One of the best things about the community is that we have the opportunity to hear from YOU—educators, parents, administrators, and students. We want to hear about your opinions, ideas, and needs so that we can produce the best educational materials for you.

The Thinkfinity content partners are active members of the community and join in discussions to help members find the right resources and to ask and answer questions. From time to time we will feature content partners' discussions about resources in development—add your voice to see your ideas take shape!

Christine

Community Manager

Ongoing Discussions

The Smithsonian: Developing Tools to Teach About 9/11

What tools do you need to teach about 9/11? The Smithsonian wants to know.

Necessary student skills include critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation.  But, you want to know how to combine them with traditional skills like reading, writing and arithmetic to help your students become 21st Century Learners.

I found this new Thinkfinity page on 21st Century Learners - http://www.thinkfinity.org/21-century-learners with great lesson plans, interactives, and Professional Development. Do you see resources here that you can use to help your students with the skills they need?

Perhaps you will want to sign up for Thinkfinity's free Reaching 21st Century Students with Verizon Thinkfinity webinar that I found on that page.  I know the instructor, Mark Moore, and always learn from him new resources and ways to use them in my classroom.

Are you looking for new ideas to captivate your new class at the beginning of the year?

In this Thinkfinity webinar, you'll learn about media-rich student resources and innovative instructional ideas to engage and excite your students—including lesson plans, podcasts,  interactive games and tools, multi-media explorations and more.

Register for this webinar today—or learn more about other Thinkfinity webinars that will give you a jump start on the approaching school year.

Christine McGuinness

Verizon Thinkfinity Community Manager

Looking for Verizon Thinkfinity Training for your school or organization? The goal of Verizon Thinkfinity's Professional Development Program is to help educators, parents and afterschool practitioners engage students and enhance learning using our online resources.

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2. Click on Professional Development > Webinars in the gold navigation bar.
   
3. In Your State offers a drop-down menu for you to select your state and learn about the training opportunities available and who to contact for setting up a training.
   
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