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Past projects 23

• Legos for Teaching Sequence, Algorithms, Encapsulation, and Community Building

  Funded Jan 17, 2025

  My sincerest thanks on behalf of my school, my students and myself for your support of the computer sciences in the South Bronx! The impact of these lego sets has been profound on my students. Having access to these legos for teaching algorithms, sequencing, encapsulation and functions has already been fantastic! It has also been a joy to promote community building and I have used them during advisory and club settings as well! One lesson I teach in my AP Computer Science curriculum involves establishing the need for programming languages. These legos have been perfect as student groups build a sculpture using Legos, document their process, and then must write corresponding algorithms and directions to rebuild the sculpture. Students then decompose the structure and another group has to rebuild their sculpture using the directions only.

  This helps students identify the importance of code comments and syntax, general protocols and practices for communicating with computers and other programmers. This enables my students to explain the qualities that differentiate natural languages and programming languages and to justify the existence of programming languages to precisely communicate instructions.

  This donation has enabled me access to a collaborative, physical medium to connect concepts to the programming space and my students have really benefited from having these Legos to design and create. These Lego sets now enable me to go beyond card sorting algorithms and turtle programming in the tangible realm, and have enhanced my ability with these physical manipulatives to connect with and support all of my learners.

  We are so grateful for your contribution! This donation has helped our Seniors participate more fully in lessons and better understand important computer science concepts across all three of my curriculums. Thank you so much for your lovely support of our classroom.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

• Student Generated Video Games - Research & Development

  Funded Oct 7, 2024

  My sincerest thanks on behalf of my school, my students and myself for your support of the computer sciences in the South Bronx! The impact of this Nintendo Switch, multitude of games and the controllers has been profound on my students. In all of my classes, I have students who are pushing themselves beyond the web-based curriculum and are exploring video game design and creation in javaScript! Having access to this Nintendo Switch for research and development through the iterative design process has been so immensely impactful! Multiple student groups come to mind who have benefitted, including Steve and Kaylee who are designing an arcade style multiplayer game that very closely resembles the game play and visuals of super mario smash brothers. Another team, Marvin and Melvin, who are building out a 2D style racing game that mimics the gameplay of Mario Kart has also identified improvements through the use of this platform. This video game research and design station has enabled these groups as they design, debug and build to continue to push their process and product as they reach new stages of development and look to improve game play and visuals. Students are learning the key CS concepts in JavaScript and then identifying their use in these professional products. This is also helping give students the language to provide one another feedback and areas for improvement through the peer review process.

  This donation has enabled me to build a collaborative programming space and my students have really benefited from having this space to map out and design video games and then perform their programming builds. This station is the perfect place for students to work and test professional creations in high resolutions and then to take their skills further in p5.js to create their own interactivity.

  We are so grateful for your contribution! This donation has helped our Seniors participate more fully in lessons and better understand important computer science concepts. Thank you so much for your support of our classroom.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

• Hybrid Learning for College & Career Readiness

  Funded Nov 2, 2024

  Thank you so much for your support of college career readiness and hybrid learning in the South Bronx! The impact of these LG Screens and usb-c cables has truly been profound on our students across departments. All seven teachers on my teams that benefited from this project have expressed a sincere gratitude for the tools that are now enabling them to deliver much more effective virtual lessons on remote class days. These resources have truly helped us to better implement this hybrid learning model with our partnership as a member of the School Based Virtual Learning Program. This donation has enabled my colleagues to more easily manage the presentation of content, all while more closely monitoring my students and their engagement and understanding. All of our students in 11th and 12th grade have really benefited from having this extra presentation space during our virtual lessons to access content and entry point supports for differentiated instruction.

  We are so immensely grateful for your contribution! Students who are currently having difficulty, can now more easily and more quickly get support as we can see all of their faces and the chat space alongside our presentations and multiple screen shares. This extra screen space also enables us to regularly toggle between google classroom, assignments, digital tools and much needed digital entry points and scaffolds to help our students access the content and build crucial conceptual understandings. We have found these LG screens to be incredibly impactful. This donation has helped all of our upperclassmen participate more fully in lessons and better access support. On behalf of my colleagues, our students and myself, thank you so much for your time and support of our classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

• Enhance Hybrid Computer Science Instruction

  Funded Aug 7, 2024

  My sincerest thanks on behalf of my school, my students and myself for your support of the computer sciences in the South Bronx! The impact of this Samsung Q60D Screen and soundbar has been profound on my students. In all of my classes, we have virtual lessons as part of the larger SBVL program in NYC. This donation has enabled me to build a collaborative programming space, more easily manage the presentation of content, all while more closely monitoring my students and their engagement and understanding. All of my students have really benefited from having this extra presentation space during my virtual lessons to map out and design apps and then perform their programming builds. My students are regularly designing, building and debugging apps, websites and animated short films in JavaScript and HTML/CSS, and this extra pixel real estate for me when teaching is the perfect place to engage students sharing screen with the larger class, and for me to toggle between slides, content, graphics and our Code builders (IDEs).

  We are so grateful for your contribution! Students who are currently having difficulty, can now more easily and more quickly get support as I can see all of their faces and the chat space - alongside my presentation and multiple screen shares. This extra screen space also enables me to regularly toggle between the builders and much needed digital entry points and scaffolds to help my students access the content and build the crucial understandings of the CS concepts. I have found this Samsung Q60D to be incredibly impactful. This donation has helped our Seniors participate more fully in lessons and better understand important computer science concepts. Thank you so much for your support of our classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

• Headphones for Computer Science Class

  Funded Jun 23, 2024

  My sincerest thanks on behalf of my school, my students and myself for your support of the computer sciences in the South Bronx! The impact of these headphones have been incredible on my students. In all of my classes, I have students who are regularly engaging with video based lessons, both from my curriculum and of my own creation for support on key CS concepts and for learning JavaScript and HTML/CSS applications for web development, video game design and animations.

  This donation has enabled me to create a space to support all learners more readily with these entry point support videos for those students that fall behind, or want to self-pace ahead of the rest of the class. With a full class set as well, it gives all of my students access to key CS concepts and helps them build programming skills as they create animations and apps in JavaScript and build websites in HTML/CSS. Thank you for helping my students build these real world skills!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

• iPad for Debugging Student Created Apps

  Funded Jun 13, 2024

  Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and support of my students and classroom space! We truly appreciate your wonderful contribution to the computer sciences in the South Bronx. The impact of this iPad Pro has been immense on my current students and will continue to have a massive impact on my students for years to come. In all of my classes (AP CS and Intro to Programming), my students are building apps and games in JavaScript and other high level languages, and having this platform to help design, build and then debug these programs has been fantastic. As we move to touchscreen platforms and mobile devices, being able to build and troubleshoot these constructions in a touch screen environment that has plenty of processing power has been fantastic. This iPad is regularly in use as students test their mobile platform constructions and look for ways to improve their code. You have provided us with the perfect tool for students to work and test their creations in high resolutions.

  We are so grateful for your contribution! All of my students have access to and benefit from this iPad including students with IEPs and students designated as Multilingual Learners. This donation has helped my seniors participate more fully in lessons and better understand important computer science concepts, opening worlds to them in regard to furthering their programming skills. Thank you again for your impactful support of our classroom!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

  This classroom project was brought to life by Neukom Family Foundation and 2 other donors.

• Headphones for Computer Science Class

  Funded Jul 18, 2023

  My sincerest thanks on behalf of my school, my students and myself for your support of the computer sciences in the South Bronx! The impact of these headphones have been incredible on my students. In all of my classes, I have students who are regularly engaging with video based lessons, both from my curriculum and of my own creation for support on key CS concepts and for learning JavaScript and HTML/CSS applications for web development, video game design and animations.

  This donation has enabled me to create a space to support all learners more readily with these entry point support videos for those students that fall behind, or want to self-pace ahead of the rest of the class. With a full class set as well, it gives all of my students access to key CS concepts and helps them build programming skills as they create animations and apps in JavaScript and build websites in HTML/CSS. Thank you for helping my students build these real world skills!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. McCoy

  This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and one other donor.