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Ms. Ormsbee from Staten Island, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Tolerance with an ELMO Visual Presenter

My students need an ELMO in our classroom because I want to show them pictures, examples, and models on the SmartBoard in a way where they all can see.

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Have you ever been so excited to use something and then can't because you don't have the necessary supplies? This is how I feel when I try to use technology in my fourth grade classroom. My school is a diverse Title One school, where the children mainly rely on their teachers for information.

I am an avid supporter of children learning about their world. However, before I can help them see the present, I have to bring them through the past. I begin by talking and reading to them about the Holocaust. I then move into the Civil Rights Movement. We notice similarities and differences between those times and now; we try to see through the eyes of others before we make judgments. By learning about the world this way, children begin to learn about tolerance and start acting as tolerant individuals.

The ELMO Visual Presenter helps to meet my goal of educating children about their world. The ELMO would allow me to show the photographs that I took of the Dachau Concentration Camp and the landmarks in Birmingham, Alabama. Being able to show the students these pictures on the Elmo opens up a new type of discussion-one where all the children can be involved. "A picture is worth a thousand words," but if no one can see it...then there are no words.

With your help, you can show my students that you care about the world-past, present, and future the way I do and the importance of tolerance for all. It only takes one to make a difference.

Ms. Ormsbee PS 13 M L Lindemeyer Grades 3-5

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HV-110u Visual Presenter • SchoolOutfitters.com $648.00 1 $648.00

Materials cost

$648.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $64.80

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$746.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$163.76

Total project goal

$909.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $909.76

2 Donors

-$438.65

Donations toward project cost

-$372.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.80

match offer

-$439.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$359.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.05

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 $0.00

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