Thinkfinity Kentucky

Verizon Thinkfinity Kentucky

Last Updated on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 at 5:03 AM

What is Thinkfinity Kentucky?
Verizon Thinkfinity Kentucky is a partnership with Verizon Foundation and the Kentucky Department of Education. The goal of the program is to raise awareness and train teachers throughout the state to use the thousands of free educational resources available on Thinkfinity.org. The intent of the resources is to help meet the instructional needs of teachers through top notch content and effective professional development.

Hundreds of Kentucky teachers use Verizon Thinkfinity. Here's why:

· Free, exciting, top-quality materials
· Quick, accessible and easy to use
· Content created by trusted experts and leading educators
· Thousands of standards-based lesson plans
· Valuable professional development opportunities

Thinkfinity draws upon the strength of highly respected Content Partners, who produce a wealth of discipline-specific, standards-based educational resources.

My Thinkfinity
Verizon Thinkfinity is pleased to launch phase one of the new "MY Thinkfinity" space for users. By logging in to http://www.thinkfinity.org/MyThinkfinity.aspx, you will be able to view training sessions you have attended and update your personal information, including your e-mail address and organization.

Free Teacher Training Webinars
Verizon Thinkfinity is pleased to offer free training to educators, parents and afterschool practitioners. The interactive webinars and online courses are led by Thinkfinity staff and a team of highly experienced Thinkfinity trainers. The course offerings will continue to change so please check back often.

Kudos for Thinkfinity Kentucky Trainers
The Kentucky Department of Education is pleased to announce the following Verizon Thinkfinity Kentucky Field Trainers. Each field trainer successfully completed Thinkfinity TRN1 and TRN2 training and provided quality professional development to others for this status. Field Trainers of the Month are featured on the Verizon Thinkfinity Web site - http://www.thinkfinity.org/pd/ftotm.aspx - and a certificate and letter ... More

Thinkfinity KY Certified and Field Trainers
Verizon Thinkfinity Certified Trainers are skilled educators, trained and certified by the Verizon Foundation to roll out Thinkfinity resources either within a specific region of the country or on a nationwide basis. Thinkfinity Certified Trainers help teachers and Field Trainers integrate Thinkfinity online resources into the classroom. They are selected from a large pool of talented educators ... More

Thinkfinity KY Involvement
Are You Interested in Supporting the Verizon Thinkfinity Kentucky Program? Below are several opportunities that exist in supporting this program within the state. Host a Verizon Thinkfinity Training: Are you interested in learning more about the resources at Thinkfinity? Gather several interested folks from your school or district for a 3-hour or ... More

Thinkfinity KY PD Session Types
My Verizon ThinkfinityVerizon Thinkfinity is pleased to launch phase one of the new "MY Verizon Thinkfinity" space for users. By logging in to http://www.Verizon Thinkfinity.org/MyVerizon Thinkfinity.aspx, you will be able to view training sessions you have attended and update your personal information, including your e-mail address and organization. For the ... More

Thinkfinity KY Professional Development
The Verizon Thinkfinity professional development opportunities. This program is designed to help KY reach its goal of every school in our Commonwealth utilizing the wealth of Thinkfinity resources provided by the Thinkfinity Foundation. The Thinkfinity Professional Development program is designed to: · Meet educators' needs for high quality professional development ... More

Thinkfinity Kentucky Trainer Resources
My ThinkfinityVerizon Thinkfinity is pleased to launch phase one of the new "MY Thinkfinity" space for users. A benefit to establishing a profile is that each user helps support the Thinkfinity Program! The amount of users identified through MyThinkfinity help to keep the service free of charge. So spread the word. MY Thinkfinity ... More

Thinkfinity KYNews
The Verizon Foundation and its Thinkfinity Partners would like to wish all of our valued users and education enthusiasts a wonderful, safe and happy holiday season! For some fun holiday ideas for your classroom, check out our Spotlight on the Holidays section featuring snow day activities, tips for smart shoppers and ... More

Thinkfinity Teacher Resources
The Verizon Thinkfinity Educators Web site is home to over 110 resources for teachers, trainers, and state partners. Over 1 million users per month access Thinkfinity content and resources through a set of powerful online tools including the Thinkfinity search engine, state Thinkfinity sites containing content aligned to state standards, and the Thinkfinity ... More

For more information contact:

Earlene Cool
500 Mero Street, 19th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: (502) 564-2106

Earlene.Cool@education.ky.gov