Kan-Ed Empowered Desktop
by Melinda Tilley
January 24, 2006
The Kan-Ed Empowered Desktop is an excellent tool and resource for school districts, students, and parents. By subscribing to the Empowered Desktop, teachers can access tools to assist them with the growing demands of curriculum and testing, students can utilize the many research and internet tools, and parents will have the ability to find interesting activities to do with their child.
A few features of the desktop include:
- Formative Test Builder; which allows teachers the opportunity to create practice test aligned to the state standards for reading and math.
- Online Reference Tools: including SIRS, ProQuest, Thomson Gale, and WorldBook Kan Ed
- NetTrekker: a search engine for educators and students with 180,000 educationally relevant websites aligned to state standards
- Heritage Quest: the largest genealogical data provider in the United States that provides historical data, including census records
- PET Learning Styles: a web-based instrument that helps teachers identify their students' individual learning styles and personality types.
