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Copyright © 2009 Verizon Foundation. All Rights Reserved. This document may be reproduced and distributed solely for uses that are both (a) educational and (b) non-commercial. Any reproduction or distribution of this document for any other purpose, including commercial gain, is strictly prohibited.

Verizon ThinkfinityFree Educational Resources

Magali MezaOutreach Specialist

ICOE

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Network connectivity,

Internet services,

Teaching and learning application coordination, and

Videoconferencing coordination and support

The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is a program

funded by the California Department of Education and administered

by the Imperial County Office of Education. K12HSN provides

California’s K-12 public schools with:

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The Web site (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

Access and use resources from school or home! No subscription/ No membership fee/No account

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

FREE professional development

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Data Sheets

Interactives

E-Sheets

Podcasts

Printable Maps

Primary Source Documents

Parent Tools E-newsletters

Virtual Museums

Lesson Plans

Video ClipsMultimedia Explorations

Interactive Calendars

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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine

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º Access and use resources at school or at home

º No subscription/ membership fees

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The Thinkfinity Community

• Find popular resources

• Save favorites

• Start or join discussions

• Locate or create documents

• Follow a community or group from the list that interests you.

• Search for other members.

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Is Bigger better?

20 million + # invention resources 352

Mostly Free? Yes

Maybe, probably not Created by Experts? / cross disciplinary?

Yes

Doubtful Standards Based? Yes

If you’re lucky Commercial Free? Yes

Who knows Audience Appropriate? Yes

No way Grade level specific? Yes

Dream on Comes with FREE training? Yes

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º Webinars (FREE)

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º Literacy Trainings (FREE)

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º Teachers can also become

Verizon Thinkfinity Trainers

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Planet size comparison: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/messenger/psc/PlanetSize.html

Calculation Nation:http://calculationnation.nctm.org/ Price of Freedom:http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

Body Systems and Organs:http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html

Beethoven:http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/Interactives/beethoven-rocks/meet-mr-big.aspx

Comic Creator:http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html

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Mission US - Interactive educational game: http://edsitement.neh.gov/neh-connections/databases-educational-gaming

Shape it Up!:http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tools.php?DocID=199http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/shapeitup.html

Bullying:http://www.thinkfinity.org/anti-bullying

Thinkfinity Education Speaker Series:http://community.thinkfinity.org/community/speakerseries Feature Archives:A very convenient way to see which collections have been featuredhttp://thinkfinity.org/features

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• A Tour of Thinkfinity, A Tour of the Community

• A Tour of ARTSEDGE, A Tour of EDSITEment

• Think Possibilities –Thinkfinity’s FREE Online Tools

• Reaching 21st Century Students with Thinkfinity

• Civil War Stories

On-Demand!

Free ON-DEMAND VIDEOS/RECORDED WEBINARS

Access these great videos at:

www.thinkfinity.org/on-demandwebinars

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º December 2, 2011 – Butte County Office of Education

º More sessions coming soon at http://thinkfinity.k12hsn.org

Save the Date!

Face-to-Face Train-the-Trainer Sessions (6 hours)

Online Course (2 weeks/10 hours, 1 graduate credit available)

º Delivered via Blackboard November 16, 2011 – Register by November 15, 2011

º Additional sessions starting every two weeks…

Additional dates and registration information available at:

www.thinkfinity.org/online-courses

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Thank you for your time!

If you have any questions, please contact:

Magali [email protected]