Thinkfinity.org Offers Free Educational Resources and Curriculum

We're proud to announce that Verizon Thinkfinity has won a "best of the Free Web" award for its expansive database of resources for students and educators.  These engaging offerings include podcasts, video games, booklists and many, many other tools for education.

We recently received the following email:

As a partner and grantee of the Verizon Foundation we invite you to visit Thinkfinity.org, a free Web site that offers outstanding education and literacy resources for teachers, students, parents and afterschool programs.

Everyday we are reminded of the challenges we face together in engaging students and improving their educational achievement. Thinkfinity makes this easy with timely and current event resources. Recently, Verizon Thinkfinity was selected for the Editor's Choice Award for best of the "Free Web", by Library Media Connection. What that publication says about Verizon Thinkfinity is, "This is where the good stuff lives!"

Verizon Thinkfinity contains tens of thousands of free and engaging resources, keeping students learning anytime, anyplace and offering educators free professional development.

With a click or two, you can find information on:

* the American flag and the civil rights movement
* Super Bowl, Super Math!, applying mathematics in the 'big game'
* how animals survive in cold and snowy areas
* the 40th anniversary of the Moon Walk

At your fingertips are podcasts, videos, games, maps, homework help and booklists, something for every student whether at home, in school, in a community center or at the library.

How can you help spread the word about this resource? Please share this URL www.thinkfinity.org with your members, constituents and colleagues. Post it on your website and in your publications.

Funded solely by Verizon Foundation, the website and its resources are all free...no cost, log in, subscription, or advertising!

The Verizon Foundation is proud to partner with 11 premier education organizations (such as American Association for the Advancement of Science) to continue to provide the highest quality learning experience to support your program and students.

Thank you for your partnership in this endeavor.