Media Coverage

  • Focusing Web Searches for K-12 Students
  • Today’s K-12 students have a plethora of information at their fingertips—a phenomenon that presents a double-edged sword for educators who want to give pupils access to the information superhighway in a safe, age-appropriate manner. Forsyth County Schools of Cumming, GA, tries to strike that balance by using an educational search tool designed for schools.
  • Published on April 16, 2013
  • Knovation Acquires SideVibe to Improve Use of Digital Resources
  • SideVibe enables educators to create standards-aligned lessons that combine web-based digital content, teacher-created inquiry-based learning activities, student response, and immediate teacher feedback in a single online interface.
  • Published on April 4, 2013
  • Knovation To Integrate SideVibe Assignment Publishing Tool
  • Knovation, which provides digital standards-based content and search tools for the classroom, has acquired SideVibe from Basis Applied Technology. SideVibe, a Web app that provides tools to publish online assignments, will be integrated into Knovation’s products in beta release in mid-2013, and finalized by the end of the year.
  • Published on April 4, 2013
  • EdNET Insight | Students Know Best
  • I talk to a lot of educators. Loving children and tapping into their curiosity, they say, is one of the many reasons a teacher decides to teach. I think it’s why I’d want to be a teacher. Teachers have such great enthusiasm to help kids “get it.”
  • Published on March 8, 2013
  • New Tools for the Common Core
  • netTrekker Search by Knovation (www.knovationlearning.com): The new netTrekker Search provides access to more than 330,000 digital resources aligned with state and Common Core standards.
  • Published on December 27, 2012
  • Knovation Launches New netTrekker Search Navigator Program
  • The online course provides participants with the opportunity to learn how netTrekker Search can be maximized to support differentiation in the classroom. Educators who complete the netTrekker Search Navigator Program can move forward in the Navigator community by becoming Silver Level Navigators.
  • Published on December 20, 2012
  • Students Take Projects from Concept to Customer
  • School work has met real work at Princeton Community Middle School, through a program that encourages students to use their imaginations, along with STEM lessons, to create and market products.
  • Published on October 26, 2012
  • Product Review: netTrekker Search
  • With its streamlined interface and more intuitive search approach, the newest version of netTrekker Search makes it easier and faster for teachers and students to find and retrieve content specific to interest and grade level. Gone is the cluttered interface of orange boxes and tabs, replaced by sleek and inviting Search and Browse buttons allowing quicker access to over 330,000 sources of digital content.
  • Published on October 21, 2012
  • National Ranking Names Top School Districts Using netTrekker Search to Differentiate Instruction and Enhance the Learning Experience
  • A national ranking of the top 100 school districts that use the pioneering educational search tool netTrekker Search was released today by Knovation, the leader in personalized learning solutions. The Digital Learning Awards Program honors school districts that are effectively using digital resources to transform their teaching and learning environments. The winning districts have recognized the impact digital resources can have in creating engaging, differentiated learning experiences while promoting independent learning.
  • Published on October 9, 2012
  • Knovation icurio Adds SAS Curriculum Pathways
  • Knovation has expanded its partnership with SAS to make SAS Curriculum Pathways available through Knovation’s digital curriculum content solution, icurio.
  • Published on August 16, 2012
  • SAS® Curriculum Pathways® Now Available to All icurio Subscribers
  • Knovation has expanded its collaboration with SAS. Under the new agreement, SAS’ interactive curriculum product SAS Curriculum Pathways will be available via icurio, Knovation’s digital curriculum content solution for personalized learning.
  • Published on August 15, 2012
  • Knovation Adds Youngzine Media
  • Knovation will integrate stories and multimedia on current events from Youngzine into netTrekker Search and icurio.
  • Published on May 23, 2012
  • Knovation Unveils Know New Ideas Community
  • Knovation has developed a free online social networking community dubbed Know New Ideas for educators to network with peers to improve personalized and digital learning.
  • Published on May 17, 2012
  • Knovation Names New Vice President
  • Knovation, a educational content provider, has promoted Marci Campbell to vice president of solutions management.
  • Published on March 20, 2012
  • Product Review: icurio by Knovation
  • K-12 educators must teach enormous amounts of content, prepare students for annual statewide tests, and meet annual high-stakes state achievement targets demanding ever-improving academic performance. With so much to cover, assess, and remediate, and so little time for preparation, where can teachers find high-quality instructional resources that are flexible enough to address diverse student needs? And once found, will these resources enable students to take charge of their own learning as they review content, complete assignments and prepare for those high stakes tests? With icurio, the answer may be yes!
  • Published on March 11, 2012
  • Just Back From TCEA
  • In early February I spent four days in Austin on the show floor of the 32nd TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition—one of the largest education tech conventions in the nation with thousands of attendees.
  • Published on February 16, 2012
  • Personalized Digital Curriculum Content Program Released
  • Knovation today announced that it has unveiled its newest product, icurio, a digital curriculum content solution for personalized learning that offers a collection of 330,000 digital learning resources aligned to state and Common Core standards.
  • Published on February 8, 2012
  • netTrekker relaunches as Knovation
  • netTrekker, a Cincinnati-based educational content provider, has restructured its leadership team and renamed itself Knovation.
  • Published on February 6, 2012
  • netTrekker Search and CCSS
  • netTrekker Search now includes access to digital resources and information aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Math.
  • Published on February 1, 2012
  • netTrekker Search Adds Common Core Standards
  • netTrekker, a provider of digital media for grades K-12, has added resources that are aligned with Common Core State Standards for English and math to its search product.
  • Published on December 19, 2011
  • Partnership aids data-driven instruction
  • netTrekker and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), have partnered to help educators conduct data-driven instruction. DataDirector, an online assessment management system from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, is now integrated with netTrekker, enabling teachers to identify standards-aligned, digital content that can be used to address students’ individual needs.
  • Published on August 23, 2011
  • netTrekker Releases igotta
  • igotta is designed to be used with netTrekker, the company's search tool for K-12 students. netTrekker's search results are culled from more than 300,000 digital resources curated by educators and aligned to state standards.
  • Published on April 19, 2011
  • Research, Write and Study Online
  • igotta, a new product from netTrekker, provides a virtual workspace for students to find, analyze, organize, and use information to complete a wide range of school assignments
  • Published on April 18, 2011
  • School Librarians Can Help Web 2.0 Classroom Adoption
  • Library media specialists are untapped resources who can help tie Web 2.0 technologies into the K-12 curriculum &middash; and into students' educational success, according to new research from Interactive Educational Systems Design (IESD), an educational research firm.
  • Published on May 5, 2011
  • Districts Increase Use of Web 2.0, Though Barriers Remain
  • The use of Web 2.0 is increasing in K-12 schools. But, according to a new report, more widespread adoption is being hampered at least in part by teachers' lack of knowledge of how to use the technologies.
  • Published on May 5, 2011
  • School tool helps kids
  • When a student signs in to the service and identifies the topic, he can store his Internet research in electronic notecards. This keeps the information nearby, and tracks its origin. It also provides reminders to students to use their own words, to protect against plagiarism.
  • Published on March 30, 2011
  • SLJ’s Spending Survey
  • Thank goodness we’re a resourceful bunch. How else could media specialists have survived this protracted recession, where our colleagues continue to get pink slips, budgets keep getting slashed, and we constantly have to defend what we do?
  • Published on March 4, 2011
  • Students Required to have iPads
  • Textbooks soon may be considered a quaint relic of education history, if the example being set by Webb School of Knoxville gains popularity. The private prep school recently made it mandatory for all students in grades 4 through 12 to have an Apple iPad.
  • Published on March 9, 2011
  • netTrekker, Defined Learning Partner
  • netTrekker is partnering with Defined Learning to integrate premium content from the Defined STEM collection of resources into . With the Defined STEM upgrade, teachers will have access to the full collection of standards-aligned digital content in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that promotes effective and relevant connections between classroom content and real world applications.
  • Published on March 9, 2011
  • Google it? Sure. Trust it? Maybe.
  • Surfing the Internet has never been easier, but just because you can Google something doesn't mean it is truthful or accurate. Teaching students how to disseminate good information from bad is just one of the many jobs of a school librarian.
  • Published on September 15, 2009