Nettrekker

[|netTrekker] Resources: Coach Presenter - Marge Runkle
This award-winning educational search engine brings the best of the web to K-12 students, teachers, librarians, and parents. netTrekker d.i. connects you and your students to more than 180,000 hand-selected, educator-approved sites - organized by readability level and aligned with your state standards, providing resources ideal for every student's learning needs with safe, reliable results.


 * //netTrekker//** is a subscription service. You will need a user ID and password to access this wonderful resource. You can obtain the necessary ID and password from your IU. This resource is free to teachers, students, and parents. Your school can make the necessary ID and password available to your "school family".

Local IU Contacts for Access

 * Capitol Area IU 15 - Cheryl Capazzoli at ccapozzoli@caiu.org
 * Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 - Janet Dubble at Janet_dubble@iu13.org
 * Lincoln IU 12 - Ann Johnston at amjohnston@iu12.org

Resources Available
This feature allows the viewer to open a voice reader that will read text to the viewer. You can change the voice and/or the speed that the text is read. Once the feature is turned on, you must highlight the text to be read - wait for the processing - and listen.
 * ===Read Aloud===


 * ===Dictionary===

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The Dictionary Hot Key, which is found next to the site name in the search list, 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.


 * ===Readability===

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A readability score is a measure of the relative difficulty of reading written text. netTrekker d.i. measures websites for readability on a point scale of 1 to 5, where 1 corresponds to low reading difficulty and 5 corresponds to high reading difficulty. You can search the resources by readability.



The link below will give access to the following resource from the netTrekker site. By Diana R. Jones, Ph.D. [|ELL_Lesson_Plans.doc]
 * ===English Learners Channel===
 * //English Learners Channel: A Teacher’s Introduction//**

Tutorial Videos
[|Atomic Learning Videos] These videos are brief and succinct. They are comprehensive in nature and will introduce you to the wide variety of resources available at netTrekker, as well as how to use them.