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Mr. Sehring from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connecting to Current Events Through Technology

My students need a class set of Chromebooks to bridge the gap between students who have constant access to the internet and students who do not.

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My Students

Our students are an academically, racially, geographically and socio-economically integrated group of kids from all over Brooklyn; Redhook, Park Slope, Brownsville and Gowanus. My school is one of four on what is now called the John Jay Campus in Park Slope. Four years ago, after decades serving a majority black and Latino student body from outside of the gentrified Park Slope neighborhood, a cohort of white students from the local K-5 school integrated into the student body.

Our students embrace the belief that separate CANNOT be equal and that an injustice for one is an injustice for all.

Our students were the subject of a feature for New York Magazine on school integration, and were interviewed by Chris Hayes for MSNBC on the anniversary of Brown vs the Board of Education.

They benefit in innumerable ways from the opportunity, surprisingly rare in American schools, to learn alongside classmates with vastly different backgrounds, experiences and learning styles.

My Project

Each year, students strive to make connections between ancient civilizations and the modern world. For example, each student uses a place that has become a flashpoint in the news as a case study, making historic and geographic connections between the ancient and the modern worlds.

Part of the challenge of working in a truly integrated Social Studies classroom is meeting the needs of a wide range of students whose first languages, learning styles, reading levels, interests, and access to technology vary.

I don't teach out of a textbook and I don't expect students to become independent learners if they can't independently make meaning of texts. Because of the lack of functional technology at our school, students are often limited not by their interest or ambition, but by the materials I can readily provide them. A set of Chromebooks would change this.

Students without internet access at home will develop computer literacy skills conducting independent research in class and presenting their findings using Google Slides. My curriculum is aligned with Google Classroom , so all materials and lessons are available digitally. Just a few Chromebooks will allow all students access to the material whenever they need it, to catch up after an absence, read an article at a different lexile level or review an old strategy before starting a new challenge.

Mr. Sehring Park Slope Collegiate School Grades 6-8

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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

75 students impacted 21donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung - 11.6'Chromebook 3 - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC flash memory - Black • Best Buy Education $192.71 5 $963.55

Materials cost

$963.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,008.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$177.88

Total project goal

$1,185.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,185.88

19 Donors

-$915.29

Donations toward project cost

-$787.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$128.29

match offer

-$260.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$221.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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