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What is Verizon Thinkfinity?

Catherine Giddens South Carolina Department

of Education

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The website (www.thinkfinity.org) contains thousands of free lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading

educational organizations in the United States.

Tens of thousands of FREE educational resources

Accessible from school or home!

A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational organizations

FREE professional development

What is Verizon Thinkfinity?

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Verizon Thinkfinity is affiliated with these organizations:

ISTE 100 Alliance Partnership for 21st Century Skills State Educational Technology Directors Association National Education Association Council of Chief State School Officers

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Verizon Thinkfinity Content Partners:

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How did you become aware of energy issues?

Blah, blah, blah, fossil fuels, blah, blah, blah,

oil reserves …..

Zzzzz… ?!?!?!Huh?

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Can you generate enough energy for your town without running out of money?

How does the use of an energy source impact the quality of life for the people in the community?

Power Issues – Environment and Economics

Lesson Plan

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Learning Objects

For students

For teachers

Online (to be used on the computer)

Offline (Print-ready)

Verizon Thinkfinity Educational Resources

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Ready to Use

Lesson Plans

(Learning Objects are embedded!)

Verizon Thinkfinity Content Partners

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Partner-Reviewed

Web Links

(These are Learning Objects, too!)

Verizon Thinkfinity Content Partners

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Worksheets

Interactives

E-Sheets

Podcasts

Printable Maps

Primary Source Documents

Rubrics

Web sites

Virtual Museums

Graphic Organizers

Photographs

Video Clips

Online ManipulativesQuizzes

Audio Clips

Learning Objects

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Navigating the Thinkfinity.org

Homepage

(go to live site)

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Resources to Demo:--MS>>Highlight these: • Read Write Think—• Resume lesson--

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/book-report-alternative-writing-295.html• Interactive:• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/resume/• EdSitement—monthly features and related lessons--poetry keyword search• Illuminations—home improvement—The Cost of a Great Looking Floor” http://

illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L788 Patch Tool Interactive• Science Net Links—featured PowerUp in PPT-intro. wow• EconEdlink—keyword search careers –“To Be or Not to Be” http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid

=393&type=educator• AND• “Wages and Me” http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=305&type=educator• Arts Edge—keyword search Myths• http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-6-8/A_World_of_Myths.aspx

• Xpeditions—Atlas and sample search off Thinkfinity search “US geography” grades 6-8th—note yellow star for SC standards for “Migration:Why People Move” http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/tgmigration.html

• Smithsonian—search term “Civil rights” grades 6th-8th—also note “How to Use this Site” at bottom of home page

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Resources to Demo:--HS>>Highlight these: Read Write Think—Resume lesson--

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/book-report-alternative-writing-295.htmlInteractive:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/resume/

EdSitement—monthly features and related lessons--poetry keyword search

Illuminations—demo search off home page> Compound Interest Calculator— http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=172

Science Net Links—featured PowerUp in PPT-intro. Wow

EconEdlink—keyword search careers –“To Be or Not to Be” http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=393&type=educator

AND“Wages and Me” http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=305&type=educator

Arts Edge—http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Southern_Puritanism_Tennessee_Williams.aspx

Xpeditions—Atlas and sample search off Thinkfinity search “geography” grades 9-12—note yellow star for SC standardshttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g912/greece.html

Smithsonian—search term “Brown vs Board of Education” grades 9-12—also note “How to Use this Site” at bottom of home page http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/resources/six.html

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LibrariansTeaching Research:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/factfrenzy/

opening.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/creating-question-answer-books-353.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wading-through-teaching-internet-983.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/guided-comprehension-action-teaching-1028.html

Partner Reviewed Sites:http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/professionals/librarianshttp://www.bibme.org/

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Contact Information for Free PD:

Catherine Giddens, SCDE Office of eLearning

cgiddens@ed.sc.gov

843-654-4356

Cgiddens on Skype

Contact Information for Free PD:

Catherine Giddens, SCDE Office of eLearning

cgiddens@ed.sc.gov

843-654-4356

Cgiddens on Skype

Online course –Thinkfinity for SC Teachers40 renewal credits $60Falll 2013

www.Elearningscpd.com

Online course –Thinkfinity for SC Teachers40 renewal credits $60Falll 2013

www.Elearningscpd.com