Past projects 4
Empowering Special Learners with Touchscreen Technology
Funded Jan 10, 2025I am deeply grateful for your support in funding my DonorsChoose project. Because of your generosity, my Pre-K special education students will soon have access to three touchscreen computers in our classroom—a resource that will truly transform their learning experiences.
While many of my students may have some exposure to smartphones or tablets at home, having this technology in the classroom will be a game-changer. These touchscreen computers will allow my students to engage independently with educational websites and tools that are currently out of reach due to our lack of classroom computers and the challenges of using a traditional keyboard and mouse. With these devices, I will be able to better support their unique learning needs, fostering independence and opening doors to new opportunities for growth and exploration.
Your generosity has given my students a chance to thrive in ways that would not have been possible otherwise. Knowing that I have your support encourages me to continue finding innovative ways to make learning accessible and meaningful for every child in my classroom.
Thank you for supporting my project and for making such a lasting impact on my students' lives. I cannot wait to share the exciting progress they will make with this technology because of your kindness.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Vasquez
The More You Read, the More Things You Will Know!
Funded Oct 20, 2019What a blessing we have received from you. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of our heart. I am so grateful because I have a wonderful little library set up which I am able to share with my students. My students especially enjoyed the numerous Halloween books and Christmas books. Many of them do not have a book at home and therefore are not exposed to illustrations and imagery. At the moment we are enjoying the Valentine's Day books and soon will be getting into St. Patrick's day. The kids love story time and our principal and school resource officer have even volunteered to come and read these books which makes it so special for my students.
We read a book daily right before nap time and I take the opportunity to expand their vocabulary by asking them questions about what they see. There are many concepts that are new to them and that they don't fully understand but after seeing the visuals and talking about the story they are able to finish with a better understanding and expand their vocabulary.
Thank you for your generosity! We are forever grateful!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Vasquez
This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 2 other donors.Portable Computer for Testing and Creating Visuals
Funded Mar 19, 2019I am so grateful for your generosity. This project has been fully funded and I will begin using it with my students. This will help us so much because I will be able to create so many visuals for them and will have the flexibility to test them in a more quite area where they can really show what they know.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Vasquez
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and 9 other donors.Color Visuals For Communication
Funded Feb 13, 2018I wanted to take a moment to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your contribution to our classroom. As you know my class is a special needs classroom in which many of my students are non-verbal. Due to their difficulties communicating, a great deal of visuals is necessary in order for them to understand what is being said to them, what is expected, as well as academic content.
I reached out for help to you so that I could get the funds to buy a printer that would print in color. I have many projects that require color pictures for my students to learn. I am still working on many more projects. However, so far I have been able to create a colorful word wall of the vocabulary words for all of my curriculum books.
I have also created many file folder games which have color pictures for them to match or to sort. All around the room there are color posters that I have created specifically with images that serve as a communication tool between me and my students.
The students love these visuals and I have seen them utilizing the picture cards to communicate with me and amongst each other. There is nothing better than seeing a student who hardly interacted with peers, become more involved because he or she had more materials that could help him or her communicate more effectively.
I am in the process of creating more communication boards for my students in order to help them with engagement and expressing their wants and needs. Your contribution not only has helped my students this school year but it will continue to help many students through my teaching career.
Thank you for your generosity!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Vasquez