Past projects 12
Technology in the Classroom!
Funded Mar 17, 2014Thank you all so much for your generous donations. With your help, we now have a working laptop and printer in our classroom! My students were so excited when they saw the new materials in the classroom. They became excited, motivated and ready to be put these tools to use. They couldn't believe that people had been so generous and wanted to make sure that our classroom had up to date technology.
The materials arrived just in time for students to begin their research on a project they were completing in social studies. Students worked in groups and used the laptop to research information on the history of different religions around the world. While books are always a great resource to use, students became more engaged when they could use the laptop to search the Internet. They studied pictures, viewed video clips and became more interested in the project they were working on. With our new printer they were also able to print out pictures and information on their topic.
Our classroom laptop has also been very beneficial to our ESL students especially those who have just arrived in the United States and do not speak English. While in class, these students can use the laptop to work on learning English through various websites they can access online. Before we had this laptop, my ESL students worked with myself and studied from worksheets. However, now they can listen to words while seeing a visual of a word to improve their knowledge of the English language.
We are so grateful to all of you for enhancing our classroom!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Sico
Classroom Supplies!
Funded Dec 9, 2013My students and I are incredibly thankful to all of you! When I saw the delivery of boxes in the main office, I couldn't wait to show my students. As I brought the boxes up to the classroom, they became curious as to what was inside. They were overjoyed when they saw all of the new supplies that had been delivered to their classroom and couldn't wait to put them to use.
New and colorful bulletin boards were put up in the classroom to display student work. Thanks to your generosity, my students do not have to worry about not having highlighters and pencils. The highlighters come in handy when we're reading informational text and trying to locate specific information. We've already created beautiful maps of ancient Greece with the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and paper that you have supplied us with. There is also a map of the world that now hangs in our classroom and makes it easier to find where each ancient civilization was located. These materials have greatly enhanced students' learning.
We cannot thank you all enough!!!!!!!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Sico