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Ms. Brooke from Staten Island, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ipad's Bridging the Communication Gap For Students Who Are Nonverbal

Help me give my students the motivation to communicate and learn about the world around them!

  • $946 goal

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My Students

This September I accepted my first official teaching position as a Special Education Kindergarten teacher! My students come from diverse households in NYC and attend a self-contained classroom in a year-round specialized school for students of varying special educational supports. Most of my students are nonverbal and use PECS and assistive technology to communicate.

"If they can't learn the way you teach, then we teach the way they learn".

Attending school in an urban setting my students are often the last to receive any technology in the classroom. Since the beginning of the school year, my students have demonstrated immediate excitement when given the opportunity to use technology in the classroom and are motivated to develop their language skills when interacting with it.

My Project

Learning math concepts can be challenging for any students, especially, for students who rely heavily on visual learning and have difficulty maintaining focus for extended periods of time. With the use of iPad's and technology, I have seen my students, who demonstrate those struggles as well as others, retain math concepts that they often struggle with.

With the use of technology in the classroom, my students can engage in interactive math games and videos to extend their knowledge base.

By implementing iPad's in the classroom students can practice key skills such as number recognition, sorting, and addition in a way that doesn't distract other students throughout the day and focus' on their strengths rather than their struggles.

Ms. Brooke
Grades PreK-2
  • PS R037 Marquis School of Arts
  • Staten Island, NY
    • 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

    This project will reach 6 students.

    36 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 32GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $329.99 2 $659.98
OtterBox - Defender Series Case for Apple� iPad, Apple� iPad 5th Gen - Black • Best Buy Education $51.01 2 $102.02

Materials cost

$762.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$803.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.78

Total project goal

$945.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $945.21

33 Donors

-$911.39

Donations toward project cost

-$782.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.21

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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