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National Ranking Reveals Which Schools Keep Students Safest When Searching the Internet

netTrekker d.i.'s Annual Top 100 Educational Safe Search Index Recognizes Districts by Enrollment Level -- Awards Go to Forsyth County School District, GA, Blue Springs School District, MO and Dupage County School District 45, IL
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Posted 22 October 2008 @ 06:00 am ET

CINCINNATI, OH -- (Marketwire) -- 10/22/08 -- A top 100 national ranking of schooldistricts, indicating which districts keep students safest when searchingon the Internet, was released today. The 2007-2008 school year EducationalSafe Search Index was broken out by small-, medium- and large-sizeddistricts. For the second year in a row, Forsyth County Schools insuburban Atlanta finished first for the large-sized districts, with over 7million safe searches for the 2007-2008 school year. For the mid-sizeddistricts, Blue Springs School District in Missouri led with 2,615,184searches and Dupage County School District 45 in Illinois came in firstwith 629,401 searches for the small-sized districts.

The Educational Safe Search Index was administered by Thinkronize(http://ntdi.nettrekker.com/?page=2008_top100), a leader in the digitaldelivery of K-12 educational resources and developers of netTrekker d.i.,the #1 safe K-12 educational search tool. netTrekker d.i. is now used byover 12 million students, 600,000 teachers, and 21,000 schools in all 50states in the United States.

Educators are increasingly seeking out web-safe digital resources and toolsthat help students achieve. Thinkronize's expert team of educators reviewseach resource for academic integrity, age appropriateness, and safety --eliminating links to any pornographic, offensive, useless or commercialsites. The result? Fast and easy access to netTrekker d.i.'s 300,000engaging lesson plans, videos, images, learning games and manipulatives.

"Every day teachers make a difference in kids' lives. We also strive tomake a difference by providing teachers with the digital search tools theyneed to help every child learn in a safe and rich environment," saidThinkronize CEO Randy Wilhelm. "We congratulate and thank Forsyth CountySchools, Blue Springs School District and Dupage County School District 45-- and all of our top 100 school districts -- for stepping up and providingkids with safe, contextually-relevant digital resources."

Forsyth County Schools, the top district overall, will be awarded with theequivalent of a $5000 prize package, including two days of professionaldevelopment integration workshops, additional online training, and assortednetTrekker d.i. premium items. Blue Springs School District and DupageCounty School District 45 will both receive a $2500 prize package,including a one-day professional development integration workshop andassorted netTrekker d.i. premium items.

"Forsyth County Schools is proud to receive this recognition for the secondyear in a row. We attribute our increased usage -- as well as the newlevels of teacher creativity -- in part to the exceptional IntegrationWorkshop which Thinkronize provided as a part of our prize package," saidForsyth County Schools Director of Instructional Technology Jill Hobson."netTrekker d.i. is an integral part of our strategy for providing digitalcontent aligned to standards as well as a student-friendly, safe searchengine that is available to our teachers and students 24/7/365."

"Most search engines can be overwhelming with students spending too muchtime surfing. We are so happy with netTrekker d.i. and how it enables ourstudents to use their limited time to research topics more efficiently,"said Kelly Knudsen, Library Media Specialist, Delta Woods Middle School,Blue Springs School District. "Our teachers love the ability to makefolders and share them with students to access specific web sites andinformation. The numerous tools available in netTrekker d.i. help studentsand teachers alike with their daily work. And the best part is students canaccess it all from home and school."

The top three school districts in each category include:

Large-Size:1. Forsyth County Schools, GA2. Sacramento City Unified School District, CA3. Greenville County School District, SCMid-Size:1. Blue Springs School District, MO2. Pflugerville Independent School District, TX3. Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, ILSmall-Size:1. Dupage County School District 45, IL2. Jonesboro Public Schools, AR3. Woodridge School District 68, IL

About Thinkronize

Founded in 1999, Thinkronize is a leader in the digital delivery of K-12educational content and is dedicated to enhancing the education of today'syouth with highly effective technologies that deliver the rich educationalvalue of the Internet to every child in a safe, relevant, easy-to-useformat. With the mission to help every child learn and a belief thattechnology can transform education, Thinkronize was first to market with astandards-based educational search engine, utilizing the services ofAcademic Benchmarks (www.AcademicBenchmarks.com), the premier provider ofcomprehensive standards-based K-12 educational databases, alignment tools,and integration products. Thinkronize's flagship product, netTrekker d.i.,is the #1 educational search tool in K-12 schools and is currently used inover 21,000 schools nationwide. In 2007, netTrekker d.i. was named the BestEducation Solution in SIIA's CODiE award competition. In addition,Thinkronize was named to the 2007 Inc. 5000 and 2006 Inc. 500 lists as oneof the fastest growing private companies in the United States. The companywas founded by Robert Reinders and currently serves over 12 millionstudents in all 50 states, including adoptions by key districts and statesnationwide. For more information visit www.Thinkronize.com or phone877-517-1125.

Agency Contact:Audrey Mann CroninMann Cronin PR914-861-2009/o914-260-9651/mEmail Contact


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