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Ms. Goldsman from Valley Glen, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Math Closer Than Ever Before

Help me give my students the education they deserve by allowing me to easily make videos, annotate their screens, make virtual interactions much more engaging with on- screen educational games, and much more.

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My Students

This pandemic and distance learning has affected all of us worldwide. On the local scale, my students have been hit even harder. Losing face-to-face interaction is one of the toughest things my students and I are facing. Working in a Title I school where most of my students come from low-income families, my students are lucky enough to stay in contact with me through their phones that have spotty wifi and/ or limited data. If they were able to make it to campus, they would have been issued a district device, but again, a lot of them are having trouble getting hotspots to even connect to the internet.

My students are very creative, often detail-oriented individuals who are eager to learn higher-level math and genuinely enjoy coming to my classroom every day.

I'm hoping to continue with some sort of normalcy through this distance learning project, being able to hold small group sessions and teach them on screen in the easiest way possible in order to further their education and keep up with their aspirations and hopes of learning math in fun, engaging ways.

My Project

Through distance learning, I have been trying my best to communicate with students through any means of communication. Most teachers, like me, are using online platforms, to keep up with many of our students. However, my goal has always been to reach all of my learners, no matter how challenging it may be. Many of my students' families are struggling to pay bills, therefore losing touch with me for reasons no student should have to struggle with: whether it is watching younger siblings all day, having spotty internet, at best, or being able to process, overnight, the transition to online learning and losing that face-to-face interaction with their peers and me.

This two-in-one tablet computer will help me better keep in contact with my students, and provide rich, fun, and engaging math lessons that they not only can work on with me and their classmates but also at their own luxury, including at times they don't have internet.

I have done much research and engaging my students in any way possible now, whether with teaching content or just socially-emotionally has lasting impacts for many years to come. Remember, right now we are molding the future and have our greatest assets at stake. Overnight, our students' education has been ripped away from them and changed into something they never would have ever wanted. This computer will allow me to play fun, interactive math games like Kahoot and Jeopardy with them. In addition, it will allow me to teach them through video conferencing, be able to annotate both of our screens to better help them with the complicated math concepts, differentiate more to meet their needs, and create videos/ assignments for those that have unstable internet.

Ms. Goldsman Ulysses S Grant High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Goldsman

Valley Glen, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

200 students impacted 15donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Microsoft Surface Book 2 13 5 Core i5 8350U 8 GB RAM 256 GB SSD • CDW-G $1,051.71 1 $1,051.71

Materials cost

$1,051.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $96.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,193.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$210.66

Total project goal

$1,404.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,404.38

12 Donors

-$761.10

Donations toward project cost

-$652.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$108.91

Matching donations from our partners

-$637.09

Match offers toward project cost

-$541.53

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.56

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

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 $0.00

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