1. Welcome to Thinkfinity’s Awareness Session for Educators
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2. 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

3. Verizon Foundation’s Core Initiatives:
Why does the Verizon Foundation support education through the Thinkfinity program?
The Verizon Foundation is committed to promoting the Foundation’s goal is to help people achieve the skills they need to live, learn and work in the 21st Century.
The Verizon Foundation corporate responsibility reflects the commitment we have to improving the quality of life in our community.

4. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Recently Added
Smithsonian’s History Explorer Partner site

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Comic Creator
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“Fly Girls”: Women Aviators in World War II
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19. Additional Training Opportunities
One Hour Webinar (FREE)
Literacy Trainings (FREE)
Self-Guided Training (FREE)