1. This slide is for Facilitators only
Thank you for your interest in Thinkfinity and your willingness to share your enthusiasm for its resources with others.
This presentation and the accompanying Facilitator’s Guide were designed to help you facilitate an Overview Session. They will enable you to share information about the major aspects of the Thinkfinity Web site and its resources. We suggest you review both the presentation and the guide carefully prior to offering your session.
The Facilitator’s Guide will provide background information for each slide in this presentation, as well as suggested talking points for a 15, 30, or 45 minute version of the presentation.
Again, thank you for sharing Thinkfinity with others in your community.
Sincerely,
Thinkfinity Professional Development Team
Updated 5/22/08

2. Welcome to Thinkfinity’s Overview Session
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3. What Is Thinkfinity?
Thinkfinity.org is a Web site that contains thousands of free lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the United States.
A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational and literacy organizations
55,000+ FREE education and literacy resources
FREE professional development

4. Thinkfinity’s Content Partners
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Arts
National Council on 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/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 Worldwide
Adult & Family Literacy

5. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

6. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

7. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

8. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

9. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

10. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

11. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

12. What Does Thinkfinity Provide?
Free Educational Resources
Standards-based lesson plans
Student & Teacher Materials
Online
Interactive
Offline (printable)
Partner-reviewed Web links
Developing Reading Fluency Enroll Now Return to Course
Engaging Hispanic Parents in the Children’s Education Enroll Now Return to Course
Family Literacy: The Intergenerational Approach to Learning Enroll Now Return to Course
Graphic Organizers: Tools for Instructors and Students Enroll Now Return to Course
How Can My Organization Get Involved in Literacy Enroll Now Return to Course
Increasing Learning Gains Through Intensity of Instruction Enroll Now Return to Course
Let’s Read Math Enroll Now Return to Course
Free Literacy Resources
For literacy instructors
For literacy program staff
For community members
For adults and early childhood learners

13. What Do Others Say About Thinkfinity?
Voted Best Site to download
Free Lessons
&
Materials
(2006 & 2007)

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

15. How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal?
Highlights

16. How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal?
Thinkfinity Calendar

17. How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal?
21st Century Learning

18. How Do You Find Resources on the Educator Portal?
Thinkfinity Search Engine

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

20. New Initiatives Recently added…
Expanded professional development opportunities and materials
Web site redesign:
Separate entry points for educators, students, parents, and the afterschool community
Robust and easy-to-use search capacity
Focus on 21st Century Learning
Integration of Thinkfinity Literacy Network
Alignment to state standards

21. New Initiatives Coming soon… My Thinkfinity
Smithsonian’s History Explorer Partner site
Search by state standards

22. “Fly Girls”: Women Aviators in World War II
Let’s Start Exploring!
“Fly Girls”: Women Aviators in World War II
EDSITEment
Comic Creator
ReadWriteThink
Maps Xpeditions

23. Additional Training Opportunities
One Hour Webinar (FREE)
Literacy Trainings (FREE)
Self-Guided Training (FREE)