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Mr. Cass from Minneapolis, MN is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Harnessing My Students' Vast Technology Skill Set for Science Education

Help me give my students an iPad to control their e-classroom and bring their science experience to the next level.

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My Students

Our students are funny, endearing, persistent, intelligent, inquisitive, and tough.

They are explorers, poets, comedians, dancers, and makers of their own destiny.

They often make me very happy and sometimes quite frustrated. But that is because they are freshmen in high school, and I would not want anything else from them.

Our students use technology all the time, sometimes for educational purposes and sometimes not. They are way more familiar with different mediums of tech gear than I was in high school. It would be nice to direct their skills to utilizing technology for educational purposes and familiarize them with using an e-classroom, which is used in almost every college course.

My Project

My students are well versed in putting various animal filters on their faces through snap chat, but struggle sometimes with technologies for educational purposes.

I would like to put the students in control of their learning by creating an e-classroom and using more technology in my teaching.

We have new Promethean boards at our school, which have many functions that are accessible only with an iPad - which can directly mirror and control the board wirelessly. This enables the teacher to walk around the room and interact with student work in real time, but also allows students to become the teacher by using the iPad mirroring capability to demonstrate their understanding of concepts.

An example of using the iPad would be to take pictures of multiple students' work and quickly display them on my smart board to compare their methods, thought processes, and common mistakes. Multiple students are then able to come to the board and present their work to the class. I have found when students present their thinking, it helps other students make connections that are absent through direct instruction.

Another cool capability is augmented reality. A student can create scientifically engineered model on a piece of graph paper. This model can then be scanned with the iPad and the Promethean technology would turn a 2D-image into a 3D-image on the board, bringing a conceptual context to that situation.

Having an iPad in the classroom would enable our class to take advantage of all the technology these new Promethean boards have to offer. Without the iPad, these boards would function the same as our old smart boards. With an iPad, my classroom would become more student led, rather than teacher led, and lead to student empowerment.

Mr. Cass North Community High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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
Apple 9.7-inch iPad Wi-Fi - 6th generation - tablet - 32 GB - 9.7' • Best Buy Education $329.99 1 $329.99
Applecare+ For Ipad And Ipad Mini • Best Buy Education $69.00 1 $69.00
OtterBox Defender Series - case for tablet • Best Buy Education $51.24 1 $51.24

Materials cost

$450.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$486.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.94

Total project goal

$572.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $572.92

5 Donors

-$381.95

Donations toward project cost

-$324.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.29

match offer

-$190.97

Match offer toward project cost

-$162.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.65

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 $0.00

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