President Guiliano (right) accepts a $160,000 Verizon check to help fund teacher training.

NYIT received a $160,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to help the university train hundreds of thousands of teachers and community leaders throughout New York state. Specifically, NYIT will use the company's Thinkfinity program to help teach educators about implementing online lesson plans, instructional games, and other educational materials for a generation of students who love technology and crave interactive lessons that enliven school subjects.

 "We're part of a serious movement right now to make sure every student gets an equitable education," said Stan Silverman, director of NYIT's Technology-Based Learning Systems in the School of Education, which is working in conjunction with the Teacher Centers. 

Making Thinkfinity lessons available to teachers and to students-both in and out of the classroom-expands resources and ways to make learning enjoyable.

"Teachers need to be innovative, while constantly updating their approaches 

to learning," said President Guiliano. "Thinkfinity offers interactive, educational tools that are effective in advancing teaching and learning, and we are proud to bring these resources to educators in New York through our ongoing partnership with the Verizon Foundation and the Teacher Centers."  

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