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Mr. Boyer from De Soto MO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Back up the Band

My students need one iPad.

  • $633 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Cacophony and chaos are transformed into distinct melodies, every day. Students walk into the band room, and begin their day by warming up. These sounds are then crafted together, during rehearsal, to create music that is pleasing to the ears.

Students, at my school, are quite diverse.

From their background, to their lifestyle, diversity is common with the students at my school. The school building, that I spend the majority of my day at, is the Junior High. This building is an older building, that is in need of some technological advancements, which the district is working on. My class sizes are fairly large. Although it may not seem like many students for a band class, most of my classes are packed with over 50 students.

My Project

The iPad will be used in a variety of ways. The biggest use for the iPad will be for assessment and feedback. Currently, with the sizes of my classes, it proves quite difficult to hear every student, every week, on an individual basis. If I were to give individual playing tests in class, this would take up multiple class periods, of every week, just to listen to students. With the iPad, I will be able to have students record their playing tests, in my office, while I continue teaching, out in the classroom.

Providing students feedback is imperative to improving student performance, in any class.

This is especially true in the music classroom. If a student never knows that they are singing or playing something incorrectly, they will never fix it. This iPad will allow me the opportunity to provide this feedback, while continuing instruction.

Mr. Boyer
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi 16GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $499.99 1 $499.99

Materials cost

$499.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.85

Total project goal

$632.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$632.34

2 Donors

-$632.34

Donations toward project cost

-$537.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.85

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$0.00

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