a different
page within that site, the Read Aloud feature no
longer functions.
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Dictionary / Translation Hot Key

• Get definitions and/or translations for any word
  on a website.

The Dictionary Hot Key turns every word on a
dictionary-enabled site into a hotlink. Clicking
on the link pops open a small dictionary window
that displays a definition of that word.
View a movie on using the dictionary hot key!
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Famous Person Search
Timelines are available for many famous people
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Timeline

• With the People Events Timeline, you can
  explore the surrounding eras, events, arts,
  innovations, discoveries and famous people which
  occurred or lived during the same time period.

If you see this icon next to a search term, that
means a timeline is available.
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Image Search

• To save your search results, click on the images
  you want to keep and click save search.
• To save the image to your computer, click on the
  thumbnail tow times until the picture appears in
  its own window. Then right click on the image,
  and choose Save Picture As...

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My Portfolio

• Save all, or part, of your Search Result,
  Timeline, or Standards Search, then share those
  results with others in your class, school or
  district.

Advanced Options Gives You More Control Over
Folders
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Helpful Links

• Tour
• Searching
• New Features
• Free Webinars