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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
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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)
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Ready to Use
Lesson Plans
(Learning Objects are embedded!)
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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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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
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Thinkfinity.org Homepage
Begin search here with keyword…
Begin search here with keyword…
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Contact Information for Free PD:
Catherine Giddens, SCDE Office of eLearning
843-654-4356
Cgiddens on Skype
Contact Information for Free PD:
Catherine Giddens, SCDE Office of eLearning
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