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

2. 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

3. …and it’s FREE Thinkport registration gives you: Personalized searches
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

4. Thinkport + Thinkfinity= T2
Facilitators can explore Thinkport/Thinkfinity

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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