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Mrs. Bender from Elk Grove, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping My Students Learn!

Help me give my students a way to actively learn with their online curriculum through the latest technology available.

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My Students

My students are a third through sixth grade class of moderate to severe disabilities. I primarily am working with students with autism and other social deficits. Some students are non-verbal, others lack major social skills, and some are just delayed developmentally.

Most importantly my students are energetic and capable of learning.

These students need the more advanced technology to help them learn though. In cases where it is easy for a general education student to read along with their teacher off a piece of paper, my students are unable to do this at this point in their development.

All my students have a desire to learn and I want to be able to provide them with the greatest opportunity to learn, and to be able to do this, I will need the more advanced technology that unfortunately is not provided to my students by the district. Funding this project would make a major difference in the learning opportunities for my students.

My Project

Currently, my classroom is not supported with any way for me to present my students curriculum to them, which is all based online. The use of a document camera and projector are needed to support the ability for my students to get the most effective learning experience with the time they spend in the classroom.

There is currently no other resource for me to do so and if we are able to get these two items supported, it will make a significant impact in my students educational experience.

The document camera will be used multiple times daily to present my students with material that is printed, and the projector will support both document camera activities and ones where we leverage the online curriculum.

Mrs. Bender Florence Markofer Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Elk Grove, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

8 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson PowerLite X39 3LCD projector portable LAN • CDW-G $444.51 1 $444.51
Lumens DC 125 document camera • CDW-G $323.90 1 $323.90

Materials cost

$768.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $70.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$880.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$155.34

Total project goal

$1,035.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,035.59

7 Donors

-$845.29

Donations toward project cost

-$774.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.29

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$65.30

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 $0.00

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