Today NextGenWeb attended an event sponsored by Thinkfinity and Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG).  While there we had the chance to speak with Patrick Gaston, President of the Verizon Foundation. He told me about some of the things the Foundation is focused on, particularly education and the Thinkfinity site.  The Verizon Foundation has donated $34 million to develop Thinkfinity, which is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation’s literacy, education and technology initiatives.

Both Peter Davidson, Verizon Senior Vice President for Federal Government Relations and Congressman Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about global competition and the importance of creating an environment that will allow America’s children to compete with employees from places like China and India.  Thinkfinity is an online resource vital to this kind of education.  That’s right – an online resource.  The Internet is eliminating the “zip code barrier” which means kids from anywhere can access the world’s best educational resources over the Internet – regardless of where they live.  Yet another reason to make sure broadband becomes more and more ubiquitous – something Verizon is keenly aware of and working on along with America’s other 1,400 broadband service providers who together are investing $60 billion this year alone to improve America’s communications infrastructure. 

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