ESSENTIAL Resources for LTSs: netTrekker ® This eSSENTIAL provides participants an overview of...

eSSENTIAL Resources for LTSs:netTrekker ®

This eSSENTIAL provides participants an overview of netTrekker®

Search Functions and how they can be used in the classroom.

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Objectives

The learner will be able to:

• use the various netTrekker® search functions• navigate through netTrekker®

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Agenda

•What is netTrekker?•Home Page – Grade Level Tabs•Searching• Search Views• Keyword Search• Subject Search• Current Event Search• Standards Search• Advanced Search

•Hands-on Activity•Review/Wrap-Up

What is netTrekker? - 1

• Educational search tool designed for school use• Provides safe and relevant search results• Websites reviewed by educators

• Delivers over 300,000 educator-selected online resources• Reading Age• Key Stages (Foundation through Post-16

curriculum)• Media Type, Source, Language

What is netTrekker? - 2

• Provides resources ideal for every student’s learning needs.

• ESOL/ELL• Special needs• Gifted• Various learning styles

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Logging In

• www.nettrekker.com• Username: your APS email address• Password: teacher

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Homepage – Grade Level Tabs

Click Elementary, Middle or High to focus context of search for selected grade level.

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Searching – 1 Search Views

• Search Views - to quickly search for websites, famous people, images, and standards by entering a keyword and clicking Web, Person, Image, or Standards Search View.

• Keyword Search - Enter a keyword or phrase to return a set of relevant and high-quality search results.

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Searching – 2 Subject

Subject Search – Drill down through the curriculum areas and subtopics

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Searching – 3 Current Events/Reference Tools

•Current Events – Link to major newspapers, magazines, and other news media sources from around the world.

•Reference Tools – tools for Elementary, Middle and High School.

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Searching – 4 Standards

Standards – Locate correlated resources that align with your standards to facilitate lesson planning

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Searching – 4 Advanced Search

Focus search by content type, website source, language, ratings, and curriculum within the context of specified keywords or phrases.

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Hands-on Activity

Conduct a search of your choice and share an interesting resource that you find.

www.nettrekker.com

Username: your APS email address

ie. mmadden@atlanta.k12.ga.us

Password: teacher

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Review/Wrap-Up

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Survey

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Facilitator:

Michelle Madden

mmadden@atlanta.k12.ga.us

Learning Technologies Department130 Trinity Ave

Atlanta, GA 30310www.apslt.org

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