Thinkfinity.org and Thinkfinity Community are the Verizon Foundation's free, comprehensive digital learning platform that gives educators access to over 55,000 educational resources. The site includes panel-reviewed lesson plans, interactive tools, classroom activities, and student materials for grades K - 12. The resources are provided in partnership with leading national educational and literacy organizations. These websites offer resources across all grade levels and multiple curriculum areas: Arts, Economics, History, Humanities, Mathematics, Reading and Language Arts, Science and Geography.

The Kansas State Department of Education is a Verizon Thinkfinity rollout partner organization that provides the infrastructure to share the program throughout Kansas. KSDE works with Verizon Thinkfinity to organize professional development on effective Internet integration and align Kansas standards to the Thinkfinity resources (http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1678). We recommend that educators take advantage of the resources located at Thinkfinity.org that are available at no charge from the national Verizon Thinkfinity program, and also available on the KERC website (www.kerc-ks.org) and the Kansas Thinkfinity website (http://kansasverizonthinkfinity.ning.com/).

If you are interested in training or professional development go to http://thinkfinity.org/pd/request_training.aspx for more information.

The KSDE Career, Standards and Assessment Services team and KERC coordinate the Verizon Thinkfinity program throughout Kansas.
 
For more information please contact:
KSDE Primary Contact – Jeannette Nobo, jnobo@ksde.org
ALTEC Secondary Contact – Jana Craig Hare, jana@altec.org