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Mrs. Norton from Stamford, CT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Teacher: Middle School Green Screen Studio

My students need a green screen, camcorder and video editing software to create videos for projects and a weekly school-wide news broadcast.

  • $1,956 goal

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My Students

Students at my school are creative and tech savvy; I would love to see what they could create if we had a green-screen studio in our maker space!

Our students are a diverse group, but what they all have in common is they love technology and using it in and out of school.

We've just opened our maker space and kids are definitely curious and interested to see what it's all about. The green screen studio would definitely be a draw to bring kids into the space and get them working collaboratively.

My Project

Our school is a Math, Science & Technology Magnet Middle School. We pull students from all over the district of Stamford, an urban school in southeastern, CT. We are a project-based learning school and as such our teachers try to create ways that students can demonstrate learning that going beyond just writing an essay or doing a PowerPoint presentation.

To that end, a green screen video studio could allow students another level of creativity with which to demonstrate their learning.

Students could apply their skills and learning from Social Studies and Language Arts to write and produce documentaries about topics they are studying in history. The Vegas Movie Studio editing software could allow them to drop in backgrounds such as the Great Pyramids or The Parthenon into documentaries about ancient Egypt or Greece. Additionally, they could look to current events to craft a news broadcast that could be shared with the entire school. With the Movo Lavalier Condenser Microphones, each broadcaster can have a mic making it look and sound more like a real newsroom.

In Science, students studying weather could produce a weather forecast using the LimoStudio Photography Studio Video Photo ChromaKey Green Screen Background which can allow them to appear as if they are reporting from the hurricane zone while they describe the forces at work that create the weather pattern.

In other science classrooms students are studying the systems of the body. After learning how these systems operate and interact within our bodies, students could produce an "Inner Space" or "Magic School Bus" style video educating younger students about the internal workings of their bodies.

The applications are endless and the skills developed by planning and executing these videos are valuable, real-world skills that will serve them well after their project is handed

Mrs. Norton
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon VIXIA HF G21 Full HD Camcorder • Amazon Business $999.00 1 $999.00
Canon 2591B002 DM-100 Directional Stereo Microphone for HF/HG Series Camcorders • Amazon Business $189.95 1 $189.95
LimoStudio Photography Studio Video Photo ChromaKey Green Screen Background Support Kit 600W Output 3 Point Studio Photography Umbrella Lighting Kit, AGG408 • Amazon Business $109.99 1 $109.99
SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB SDXC UHS-I Memory Card (SDSDXXG-064G-GN4IN) • Amazon Business $36.52 3 $109.56
VEGAS Movie Studio 14 Suite - The complete suite for video editing • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
LimoStudio Photo Video Chromakey Green Suit Green Chroma Key Body Suit for Photo Video Effect, AGG779 • Amazon Business $34.99 2 $69.98
Movo Lavalier Condenser Microphone with 20' Cable for Canon 80D, 77D, 70D, 60D, 50D, 7D, 7D Mark II, 6D, 5DS, 5D, 5D Mark IV, 1D, Digital Rebel SL1, T7i, T6s, T6i, T5i, T4i & T3i DSLR Cameras • Amazon Business $19.95 3 $59.85

Materials cost

$1,608.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,662.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$293.37

Total project goal

$1,955.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,955.81

20 Donors

-$1,437.20

Donations toward project cost

-$1,231.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$205.82

Matching donations from our partners

-$507.13

Match offers toward project cost

-$431.06

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.48

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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