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Objective: To become familiar with resources on Thinkport and Verizon Thinkfinity in order to integrate them into instruction s

s Audience Poll Raise your hand if you are… Familiar with Thinkport Not familiar with Thinkport Familiar with Thinkfinity Not familiar with Thinkfinity s Bar Grapher from Illuminations

…and it’s FREE Thinkport registration gives you: Personalized searches www.thinkport.org Thinkport registration gives you: Personalized searches Online storage in your “idea box” Use of Thinkport Tools …and it’s FREE Show online Field Trip page, show one if time, specific to the audience Show Annotator or other tool (possibly related to Field Trip) Demonstrate a search, choosing an appropriate key word

Thinkport + Thinkfinity= T2 Facilitators can explore Thinkport/Thinkfinity

What is Thinkfinity? Thinkfinity.org is a Web site that contains thousands of free K-12 lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the United States. Access and use resources from school or home! 55,000+ FREE resources for K-12 education A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational and literacy organizations FREE professional development

Thinkfinity’s Content Partners The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts Council for Economic Education Economics National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English Reading/English Language Arts American Association for the Advancement of Science Science National Geographic Society Geography National Museum of American History American History National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Adult & Family Literacy

What Does Thinkfinity Provide? Free Educational Resources Standards-based lesson plans Student & Teacher Materials Online Interactive Offline (printable) Partner-reviewed Web links

What Does Thinkfinity Provide? Free Educational Resources Standards-based lesson plans Student & Teacher Materials Online Interactive Offline (printable) Partner-reviewed Web links

What Does Thinkfinity Provide? Free Educational Resources Standards-based lesson plans Student & Teacher Materials Online Interactive Offline (printable) Partner-reviewed Web links

What Does Thinkfinity Provide? Free Educational Resources Standards-based lesson plans Student & Teacher Materials Online Interactive Offline (printable) Partner-reviewed Web links

What Does Thinkfinity Provide? Free Educational Resources Standards-based lesson plans Student & Teacher Materials Online Interactive Offline (printable) Partner-reviewed Web links

What Do Others Say About Thinkfinity? Voted Best Site to download Free Lessons & Materials two years in a row!

Thinkfinity’s Homepage Access and use resources at school or at home No subscription/ membership fees

How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal? Educator Features

Thinkfinity Search Engine How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal? Thinkfinity Search Engine Demonstrate a search

Individual Partner Sites How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal? Individual Partner Sites

Let’s Start Exploring! Calendar from EDSITEment Map from Xpeditions Comic Creator by Read-Write-Think