Thinkfinity: Endless Possibilities for Learning Jeanine Brennan

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Thinkfinity Endless Possibilities for
LearningJeanine Brennan
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What is Thinkfinity?

• Cornerstone of Verizon Foundations Literacy,
  Education and Technology Resources. Accessed by
• Topic Discipline -- Grade level -- Standard
• Anchor resources in Wisconsin Curriculum Resource
  Center on WINSS
• http//www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/practices/high_2
  .asp
• Literacy Network
• http//thinkfinity.org/about/literacy_partners.a
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Thinkfinity ResourcesEmpowering Teachers,
Engaging Students
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Thinkfinity Content Partners
NEW
The National Museum of American History collects,
preserves and displays American heritage in the
areas of social, political, cultural, scientific
and military history.
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Thinkfinity Continues Expands MarcoPolo Features

• Over 50,000 online resources designed to improve
  learning any time, anywhere, free
• Powerful content-partner and umbrella search
  engines to classroom-ready resources
• Standards-based lessons
• Links to Authoritative
• Websites
• Cross-curricular strategies
• Engaging interactives
• for student learning
• Multi-discipline,
• problem-based learning

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Lets practice
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High-Quality Lesson Plans

• Enrich PK-12 community learning in traditional
  settings and beyond the classroom
• Supports multiple disciplines
• fine arts, economics, science, math, geography,
  American history, language arts, and ICT
• Aligned to national/state content standards
• Embedded e-learning tools
• Learning Objects Interactive Student Tools and
  Activities
• Links to Websites and Online Resources
• Authentic Assessments

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Standards-Based
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Standards-Based Resources
Number Operations and Relationships B.5.5
Identify and represent equivalent fractions for
halves, fourths, eighths, tenths, sixteenths.
Fraction Game
Sample Lessons for Learning Fractions - Fun with
Fractions Looking Back and Moving Forward -
Exploring the Value of the Whole - Finding
Fractions in the Real World
Equivalent Fractions
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Classroom-Ready
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Engaging Student Tools
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ReadWriteThink Student Materials

• Comic Creator
• Comic Makeovers Examining Race, Class,
  Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
• In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore
  representations of race, class, ethnicity, and
  gender by analyzing comics
• Writing
• Students will write clearly and effectively to
  share information and knowledge, , to create and
  entertain.
• B.4.1 Create to communicate with different
  audiences for a variety of purposes.
• Use a variety of technologies

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Time to Explore
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ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool
The tool provides a quick way for students to
trace out options and rearrange connections.
Students can use the Webbing Tool to analyze
readings as well as a prewriting activity and
flowcharting tool.
ReadWriteThink Lessons That Use This Tool Choose
Your Own Adventure A Hypertext Writing
Experience (6-8)Working in groups, students will
read and analyze Choose Your Own Adventure
Stories in text or hypertext format and
brainstorm to develop setting, characters, and
beginning plots for their own adventures.
Focusing Reader Response Through Vocabulary
Analysis (6-8)Students suggest words that they
associate with a novel they have recently read,
ranging from details about the plot to feelings
about a character. Small groups arrange the
collected words into at least four categories and
present findings to the class.
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Additional Student Interactives

• Interactive Tools by each Partner
• Numerous Student Handouts
• Over 600 printable maps
• Student worksheets printable electronic
• Web Links
• Research-based materials

All Systems Are Go!
Fraction Model
Xpedition Hall
Word Build and Bank
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Professional Development
On-Site Training
Self-Paced Online Courses
Live Sessions Via Web-Conferencing
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Professional Development Opportunities

• Teachers choose from flexible training options
• One-Day Two-Day Onsite Training
• Self-paced Online Course
• Web-based Awareness Session
• Content-Specific Training Content-Specific
  Courses

Teachers Guide
Online Course
Web Conferencing
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Professional Development Opportunities

• Field Trainers have flexible training options
• Online Bridge from MarcoPolo
• Two-Day Onsite Training
• Self-paced Online Course
• Web-based Awareness Session
• Content-Specific Training Content-Specific
  Courses

Teachers Guide
Online Course
Web Conferencing
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Thanks for Participating

• For Additional Information on Thinkfinity contact
• Donna Steffan
• DPI Education Consultant
• Instructional Technology
• donna.steffan_at_dpi.state.wi.us
• Phone [phone]