Visualize This...!

Funded Nov 3, 2009

Thank you for helping to donate my classroom's visualizer! I can honestly say it has revolutionized the way I am able to present material.

The incoming freshmen every year face a bit of a shock when they move from a brand new, technology-enhanced middle school to our (unfortunately) not so technology-enhanced high school. Almost every middle school classroom has a visualizer or Smart board installed from the millage funding for the building. The high school, however, has only recently been able to install white boards in place of traditional chalk boards in almost all of the classrooms. Consequently, when incoming students set foot in the high school it is a bit like a step back in time.

However, you were able to help change that experience for a significant population of our students. It was very interesting to observe how each class of students accepted the visualizer as part of the instructional process. My seniors, who never experienced the new middle school, were the most impressed by the technology, while my freshmen knew more about it than I did to start!

With your help, you were able to directly impact the lives of all of my students. Changing the instructional methods helps to keep students motivated and interested, and this visualizer does exactly that. My students and I sincerely appreciate your generosity and urge you to continue helping our schools wherever, however, and whenever you can. ”

With gratitude,

Mr. Hancock