FREE Thinkfinity Training at SDCOE -- June 6, 2011

The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is pleased to offer a FREE Thinkfinity Train-the-Trainer session at the San Diego County Office of Education on June 6, 2011.

Thinkfinity Trainers are educators, technology integration specialists, technology coordinators, who share their knowledge of Thinkfinity with their colleagues and help them integrate Thinkfinity’s amazing resources into the curriculum.

This hands-on training will be held on Monday, June 6, 2011 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the San Diego County Office of Education, Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center Learning Labs 3 & 4, 6401 Linda Vista Road, San Diego, CA.

Register for the training at:  http://icoe.k12oms.org/1192-47383

The Course Description and Flyer are available at http://thinkfinity.k12hsn.org

If you are unable to participate, but would like to become a Thinkfinity Trainer, you can sign up for our Online Thinkfinity Train-the-Trainer Course (TRN-O):

TRN-O Thinkfinity Trainer Online Course -- SUMMER Session:
Date: July 6 through August 16, 2011 (6 weeks/approximately 30 hours)
Learning Environment: Online facilitated course (Asynchronous, delivered via Blackboard)
Credits: Two university credits available (Optional)

Details: For more information, and to register for this online course, please visit the following URL:  http://icoe.k12oms.org/1192-46245

Registration Deadline: The deadline to enroll into the Summer Session is May 25, 2011.

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If you would like to learn more about Thinkfinity's free educational resources, we invite you to sign up for a free webinar.    Click Here to view the Webinar Schedule.

We are also developing a series of on-demand videos:
      - Thinkfinity for Elementary Teachers, Focus on English Language Arts
      - Thinkfinity for Middle School Teachers, Focus on Math
      - Thinkfinity for K-12, Focus on Science (coming soon)
      - Thinkfinity for K-12, Focus on History (coming soon)

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Incorporate a Thinkfinity Training into your school's upcoming professional development workshops or even in-service days!   A Thinkfinity National Cadre Trainer will connect with your school remotely through a webinar. Teachers will have the opportunity to ask questions in this live, interactive presentation of Thinkfinity. If you are interested in scheduling a FREE 30 minute or one-hour webinar, please contact thinkfinity@lists.k12hsn.org

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Thinkfinity is one of the most well-respected collections of learning resources in the nation. With its partners, Thinkfinity offers thousands of educational resources, including standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans, student interactives and reference materials.

Content is provided through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and 11 of the nation’s leading educational organizations:
    the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
    the International Reading Association,
    the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
    the National Center for Family Literacy,
    the Council for Economic Education,
    the National Endowment for the Humanities,
    the National Council of Teachers of English,
    the National Council of  Teachers of Mathematics,
    the National Geographic Society,
    ProLiteracy
    and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Thinkfinity’s consortium partners include: Read Write Think, Illuminations, ARTSEDGE, Xpeditions, Science NetLinks, EDSITEment, and Smithsonian’s History Explorer. For more information, visit http://www.thinkfinity.org

If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact us at: thinkfinity@lists.k12hsn.org

Thank you!

Magali Meza, Outreach Specialist
Verizon Thinkfinity California
California K-12 High Speed Network
Imperial County Office of Education
Tel: (760) 312-6512
Fax: (760) 312-6518
http://www.k12hsn.org
http://thinkfinity.k12hsn.org
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