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Mr. O'Donnell from New York, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Digital Camera To Access Language Through Pictures

The cost of a digital camera and memory card from Quill is $406, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Hello! I am an ESL teacher in a 9-12 New York City high school. I would like to request a donation of a digital camera for my ESL classroom. My 45 students come to me from a large variety of language, ethnic and educational backgrounds. Many of these young people have had little or no education in their own language. Although it can be challenging to teach high school level English skills to such a cross section of students in one classroom, I am able to address everyone through experiential learning projects. My current idea for engaging and uniting my students is a hands-on unit on photography. I want to facilitate field work in New York City in a project in which students photograph the Cityscape as it represents their experience and then create an accompanying text and oral presentation. I believe that a powerful, personal visual prompts language growth on all levels, particularly for my new arrivals, who have no English at all yet. For these students, photographs are the entry to language. I hope very much to be able to offer my students this experience. I know from frequent lessons involving sketching and comic strip making that my students respond to any kind of visual representation. Photography would be a perfect next step to actively engage them in authentic learning and language acquisition. Thank you for your consideration.

Mr. O'Donnell High School for Law Advocacy and Community Justice Grades 9-12

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New York, NY 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

45 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SANDISK 2GB SD MEMORY CARD -- SanDisk SD Cards; 2GB • Quill Corporation $89.99 1 $89.99
HP PHOTOSMART R725 DIGITAL CAMERA -- HP Digital Cameras; Photosmart R725 • Quill Corporation $199.99 1 $199.99

Materials cost

$289.98

Vendor shipping charges

$29.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$343.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.29

Total project goal

$418.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$418.29

4 Donors

-$368.24

Donations toward project cost

-$343.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$50.05

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$0.00

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