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TWISTIN INTO THINKFINITY
Patty Greenfield Thinkfinity National Cadre
Trainer
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What is Thinkfinity?
Thinkfinity.org is a website that contains
thousands of free lesson plans and student
materials for every core subject, designed by the
leading educational organizations in the United
States.

• A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and
  the nations leading educational and adult and
  family literacy organizations
• 55,000 FREE education and adult and family
  literacy resources
• FREE professional development

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Thinkfinitys Partners
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What is in Thinkfinity for me?
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Oklahoma
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TWISTIN INTO THINKFINITY

• The Active Earth
• National Geographic Society
• Exploring Weather Conditions Through Painting
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data
  Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software
• The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Dangerous Hail
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science
• Weather Detectives Questioning the Fact and
  Folklore of Weather Sayings
• International Reading Association and National
  Council of Teachers of English

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Adult and Family Literacy Resources

• Best in Class
• Literacy Resources for
• Literacy Instructors
• Program Managers and Developers
• Volunteer and Volunteer Coordinators
• Parents
• Elected or Appointed Officials
• Adult and Early Childhood Learners

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Thinkfinity Professional Development

• Comprehensive and FREE training program -
• 1 hour live webinar
• Self-guided training
• Face-to-Face training

• Focus on using Thinkfinity resources to improve
  student learning

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TWISTIN INTO THINKFINITY

• Keyword search Weather Filter by
• The Active Earth -- Expeditions
• Exploring Weather Conditions Through Painting --
  ArtsEdge
• Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data
  Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software --
  Illuminations
• Dangerous Hail
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science
• Weather Detectives Questioning the Fact and
  Folklore of Weather Sayings -- ReadWriteThink