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Mr. Bar-Lev from New York, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Great Greta Gerwig!

Help me give my students the opportunity to make high quality films with nothing but the phones in their pockets!

  • $3,020 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

I have been teaching an English elective over the last decade called "Film as Literature". When I started, the class curriculum was entirely theory based. Since then, more and more, I have discovered that these students are desperate to actually make things. Over the last ten years, I have written grants for cameras, for classroom laptops for editing, for microphones and green screens. I have scavenged for old tripods and clamp lights. Slowly, over time, our program has evolved: students now have the tools to make extraordinary films. It is shocking that New York City's premiere arts school does not have a film program - but students with the drive and desire now have the opportunity to complete seven unique "film challenges" throughout their senior year.

Through it all - the original scores written, the short films created, the animations crafted - everything has originated from my trusty laptop.

For the last nine years, this glorious MacBook Pro has been the repository for every original student work. It is where every lesson plan has been conceived and written, where every day, films clips embedded in slideshows have been used to teach a new generation of engaged and excited students. Sadly, no laptop lasts forever. Already glitches have started to manifest, and I worry that at one point, it will be no more. By helping to provide me with a new classroom laptop, you will be providing more than 150 student every year with the opportunity to find their inner auteur.

Mr. Bar-Lev
Grades 9-12
    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

    This project will reach 168 students.

    44 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Pro 14" Laptop - M2 Pro chip - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $2,499.00 1 $2,499.00

Materials cost

$2,499.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$37.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,566.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$452.91

Total project goal

$3,019.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,019.39

40 Donors

-$2,629.69

Donations toward project cost

-$2,290.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$339.46

Matching donations from our partners

-$325.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$276.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$64.70

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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