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Thinkfinity Jessie Lemaster

Four Subcategories Educators Student Parent AfterSchool

Educators Professional development –Free, online courses Standard Alignment –All lesson plans aligned with National standards –Beginning to work with states on aligning with their standards

Educators 21 st Century Skills: core content along with –Global awareness –Financial knowledge –Health information –Literacy Information Partnered with –Partnership for 21 st Century SkillsPartnership for 21 st Century Skills –International Society for Technology in EducationInternational Society for Technology in Education

Students Books Lists help students pick out age- appropriate books they will enjoy Games and interactive activities –Gives targeted grade level so they will know what games to play

Parents How to build positive attitude towards school Educational activities to do with child at home Podcasts about reading with your child

After School Collection of links to resources Grouped by grade level for easy access

Content Partners Thinkfinity is able to offer such valuable resources because of their partnerships with other educational organizations –The Literacy NetworkThe Literacy Network –Science NetLinksScience NetLinks –ReadWriteThinkReadWriteThink –ArtsEdgeArtsEdge –EdSitementEdSitement

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