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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
volcanoes
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Hyperlinked Title
Grade Level Range
Description
Resource Type
Content Partner
Standards Alignment
More Informatio
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
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Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine
SearchCommon
CoreStandards
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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
vs.
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º Webinars (FREE)
º On-Demand Videos (FREE)
º Literacy Trainings (FREE)
º Instructional How-to Videos (FREE)
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