Thinkfinity

=Thinkfinity= //Process and Reflections are located at the bottom of the page.//  Thinkfinity has over 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials for educators. It also provides a wealth of information for students, parents and after-school programs.


 * //Click on the red Thinkfinity logo//** below to take a tour of the website.



Want to save time, use technology, and teach your students an easy lesson on the stock market?
 * 1) Click to see Ms. Reddy's Stock Market Thinkfinity Lesson Plan
 * 2) Click to see how to integrate it into your classroom.[[file:ThinkfinityUnit1 Jan Fisher.doc]]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a document already written to include in a lesson plan on the Internet about Nettiquette.
 * 1) Click to see Netiquette Thinkfinity Lesson Plan.
 * 2) Click to see how to integrate it into your classroom.[[file:ThinkfinityUnit2 Jan Fisher.doc]]

Thinkfinity is for K-12 grades. I teach college level students but that didn't stop me. I enjoyed paging through the different lesson plans. It was hard to find many on what I teach. I teach how to use the computer and software. I had to go round about to get to some lesson plans that would fit my needs. I finally found one that included using a spreadsheet program. Since I teach how to use spreadsheet, I thought I could figure out how to use it to better help my students understand real world implications. The next one I found wasn't a lesson plan but a document on netiquette on the Internet. Since I teach about the Internet and email, I thought it would work out well to use this document to help the students learn about Netiquette, learn about links, and learn how to email a document to a friend.
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There is so much help out there for educators. I am so grateful for the initiatives the leaders in education have done for this vocation. Everything is available anytime through our fingertips. Thinkfinity is a primary example. All the work in Thinkfinity has been reviewed by the leading education associations to be up-to-date, unbiased, and appropriate for students. I did notice the subjects that interested me (what I teach) were few and far between. It makes me want to develop some of my own plans to put on Thinkfinity. Better yet, start a Thinkfinity for college bound and community educators and students. This site is also very useful as a site for students. They have games for the different age groups which make learning fun. I plan on passing this site on to my grandkids as well as any of my friends with children and grandkids.
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