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Mrs. Troutman from Allentown, PA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hands-on Spanish Learning Through Technology

My students need 4 iPods to access online dictionaries, online textbooks and be able to read current Spanish articles.

  • $916 goal

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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.

My Students

Help my students succeed with technology. I teach over 210 inner city students. With limited numbers of textbooks over 20 years old, iPods would help them use the technology they know and help them access information and use this in learning the language and keep their interest level high.

My students are just like my own two teenagers.

They want attention, they don't want to work if they don't have to, and with guidance I think they can learn to succeed and realize that a foreign language would make them more marketable in a competitive job market and a suffering economy. I want them to succeed and learn the language, and for the heritage speakers to become grammatically proficient in the language. The students don't realize they are so blessed to know two languages, and I want to help them find careers in which they can use a second language.

My Project

I want my students to be able to access online dictionaries to be able to spell-check their work. I want them to be able to access career resources so they can research information pertaining to foreign language careers. With the iPods, they will be able to go online and use the free activities to reinforce the grammar and vocabulary we are learning in each chapter. They will become better learners and speakers in the foreign language. I want them to realize that learning a second language will open the doors of opportunity for them.

Over 80% of my students qualify for free or reduced lunches.

Research shows that technology in the hands of slower learners show greater improvement. Utilizing iPods will allow my students to access Spanish resources immediately, and enhance and improve their reading and writing. This will help their PSSA, and the skills they learn can be applied to their other content areas.

Mrs. Troutman Trexler Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Allentown, PA View local requests

Nearly all 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

210 students impacted 39donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
8GB TOUCH 3RD GEN • Best Buy $179.99 4 $719.96

Materials cost

$719.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$777.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.25

Total project goal

$915.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $915.01

31 Donors

-$912.36

Donations toward project cost

-$777.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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 $0.00

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