Verizon Thinkfinity Overview
- 1. The Web site ( www.thinkfinity.org ) contains thousands of free lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the United States. Tens of thousands of FREE educational resources Access and use resources from school or home! A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation ’s leading educational organizations FREE professional development
- 2. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Council for Economic Education National Endowment for the Humanities National Council of Teachers of Mathematics International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English American Association for the Advancement of Science National Geographic Society Smithsonian National Museum of American History National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Arts Economics Humanities Mathematics Reading/English Language Arts Science Geography American History Adult & Family Literacy
- 3. Interactives Lesson plans Podcasts Video Clips Multimedia Explorations Primary source documents 1,200 print friendly maps Student e-sheets Virtual museum activities Data links What Does Verizon Thinkfinity Provide?
- 4. Multimedia Explorations Virtual Museum Activities
- 5. Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
- 7. learning new concepts reinforcing school lessons helping with homework exploring the world! *No subscription/ membership fees!
- 9. Webinars (FREE) Literacy Trainings (FREE) Instructional How-to Videos (FREE)
Editor's Notes
- #2: The Web site (www.thinkfinity.org) contains tens of thousands of free educational materials that can be used anywhere an Internet connection is available. Verizon Thinkfinity is founded by the Verizon Foundation. Additionally, they have created a partnership between the nation ’s leading educational organizations to provide high-caliber content and free professional development.
- #3: “ To ensure the success of this program, Verizon Thinkfinity has partnered with the nation’s leading educational organizations, such as (name a few-e.g.,. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, etc.) to create the content you see featured on this Web site. They have also scoured the Internet for additional resources that are educationally appropriate and worthwhile for student use. Hence decreasing the amount of time educators, students, parents and afterschool practitioners are spending looking online for high quality content.”
- #4: “ So what does Verizon Thinkfinity provide? It provides everything from interactives, lesson plans, podcasts and multimedia explorations, to name just a few!”
- #5: To better illustrate the dynamic nature of Verizon Thinkfinity ’s resources, I am going to take a few moments to demonstrate one!” Math – Mean and Median linked.
- #6: “ In this short presentation, I don’t have the time to show all of Verizon Thinkfinity’s resources. However, I encourage you to look for additional resources using the Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine. Simply type your desired topic into their search engine and click go. You can also narrow your focus by subject, grade level, type of resource, or content partner if you prefer. Talk about a time saver!”
- #7: “ Besides utilizing the Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine, I also encourage you to explore each Content Partner site individually. Once you click on any of the Partner logos, you will be taken directly to their Web page. From here you can access their lesson plans, interactives, Partner-reviewed Web links and more. Additionally, on each Content Partner site you’ll still have access to the Verizon Thinkfinity search engine.”
- #8: “ Verizon Thinkfinity can be used to help K-12 students learn new concepts, reinforce what is being taught in the classroom, help with homework assignments or just to learn more about the world around them.”
- #9: “ Every month Verizon Thinkfinity publishes a newsletter to keep you up–to-date on the latest program developments, resources, grant opportunities and more. You can view their past newsletters online, but I encourage you to sign up so that you don’t miss another exciting event or resource. All you need to do is enter your e-mail address and you’ll be added to their subscription list.”
- #10: “ In this presentation, I have provided a brief overview to the Verizon Thinkfinity program. I encourage you to visit the FREE Training page on Verizon Thinkfinity. They provide a variety of training opportunities to help educators, parents and afterschool practitioners become more familiar with the program itself, the resources available through it and the Content Partners.