Thinkfinity in Washington

 


The Educational Technology Development Center, in collaboration with the ETSC Program and supported by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, is the Thinkfinity State Education Partner in Washington.

Verizon Foundation's flagship education program, MarcoPolo, and the Verizon Literacy Network have merged to become the Foundation's signature digital learning platform, Thinkfinity.org.

ETDC is a Thinkfinity Rollout Partner Organization that provides the local infrastructure to share the program throughout Washington State. The Verizon-Thinkfinity Program (http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx) offers high-quality Internet resources across the disciplines designed to integrate into the curriculum. ETDC and Thinkfinity have agreed to work together to deliver Thinkfinity training to educators in Washington. Visit the Washington Thinkfinity site where you can find Thinkfinity resources aligned to Washington State standards.

Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation’s free, comprehensive program and online portal to 55,000 educational resources, including lesson plans for teachers and interactive tools and materials for students in grades K-12, provided in partnership with many of the nation’s leading educational and literacy organizations.

The Thinkfinity partner web sites offer resources across all grade levels and multiple curriculum areas: Arts, Economics, Humanities, Mathematics, Reading and Language Arts, Science and Geography.

For additional information about Thinkfinity or training opportunities, contact your Regional ETSC Director or Anne Allen at aallen@psesd.org or by phone at 425.917.7939.

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A Featured Teacher

The Wax Museum

The Wax Museum

At Lewis and Clark Middle School in Yakima, WA several teachers met six years ago and decided that they would like to have a culminating project for 8th grade social studies classes. Thus the wax museum project was born. Eric Franz, a special education teacher and participant in the Peer Coaching program, has been the leader of this project since its inception.

Eric Franz
Yakima School District

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