Thinkfinity Professional Development Workshop for 7-12 Social Studies

Thinkfinity Professional Development Workshop for 7-12 Social Studies
Kathleen Hannah Facilitator

Brainstorm a topic / concept of interest
Before We Begin Brainstorm a topic / concept of interest Think about something that you will be teaching in the near future (next grading period), that you would like to supplement with some resources that you find in today’s session. Welcome to today’s training session, designed to present you with and allow you to explore the many wonderful resources available to you through Verizon Thinkfinity. My hope is that you will increase your awareness of what Verizon Thinkfinity has to offer, and discover specific resources that you will be able to use immediately in your classroom or in planning instructional activities. To make this experience more personal for you, please take a few minutes to think about what you may be teaching within the next 3 weeks, and use the Resource List document to write down your initial thoughts. Consider a curricular topic at a specific grade level, such as animal classification for 5th grade, or you might want to explore a concept of interest as related to 21st century skills, such as creativity and innovation. NOTE: Encourage participants to choose a topic or concept of interest related to their instructional program, to be used as a stimulus to guide them to specific resources during today’s activities.

Roster into this Session
Click on myThinkfinity at the top of the page and enter your Login ID/Primary address and Password. If you do not have a Login ID, please register with Verizon Thinkfinity by clicking “Not a user? Sign up now!” ******** Login ID/ Before you arrived today, I planned for this training session by registering it with Verizon Thinkfinity.org. This helps them to see how many people are being trained in the use of Verizon Thinkfinity resources and allows them to continue to improve the offerings available to educators everywhere. I’ll show you how you can register your own sessions in a few minutes, but first, I’d like to have each of you “sign in” to today’s training. Let’s go to the Educator homepage and click on “myThinkfinity” You will be prompted to log in to myThinkfinity using your Login ID/ address and password. If you do not yet have a myThinkfinity Login ID, click on the link labeled, “Not a user? Sign up now!” The next slide will explain how to create your myThinkfinity profile.

If you need to create a profile… Complete page 1 of the form, then skip to page 4 and click on “Complete Profile.” Be sure to return later to revise. If you do not yet have a myThinkfinity login ID, please click on the “Not a user? Sign up now!” link under the Password field. You will be taken to the Create New User page where you can create your myThinkfinity Account profile. You need only complete this first page right now and then click Next until you see the Complete Profile link, but please be sure to login later to complete your profile so the program can track our rollout and outreach correctly. NOTE: If time allows, please encourage your attendees to select their Organization and role as it will enable Verizon Thinkfinity to better serve them in the future with role-specific information.

Once logged in to myThinkfinity, click on ‘Sign-in on Roster’ on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on the hyperlinked location for this training Now that everyone has an account and has logged in, we’ll roster into today’s session. Click on “Sign-in on Roster” You will see a list of today’s training sessions - select this training by clicking on the hyperlinked location. Click on the green “Register” button (next slide). In the future, when you plan your own training sessions, you’ll return to this area and follow the steps in the presentation “Four Steps to Conducting an Official Verizon Thinkfinity Training Session” to register your own training. NOTE: Ask your participants to take a few minutes to “sign in” to today’s training, which has already been registered. NOTE: Take the time to introduce everyone to the new myThinkfinity area of Verizon Thinkfinity.org. myThinkfinity is the entry point for educators to customize their Verizon Thinkfinity experience. They will also use this area to take training surveys.

Click the green ‘Register’ button. The roster process is now complete! 6

Introducing… Class Timer http://www.timeme.com/timer-stopwatch.htm
Your name Your current position Your school/district/organization A topic or concept of interest that you’ve chosen, and why Something you’re proud of Since we will be working together today on a variety of tasks, let’s take a few minutes to get to know each other. Please tell us your name, position, school, district, or organization, and tell us about the topic or concept of interest you have chosen for today. As we hear from each other, I’ll use a Venn diagram tool from the Thinkfinity Partner site, ReadWriteThink, to record your ideas. NOTE: Click on the link to access the Venn Diagram learning object. Enter the following information: Project Title: Thinkfinity Topics and Concepts of Interest By: Enter your name Label circle 1: Topics Label circle 2: Concepts Click on the Next button which will launch a Demo…simply close the demo. Ask a volunteer to share their topic or concept of interest. Use the text box to enter the information and use the rectangular “handle” to drag the item onto the Venn diagram. As you place it, explain why you are placing it in the topic, concept, or the joined area of the diagram. Be sure to listen for areas of interest, or others who are in similar assignments or who work with the same grade level as you. Throughout the day, you may have some time to network with these folks, and extend your professional community beyond this training. You might even find some great ideas to share with each other as we explore the various components of the Thinkfinity Web site. NOTE: Be sure to double check the link prior to the start of the training. This will place the site in the computer’s memory for quick access during your session. Class Timer

Objectives/Goals Why are we here? What will we accomplish?
“What is Verizon Thinkfinity?” you ask… You soon will know and be able to share with others! Be wowed by the FREE resources! Figure out the best ways to find the FREE resources. Verizon Thinkfinity is not just about what resources are available, but how to integrate them into the classroom! Create a plan, so you bring some ideas back to YOUR classroom immediately! We are going to spend the first part of today’s workshop looking at the types of resources available to educators through Verizon Thinkfinity and you will have time to explore the resources on your own. We’ll discover easy techniques for searching for exactly what you need, and we’ll also examine how these resources fit within a lesson that you can actually use in the classroom, providing you with the strategies to be successful. Then later on, you will choose one or more resources to use to create your own customized Integration Plan - something that you can implement in your classroom immediately. We’ll end our day by sharing what you have developed, and by talking about additional professional development opportunities that are available to you, closing our day with a review of what we have learned.

Targets for Today’s Training
Over the next three weeks: 80% of you will use Verizon Thinkfinity in your classroom or planning at least 2 times within the next 3 weeks. 65% of you will anticipate an increase in efficiency and/or effectiveness in the classroom by using Verizon Thinkfinity. 75% of you will anticipate seeing at least one positive change in learners (i.e., more engaged, retaining more information, etc.) from using Verizon Thinkfinity. NOTE: You should set a target appropriate for your group here. Verizon Thinkfinity encourages you to set a number that is comfortable , realistic and appropriate for your training purposes. … and to accompany these objectives and goals, I’ve set some targets for us to work toward. My hope is that after today’s session, within 3 weeks: (go through the bullets) I’ll be checking in with you about halfway through our session to see if we’re on track to meet these targets, and then at the end of the day we’ll touch base to see where you are before you take your training survey. It’s important to be honest. If you are not there – that is fine. Knowing where we are at the end of the day will help me to improve this training, make sure that you are getting what you need, and inform me about any additional support or instruction that I can provide. NOTE: Be sure to enter specific numbers into this slide and discuss each bullet so that attendees understand what you hope to accomplish.

What is Verizon Thinkfinity?
The Web site ( contains thousands of free lesson plans and student materials for every core subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the United States. Tens of thousands of FREE educational resources Access and use resources from school or home! A partnership between the Verizon Foundation and the nation’s leading educational organizations FREE professional development What is Verizon Thinkfinity? Verizon Thinkfinity offers 55,000 free Web-based educational resources.

Thinkfinity’s Content Partners
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts National Council on Economic Education Economics National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English Reading/English Language Arts American Association for the Advancement of Science Science National Geographic Society Geography National Museum of American History American History National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide Adult & Family Literacy The Thinkfinity Content Partners are recognized as the leading educational organizations within their content area. As you can see by this chart, there is a comprehensive approach to providing materials that are both specific and interdisciplinary in nature, as you will see as we explore these sites. The addition of the National Center for Family Literacy and ProLiteracy Worldwide allows us to extend our resources to those individuals and organizations who are striving to increase literacy throughout the world.

To learn more about the latest economics news and information, click on the Current Events link at EconEdLink. Select one of the featured events and review the associated lesson plan. What is the difference between the teacher and student “versions” of the lesson?

From the EconEdlink homepage, describe how you would locate a lesson on “inflation” for grades 9-12.
Each lesson has a corresponding student page that contains only the information your students need to complete. Navigate to any lesson and showcase the link to the student version.

The subject catalog is organized into four subject areas.
When you click on History & Social Studies, the subject navigator allows you to further search by what two criteria?

Visit the EDSITE calendar.
Click on calendar archives and list the theme for any two months of the year, and review an activity designed to enhance one of those themes.

Scroll through the timeline and click on the red bar of the Era in which you were born and click to view all resources for that Era. Filter the results by lesson/activity. When you click on the title of a lesson you are presented with a summary page. How do you get to the actual lesson/activity?

Click on Interactives/ Media .
Filter the results by 9-12. Notice that “Building A Sod House” is designated as appropriate for all grade levels. Explore this resource and describe how it could be used in the classroom.

View artifacts from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History collection!
You will find a listing of selected Museum artifacts that can be used to teach American history using object-based learning techniques.

Click on Standards. Notice the number line that represents the 18 standards. Click on any one of the numbers along that number line. Why would teachers find this strategy useful?

Click on Atlas. Describe the steps you would take to print a map of India that students could label.

Will we hit our target? 3-2-1… Re-Focus! 3 – You have 3 minutes
2 – to share with 2 people 1 – 1 exciting idea to share with others Now that we are back and refreshed, let’s take a few minutes to reflect back on the targets that we established this morning. Earlier we set a target that X number of you would be excited about teaching others to use Verizon Thinkfinity. How many of you have already identified at least one resource or one idea that you are excited about sharing with someone? OK…let’s take a few minutes to do a “3-2-1” activity. You will have 3 minutes to share with 2 people 1 exciting idea to share with others. Ready…get set….GO! NOTE: Reinforce the target for the training that was established early in the day. Will we hit our target?

Learning Objects Video Clips Interactives Web sites E-Sheets
Primary Source Documents Graphic Organizers Quizzes Online Manipulatives Rubrics Printable Maps A wide variety of available resources is available through Verizon Thinkfinity.org to enhance classroom instruction. The choice is dependant on available technology, time, and teacher objective. Be sure to take some time emphasizing that each of these types of resources is considered a “Learning Object.” Photographs Podcasts Virtual Museums Worksheets Audio Clips

Verizon Thinkfinity Educational Resources
Ready to Use Lesson Plans (Learning Objects are embedded!) The second type of resource is lesson plans. Not only does Verizon Thinkfinity provide the resources to use, but also a detailed plan for HOW to use them effectively. (Click on lesson plan) The reason that we call Verizon Thinkfinity lesson plans “Ready to Use” is because everything needed to implement the lesson is embedded right into the lesson plan. NOTE: Scroll down the lesson to show all the components of the lesson plan and point out links to the interactive and print resource from the previous slide. Mention the alignment between the student materials and the lesson plans.

Verizon Thinkfinity Educational Resources
Partner-Reviewed Web Links (These are Learning Objects, too!) The third type of resource is Partner-reviewed Web links. We recognize that there is a lot of good educational content on the Internet, but it can be overwhelming to search and find the good quality content that is out there. So our Content Partners have done that hard work for you. They have found educational content on the Internet, put it through a panel review to make sure it is accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased. These reviewed Web links can be accessed through Verizon Thinkfinity.

Learning Objects EconEdLink Compound Interest Calculator – Interactive
For students For teachers Online (to be used on the computer) EconEdLink Compound Interest Calculator – Interactive Data Links – Real Time Data EDSITEment The Bridge over Hellespont – Interactive True Sons of Freedom – Partner-Reviewed Primary Source Xpeditions Continent Assembler – Interactive Xpedition Hall – Interactive Museum Smithsonian’s History Explorer Artificial Anatomy: Body Parts – Interactive Lewis and Clark Expedition Pocket Compass – Museum Artifact You already know that Verizon Thinkfinity houses tens of thousands of resources. This includes 3 different types of resources. One type of resource is individual learning objects (there are many different types of learning objects). Some of these are interactive resources that students can use online, and others are resources that a teacher can print and hand out to students. NOTE: These 2 resources come from the same lesson plan. They are both hyperlinked to the actual resource. Click on the graphics to go directly to the online resource.

Learning Objects EconEdLink
For students For teachers Offline (Print-ready) EconEdLink Worker Rights in America (embedded in Worker Safety - The Triangle Fire Legacy lesson plan) EDSITEment Greek Alphabet (embedded in The Alphabet is Historic, part 2 lesson plan) World War II in Europe (embedded in Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands lesson plan) Xpeditions Xpeditions Atlas Smithsonian’s History Explorer Follow the Drinking Gourd Activity Page (embedded in Slave Life and the Underground Railroad lesson plan) You already know that Verizon Thinkfinity houses tens of thousands of resources. This includes 3 different types of resources. One type of resource is individual learning objects (there are many different types of learning objects). Some of these are interactive resources that students can use online, and others are resources that a teacher can print and hand out to students. NOTE: These 2 resources come from the same lesson plan. They are both hyperlinked to the actual resource. Click on the graphics to go directly to the online resource.

Creating a Customized Integration Framework Considerations using Thinkfinity Resources
To help you better understand how the Thinkfinity Integration Plan is organized, let’s take a look a a sample Integration Plan. Several areas within the plan are highlighted here to help you better understand what you will include within these sections. You want to be sure that your Integration Plan meets a specific standard that you have targeted, so list this standard in the appropriate area. Next to that, you’ll see where you will list the specific learning OBJECT that you have found by searching Thinkfinity for an appropriate resource to use to meet your targeted standard. Please note that this is not a learning objective, as you might find in a lesson plan, but the actual object or resource from Thinkfinity. Try to focus on just one learning object. Of course, if it is something like an interactive with an accompanying handout, then feel free to list both items. The classroom configuration section of the Integration Plan is where you will want to consider what types of technology resources you have available for implementing your plan. Let’s take a look at some possible configurations: NOTE: Click anywhere on the slide EXCEPT on the forward arrow action button to access the Classroom Configuration slide. Discuss it, then return to this sample Integration Plan by clicking on the back arrow action button to continue the training. Describe in detail exactly what it is that students will actually do with the learning object you have selected. Are they working independently, in pairs, or triads? Are they taking turns, do they record any information or make observations? Is there dialogue among students during the activity, and if so, what questions have you designed to focus this into productive discussion? Then consider what factors will indicate to you that the use of this learning object is effective. Remember, your focus here is on determining if the learning object you have selected is being used effectively. Finally, you should go through this Integration Plan yourself. Take some time to try it out in the manner in which you plan to use it. Try to determine what questions or problems your students will encounter as they complete this task. Reflect on your “walk-through” experience. NOTE: Remind participants of the task at hand - to create a customized Integration Plan. Answer any final questions. Use the forward arrow action button to move to the timer slide. NOTE: Click on the forward arrow action button to move to the timer slide.

Lunch Break See you at 12:30! It’s time for us to take a break…so as you leave for lunch, chat with others from the workshop about what you have discovered so far. Reflect on how you think you might be able to use some of what you have explored. Enjoy your lunch!

How did you learn about WWII?
Memorize the battles. Blah, blah, blah, Axis Powers, blah, blah,, Lend Lease Act….. Zzzzz… Huh? ?!?!? Think about the way you were taught about gravity, specifically force, thrust, and angle of trajectory. Does this look familiar? I’m sure you know of some teachers in your school who teach every lesson this way, through lecture, textbooks and other teacher-centered activities. All of these methods have their place in the classroom structure, but we feel that teachers can extend the repertoire of methods using Thinkfinity resources. I’d like to show you how one Thinkfinity resource involves students in their own learning (student-centered) and encourages critical thinking, rather than memorizing formulas and definitions. It involves problem-solving and collaboration, while helping students understand the complexities of gravity.

HOW ... do you find the resources? Three Main Ways:
Navigation through Content Partner sites How do you find them??? There are three main ways. The first way is by navigating through each of the Partner sites. (We’ll look at the second and third ways later on in the workshop.) We will actually launch the Verizon Thinkfinity Web site where you will find yourself on the top level, or “homepage”: From this page you will make a choice as to which “portal” you will use to enter the Verizon Thinkfinity Web site. Please choose the Educators portal.

Educator Homepage Each of the Content Partners has created its own Partner site. From the Educator homepage, you’ll find links to each of the Content Partners from a row of icons at the bottom of the page, or you can click on the “Content Partner” link on the green navigation bar near the top of the screen. Because each of the sites was independently created by its respective Content Partner, each has its own look and feel. Navigation of the sites won’t be exactly the same, but you will find consistency in the available resources at each site. NOTE: Feel free to use the ThinkBytes document to provide a quick introduction to special features of each Content Partner site. Begin with the first “byte” listed and interject the other two during the 6-8 minute independent exploration period. Then move on to the next Content Partner site. NOTE: At this point, participants should have time for exploration of each of the Partner sites, to ensure that they can navigate to content from each of the Partner sites. As a trainer, you can choose to lead this in a number of ways, for example: Give several minutes each for exploration of Partner sites individually. Assign a Partner site for individual or groups of participants to explore in depth and then have them present navigation of the site to the rest of the group. Give about an hour for “free exploration” of the sites to participants, plus point out the places in the Educator’s Guide that can help them. NOTE: As participants browse for resources, you may want to provide them with a way to “bookmark” or keep a list of their favorite resources using the Resource List handout. Remind them that later in the workshop they will be asked to select one or more resources with which they will create a customized Integration Plan. Should they find resources that they would like to use in their Integration Plan, they should bookmark them, add them to the Resource List document, or keep track of them in another way.

Navigation through Content Partner sites Search Engine The second way to find resources is through the search engine, which searches all Content Partner sites simultaneously.

Thinkfinity.org Enter keyword here The Verizon Thinkfinity Search Engine can be accessed from the main Verizon Thinkfinity homepage, as well as from each portal start page. Click into the Keyword field and we’ll take a look at how Verizon Thinkfinity is designed to help you locate resources quickly and easily. Notice how information is displayed in the search results screen. You will see the name of the resource, the name of the Partner site, a brief description of the resource with the ability to view additional details, the type of resource it is using a key to the icons, and all appropriate grade levels for this resource. NOTE: Model each of the various search options, basic search, browse subjects, browse keywords. Then give participants time (about 10 minutes) to explore the search engine themselves.

Navigation through Content Partner sites Search Engine Educator Homepage Let’s explore a third way to find resources – by following links directly off of the Educator Homepage.

Educator Homepage The Educator portal is designed specifically for teachers. From the Educator homepage you can easily access a variety of materials. For example, Verizon Thinkfinity provides educational resources that incorporate 21st century skills and themes, and the Verizon Thinkfinity Literacy Network provides hundreds of resources to support organizations and individuals with the development of literacy. You can browse resources by Theme or Subject. You can learn more about Verizon Thinkfinity’s opportunities for Professional Development here. The Verizon Thinkfinity Calendar will allow you to target special activities to correspond with any day of the year. These activities can complement and support all grade levels, and can further student interest on a variety of topics. Think of the discussion you can stimulate with this easy to use tool! The Newest Resources link will inform you of the latest resources which have been added to each of the Content Partner sites. Take the time to visit these exciting new materials designed to facilitate instructional activities in the classroom. Please take a few minutes to explore these features now. NOTE: Guide participants through several links from the homepage to give them alternative ways to locate resources.

Classroom Configuration
Whole group instruction with projection device Whole group activity with small groups and mobile laptops Small groups in rotating stations One-to-one in rotating stations One-to-one in computer lab One-to-one with individual laptops Here you see several different possible scenarios for technology access in your school and/or classroom. You may not have any student computers to use, and must rely on a teacher station with a presentation device. Or you might have 3-5 stations so that students can work in collaborative groups. And you might also find yourself in a position to have individual stations for every student, either in a lab setup or with laptops that can be brought to your classroom. These scenarios reflect differences, but not roadblocks. How might you tap these various differences between no-tech, low-tech and high-tech options within the classroom? NOTE: Encourage dialogue regarding the reasoning behind various classroom configurations. NOTE: Use the action button to return to the Verizon Thinkfinity Integration Plan.

50 minutes to work on Integration Framework
I will provide a visual timer for all of you so that you can pace yourself as you work through the development of your Integration Plan. You will have 60 minutes to complete your task. The timer will advance in 10 minute intervals, so plan accordingly. If you finish before the end of the time period, feel free to return to the Verizon Thinkfinity Web site to continue your exploration of the many features you will discover there. NOTE: Use of a timer will be helpful. To start the on-screen timer, simply click on the watch graphic. If you do not wish to use the on-screen timer, simply click anywhere on the slide EXCEPT on the watch when the 60 minutes are up. NOTE: Be sure to circulate among all attendees to respond to questions or direct them to specific resources if they are struggling with any part of the process.

Integration Framework Sharing
OK! You all have been very productive designing your own Integration Plans. Let’s take some time now to share what you have developed. NOTE: This can be done in a variety of ways, depending on personal training style, as well as the size of the group. If you have a large group, consider dividing them into smaller groups so that there is ample time for sharing within the smaller subgroups. If your entire training group is small to midsized, you may have them each share one at a time, or ask for volunteers to share. You might also have a “gallery walk” where everyone has their Integration Plan open and then participants walk around looking at each plan on their own. Participants can use sticky notes to provide feedback to the authors of the plans that they are reviewing.

How much can you remember?
Review How much can you remember? So…how much do you remember? Let’s take a few minutes to review some of the major concepts we have covered today.

1 What’s behind door number… ?
Behind each “door” is a question or topic that can help you to reflect back on the material we have covered together. Each of you will have an opportunity to do so by selecting which “door” to open. NOTE: Choose one person to begin and ask them to pick any of the “doors.” Click on that door to go to that question. From the individual question slide, simply click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.” NOTE: When all questions have been reviewed, click on the forward arrow action button to move to the “Targets” slide.

Name 3 types of resources common to all Partner sites
Door #1 Name 3 types of resources common to all Partner sites NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

Name one Partner site, AND the organization(s) behind it.
Door #2 Name one Partner site, AND the organization(s) behind it. NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

Name 2 kinds of learning objects that could be used by students.
Door #3 Name 2 kinds of learning objects that could be used by students. NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

Door #4 You can find student interactives by browsing through individual Partner sites OR by using the ________________. NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

Door #5 Describe 2 different ways a classroom can be configured for technology integration. NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

How will you use Verizon Thinkfinity within the next week?
Door #6 How will you use Verizon Thinkfinity within the next week? NOTE: Solicit feedback from the individual who selected this question. Encourage comments from other participants as well, or if the individual did not respond correctly, ask for other responses from the group. NOTE: Click on the back arrow action button to return to the set of six “doors.”

Professional Development
As you have discovered today, there are hundreds of resources available to help you meet the instructional needs of the students you serve, either directly or indirectly. This session has presented you with some starting points, and some familiarity to get you started. Thinkfinity offers additional opportunities for professional development so that you can continue to enhance your own knowledge, and prepare you to help other educators become familiar with these free resources. As with the content available through Thinkfinity, we are currently working with the ISTE to align our professional development materials with the NETS-T (for teachers). Be sure to take the time to revisit the site often and see what is available to help you continue your learning.

Training Targets As a result of today’s training, how many of you:
will use Verizon Thinkfinity in your classroom or planning at least 2 times within the next 3 weeks? anticipate an increase in efficiency and/or effectiveness in the classroom by using Verizon Thinkfinity? anticipate seeing at least one positive change in learners (e.g., more engaged, retaining more information, etc.) from using Verizon Thinkfinity? NOTE: Re-visit the targets posted on board/flip chart/PPT. Check in by asking for a show of hands and writing/typing the count next to each posted target. Let’s re-visit our targets from this morning. How many of you found resources that you can use in your classroom or for planning? How many of you anticipate an increase in efficiency and/or effectiveness in the classroom by using Verizon Thinkfinity? How many of you anticipate at least one positive change in learners (e.g., more engaged, retaining more information, etc.) from using Verizon Thinkfinity? NOTE: If the number is lower than the target for one or more, the trainer should ask, “What would need to change for more of you to say Yes?” Do this for each target that is less than 90%. You will receive a brief survey in about 3 weeks to see how it’s going and to offer any additional support you may need. Thank you for giving us your feedback. It is invaluable to use in creating the best Verizon Thinkfinity training possible.

Training Survey From myThinkfinity, click on “Complete a Survey.”
Choose the appropriate survey from the list. Respond to the questions and click on Submit to record your responses. Now, please take a few minutes to complete the survey for today’s session. Since you are already logged into myThinkfinity, simply click on the link on the right that says “Complete a Survey.” A list of pending surveys will be presented to you. Simply click on the hyperlinked survey for this session. You can select to take the survey anonymously – this means that your name will not be associated with the survey information sent to me. NOTE: Make sure users are not logged in with the Demo Field Trainer record information or they will not be able to complete the survey. We thank you very much for taking the time to complete this survey as it will help us to improve our training. NOTE: Click to display the next screen as participants complete the survey. 4. Wait to receive confirmation that your survey has been completed. Thank you!

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