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Mrs. Hayes from S. Pasadena, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPods for Skype

My students need 2 iPods with speakers.

  • $567 goal

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My Students

Students with Autism typically need explicit instruction in order to develop appropriate social skills. Skype in the classroom will enable my students to have access to students in the general education population, while practicing the proper social, and conversation skills they are developing.

Our class is a Pre-K for students between the ages of 3-5 with special needs.

Their disabilities differ, but most are placed on the Autism spectrum. We are located on an elementary school campus and are the only Pre-K in the district. My students have their days, planned full of interventions, assessments and therapy sessions. They are all such little troopers that face great difficulties daily. When they come to school, I want them to be excited and happy. School should be challenging, but there's no reason it can't also be fun! Despite their disabilities, the students in my classroom are just like any other preschooler. They love coming to school and exploring their environment in hands-on ways. We love music, dancing, and art (especially the messy kind!), but our favorite time of the day is story time! If you were to visit our classroom, you would probably be introduced to our favorite book, "Pete the Cat," within the first five minutes of your arrival (probably sooner!).

My Project

I have requested two iPods with touch screens in order to utilize Skype in the Classroom with my special education preschoolers. Our classroom has a language based program, and utilizing Skype will help my students to practice their social language skills, with students outside of our classroom. Skype in the Classroom has proven to be a powerful tool for including special education students with their typically developing peer counterparts. I hope to use this method of instruction with my classroom. I have also requested a set of speakers, so that more than one student can hear what the other student on Skype is saying.

Social skills are one of the biggest predictors of how a student will do academically once they enter Kindergarten.

Having access to Skype in the Classroom will allow my preschoolers the opportunity to work on their social development, while having access to students in the general education population.

Mrs. Hayes Arroyo Vista Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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S. Pasadena, CA View local requests 15 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPod touch digital player - Apple iOS 5 • Best Buy $187.99 2 $375.98
Logitech S-120 - PC multimedia speakers • Best Buy $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$392.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $35.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$481.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.03

Total project goal

$566.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $566.85

1 Donor

-$283.43

Donations toward project cost

-$240.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.51

match offer

-$283.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$240.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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