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Slide 1: Thinkfinity.org Free Standards based resources for 21st Century Learners NECC | San Antonio, TX | 6/30/08 Jennifer Fritschi, Thinkfinity.org
Slide 2: Verizon Foundation’s Core Initiatives:
Slide 3: Thinkfinity Continues to Provide: 55,000+ FREE resources • K-12 educators • Adult & family literacy communities for  FREE training for • K-12 educators • Colleges of Education • Literacy program managers instructors, volunteers, & parents
Slide 4: Plus Exciting New Resources/Features: • Separate entry points for: --educators --students --parents --afterschool community • Robust and easy-to-use search capacity • Lesson plans aligned to state standards & District of Columbia • Focus on 21st century learning • Integration of Thinkfinity Literacy Network
Slide 5: educator podcasts interactives Virtual museum activities e-newsletters primary source documents Parent tools multimedia explorations interactive student e-sheets powerful search engine calendars 1,200 print friendly maps datalinks video clips lesson plans
Slide 6: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts National Council on Economic Education National Endowment for the Humanities National Council of Teachers of Mathematics International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English Thinkfinity Partners Arts Economics Humanities Mathematics Reading/Language Arts American Association for the Advancement of Science National Geographic Society Smithsonian National Museum of American History Science Geography American History National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide Adult & Family Literacy
Slide 7: still FREE
Slide 8: IN ONE PLACE: created by experts, aligned to standards, high quality, grade level appropriate, commercial free, at no cost,
Slide 9: still FREE
Slide 10: Framework for 21st Century Learning from Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Slide 11: The World’s.. Tallest building Largest publicly traded company Largest investment firm Biggest movie industry Largest Casino Biggest passenger plane Largest refinery 10 years ago USA USA USA USA USA USA USA Today Taipei Beijing Abu Dhabi Bollywood Macao Europe India Zakaria, F. (2008). The Post-American World. Newsweek Vo. CLI, No. 19.
Slide 12: 21st Century Skills
Slide 13: Standards
Slide 15: Standards vs. 21st Century Skills Thinkfinity focuses on standards •Knowing the alphabet •Counting to 5 •Adding fractions •Reading decoding •States and capitals •Volcano formation •Converting decimals •Difference between protons & neutrons •Newton’s law of gravity •Cell division •Determine regression coefficients Thinkfinity focuses on 21st century skills •Critical thinking •Collaboration •Social responsibility •Civic literacy •Problem solving •Technology literacy •Communication •Global awareness •Financial literacy •Personal responsibility •Innovation Basic skills Continuum of skills Higher order thinking
Slide 16: 21 Century Student Outcomes st from Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Slide 17: Critical thinking gone bad
Slide 18: Clark, B. (2002). Growing up gifted: developing the potential of children at home and at school. Upper Saddle River. NJ:Merrill Prentice Hall.
Slide 26: vs. Is Bigger better?
Slide 27: 20 million + Mostly Maybe, probably not Doubtful If you’re lucky Who knows No way Dream on # invention resources Free? Created by Experts? / cross disciplinary? Standards Based? Commercial Free? Audience Appropriate? Grade level specific? Comes with FREE training? 352 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slide 28: st 21 Century Themes from Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Slide 29: Global Awareness
Slide 30: Global Awareness Global Awareness • Using 21st century skills to understand and address global issues • Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts • Understanding other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages
Slide 31: Global Awareness Understanding other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages
Slide 32: Global Awareness Understanding other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages
Slide 33: Global Awareness Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts
Slide 34: Global Awareness Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts
Slide 35: Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
Slide 36: Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy •Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices •Understanding the role of the economy in society •Using entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options
Slide 37: Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices 17
Slide 38: Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices
Slide 39: Health Literacy
Slide 40: Health Literacy •Obtaining, interpreting and understanding basic health information and services and using such information and services in ways that are health enhancing •Understanding preventive physical and mental health measures, including proper diet, nutrition, exercise, risk avoidance and stress reduction •Using available information to make appropriate health-related decisions •Establishing and monitoring personal and family health goals •Understanding national and international public health and safety issues
Slide 41: Obtaining, interpreting and understanding basic health information and services and using such information and services in ways that are health enhancing
Slide 42: Understanding preventive physical and mental health measures, including proper diet, nutrition, exercise, risk avoidance and stress reduction
Slide 43: Civic Literacy
Slide 44: Civic Literacy
Slide 45: Civic Literacy • Participating effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes • Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national and global levels • Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions
Slide 46: Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national and global levels
Slide 47: Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions
Slide 48: Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions
Slide 49: Thinkfinity Weaves it Together Core Subjects English Reading or language arts World languages Arts Mathematics Economics Science Geography History Government and civics Learning & Innovation skills Creativity and Innovation Skills Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Communication and Collaboration Skills 21st Century Themes Global Awareness Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy
Slide 50: Thinkfinity Professional Development • Comprehensive and FREE training program     1 hour live webinar Self-guided training Face-to-Face training 5 week online course • Focus on using Thinkfinity resources to improve student learning
Slide 51: State Education Network
Slide 52: still FREE
Slide 53: Questions?
Slide 55: Citations [1] Education Forum: What it Takes to Compete, Seeing US education through the prism of international comparisons, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2007 Digital Economy 2003, Department of Commerce [2]