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Ms. Williams from Miami, FL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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History Is A Weapon, Reading Is A Tool

My students need a class set of Kindle Fire tablets, because they were told whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

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My Students

I have a group of teenagers who love to read, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Not only for information contained in classroom text, but supplemental material as well.

Unfortunately, for mostly financial reasons, children who live in the inner city are often left out of opportunities presented to people living elsewhere.

This should not be the case.

Living in the inner city effects all families, elderly couples and young working class members, but nobody is effected more than children. Growing up as a child in the inner city is certainly a challenge. These kids don't have adequate facilities to grow up in a healthy manner. Parks aren't well kept streets are dirty and above all, the education they are offered is inexcusably poor. For most kids, a solid education is perhaps their only chance to get off the streets, out of the city so that they can create a better situation for their own kids. But if these inner city kids aren't given the same educational opportunities as other kids, then they can never get out and the problem just grows.

My Project

Receiving Kindle Fire tablets is essential to my students success. Millennial students stay connected all the time. They adopt technology at high levels and push others to do the same. They approach all aspects of life from a global and visual perspective.

For less money than is spent on conventional textbooks, E-textbooks, over time, deliver a regularly updated, interactive, and 21st-century education to our children," effectively competing for their attention in the digital age.

The students I teach crave regular and technology-enhanced learning opportunities. They look for educational opportunities that use visually enhanced methods of teaching. Millennials prefer a broad spectrum of learning strategies.

Ms. Williams Miami Central Senior High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Miami, FL View local requests

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

50 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Black - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $49.99 10 $499.90
All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Punch Red - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $49.99 5 $249.95
All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Marine Blue - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $49.99 5 $249.95
All-New Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa, 7" Display, 8 GB, Canary Yellow - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $49.99 5 $249.95

Materials cost

$1,249.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,298.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$229.15

Total project goal

$1,527.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,527.65

9 Donors

-$1,368.82

Donations toward project cost

-$1,171.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$197.82

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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