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Mr. Captain Jack from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Spanish is Better With A Buzzer!

My students need a table-top team buzzer system to make learning new languages more exciting and promote bilingual education in my classroom.

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My Students

Learning a new language is never easy, but it is something that can yield huge rewards and open many doors in life. Not all the students in our large and diverse school are fortunate enough to take classes in a foreign language. Those that do really need to make the most of their class time.

I teach Spanish to about 150 7th graders in our middle school of over 1,200, and I teach English as Second Language to some of our most struggling readers and writers.

Our school population has high rates of low income, but our students come ready and eager to learn everyday. They represent a huge variety of cultures and languages. They speak Chinese, Bengali, French, Arabic, Spanish, Urdu, Albanian, English, and more. My students are curious and hopeful, but they don't always have easy opportunities to broaden their horizons and learn about the world outside their own experience. I share my classroom with another Spanish teacher who has over 200 students in the 6th and 8th grade, and between both of our programs. I is rare to see the classroom without 28 to 30 students trying to improve their Spanish, English, or both. They crave creative and collaborative learning activities, and we strive to make that happen as often as we can, despite the inherent challenges.

My Project

The item that I am requesting is a buzzer system that can be used to play classroom Jeopardy, to review material for tests and quizzes, and to enable a huge range of other creative group activities. The buzzers are large and sturdy and will sit in the center of each table, so any member of the group can buzz in if they know the answer. The first buzz locks out the others, the students are able to answer the question for the points they want so badly. The whole thing is programmed, controlled and projected through a computer for the entire class. I often try games like this even without such technology, and the kids are transformed by the excitement and competition into much more engaged and active learners. This system will bring that experience to a whole new level, and I hope will help expand the minds of thousands of students over the following years.

My own experience learning new languages had a huge impact on my life and is indeed the reason I became a teacher, but I also remember how resistant and disconnected I was to it at first.

I want to help my students get past the feeling of being daunted by the enormity of the task, so they can get the full benefit of what it has to offer. I know that this buzzer system will be an instant success. It's just the right thing to make them learn while they are having too much fun to even realize it.

Mr. Captain Jack MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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Brooklyn, NY 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

375 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Team "Big Daddy" Table-Top Quiz Game Buzzer System with 25ft wires • Amazon $318.95 1 $318.95

Materials cost

$318.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.42

Total project goal

$416.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $416.15

7 Donors

-$359.09

Donations toward project cost

-$311.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.86

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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