The Verizon Foundation is to help public schools, Rhode Island better prepare students to compete in the 21st century. Â In the midst of a greater focus on student achievement, the state schools are invited to apply for $ 25,000 grants for programs that use Thinkfinity.org Verizon Foundation to improve pupils’ skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
For the second consecutive year, the Foundation will provide scholarships of $ 5,000 each to five schools to integrate Thinkfinity.org, an online resource of education classroom.Â
Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation’s comprehensive online portal that offers more than 55,000 educational and literacy resources for teachers, parents and students. The resources are based on specific standards of quality K-12 teaching plans and interactive activities provided in cooperation with many countries, leading educational and literacy organizations.
“In Rhode Island, there is a growing interest in the community to ensure that Rhode Island students have a solid foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, is preparing to compete in a global economy,” said Donna Cupelo, Regional President Verizon New England. Â “Thinkfinity.org is a wonderful tool for educators throughout the state uses to help our children maximize their educational experience and a great achievement.” Â
More information about the award procedure is available at www.verizon.com / ri. Interested public schools must apply by 15 March. This is the second school year the Foundation invited to apply for grants Verizon Thinkfinity. Â For more information about the winners of last year, visit http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2009/rhode-island-public-schools.html.
Since November 2008, the Verizon Foundation awarded $ 50,000 to support a partnership with the Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology (RINET) and the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and secondary schools to train teachers to use in class Thinkfinity.org. Â To date, over 700 teachers have been trained.
The association provides professional development opportunities for teachers throughout the state of resources on site and online training to create a network of trainers Thinkfinity Rhode Island, and a mechanism to ensure that resources are in line with Thinkfinity Curriculum Frameworks. Rhode Island To date, more than 700 teachers across the state have been trained to use Thinkfinity in class.
The website provides teachers with resources Thinkfinity in eight academic disciplines, including science, English and mathematics to improve student performance. Thinkfinity.org is designed to help teachers access to lesson plans, interactive activities, primary sources, references and other resources authority, which can be searched by category, keyword, subject or resource type.
Verizon Thinkfinity content is provided through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and 11 major organizations in the nation in education and literacy: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Education Council of the International Association for the reading of John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, National Center for Family Literacy, National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Geographic Society, ProLiteracy Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, supports the promotion of literacy and K-12 education through its Education website free Thinkfinity.org, and fosters awareness and prevention of domestic violence. Â In 2009, the Verizon Foundation awarded more than $ 67.5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, with the United States and abroad. He also found the charitable donations from Verizon employees and retirees, resulting in a further $ 26.1 million of grants to nonprofit organizations. Verizon by volunteers, one of the volunteer programs for employees leading the country, Verizon employees and retirees have volunteered more than 5 million hours of community service since 2000. For more information about the Foundation, www.verizonfoundation.org visit.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leading global provider of broadband communications and fixed telephony services and mass-market wireless companies, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates the most reliable wireless network in North America, serving over 91 million customers nationally. Verizon also offers converged communications, information and entertainment services over fiber-optic network America’s most advanced optical solutions and provides innovative operational and integrated with our customers around the world. Â A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce of about 222,900 years last year generated consolidated revenues of over U.S. $ 107 million. Â For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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