Past projects 3
Smiles for Superstar Mail and Sticky Desk Pets!
Funded Aug 31, 2023Shout-out to my amazing donors for helping me inspire and encourage life long learners! The impact superstar mail including the sticky desk pets for my virtual learners has been incredible! They can't wait come to class and tell me about which pets they got and where they put them in their learning space! The superstar mail has created a positive rapport and has significantly impacted their desire to learn. Thanks to my wonderful materials students were motivated to attend live class time sessions and complete their assignments. I am forever grateful for your support! Thank you for impacting Kindergarten students who have their entire educational journey ahead of them. Creating life long learners in Kindergarten is essential and sparking that love for learning is crucial! With your help this goal has been attained! Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Swenson
This classroom project was brought to life by LOFT and one other donor.Special Delivery: Superstar Mail and Sticky Desk Pets
Funded Sep 21, 2022I am beyond grateful for your impact that you have made on my students! I have been able to send them superstar mail several times during the first semester thanks to your generosity. My students have absolutely loved putting their sticky desk pets on their class time computers and on their water bottles that they keep at their learning spaces. Their engagement and excitement has definitely increased! When they join our online class sessions they can't wait to tell me when their superstar mail has arrived! They also love to tell me which sticky desk pets they got!! The joy on their faces is priceless!! It is so precious and giving my kindergarteners a very special memory! I am so thankful for the envelopes, stamps, "sticky desk pets," and card stock that was gifted to me with your generous hearts! I am beyond grateful for all of these materials to help increase engagement and motivation for my students to learn. Also, bringing joy to their at home learning environment is so impactful. I can't say thank you enough! Happy New Year! As I always tell my students, "Big hearts and big hugs!"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Swenson
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 4 other donors.Crash, Kaboom! Let's Engage in Zoom!
Funded Nov 21, 2021I am so incredibly thankful to have the Elgato Stream Deck to enhance my virtual classroom. This device has allowed me to bring so much fun and excitement to the classroom as well as increase productivity. At first, I was just excited to have the ability to use sound effects to create an exciting and engaging virtual learning environment. The sound effects are amazing but there is so much more that I have learned about how to incorporate the Elgato Stream Deck to my classroom daily. With the touch of a button, I can quickly display during class time our class virtual scrapbook, my Adventures with Flat Mrs. Swenson virtual class book and our virtual Star of the Week google slides that the students create when it is their turn to be spotlighted to name a few. In addition, you can multi-layer the buttons and with the click of one button several links can be opened. This feature has been extremely helpful when conducting my DBA's (discussion-based assessments) with my students. I also have a button for my class song, sound effects, Nearpod, YouTube, my Zoom Room, class book page, tier 2, Kahoot, virtual classroom and parent square.
Everything about the Elgato Stream Deck excites me! I am just amazed at how much it can do and how absolutely beneficial it is to me as a virtual teacher. The efficiency that it has provided has allowed me to keep class time moving smoothly and uphold rigor. In addition, the virtual teaching world has a lot to do with supporting families. I have linked my parent square communication to the Elgato stream deck as well. The stacking feature has been extremely helpful for my DBA's to go smoothly with my students. I am able to pull up numerous data trackers, google slides to present the dba, feedback forms, data cards and celebration cards for the students.
Each and every student has benefited from the Elgato stream deck! They all love to be spotlighted at the star of the week and share their Flat Mrs. Swenson pages. In addition, I added a class song which I have attached with the click of a button. This was a surprise when they came back from spring break! Their faces all lit up and it was great to see them clapping along and smiling! In addition, when I do the sound effects during class time they always crack up and sometimes ask to hear the "noise" again! It has created a true excitement for all students and increased engagement!
I am so thankful for the opportunity that I was granted through your generosity. I know that I will continue to learn even more benefits to help continue to engage my students. Through your generosity, you have touched the lives of many students from all types of backgrounds and life experiences. This device has greatly impacted and improved my virtual classroom. Again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Like I always say to my kids big hearts and big hugs!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Swenson
This classroom project was brought to life by Center for Disaster Philanthropy and one other donor.