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Mrs. Hall from Norfolk, VA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Technical!

Help me give my students a better virtual experience for the rest of the year.

  • $298 goal

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My Students

Despite challenges with virtual learning, my students are coming to class ready to learn and are eager to try new things! However, our school is a Title I inner-city school, and most of our students are relying on me to show them how to navigate this new learning environment. While I am excited about being able to teach my students, I am nervous about the new challenges we are facing with distance learning and how it will affect them going forward. We are 100% virtual for the foreseeable future, and that is something no one was planning on. I am currently teaching from home, so I invite 64 students into my makeshift classroom 4 days a week for 90 minutes at a time. An average of 90% of my students show up to class, so I feel immense pressure to make online learning engaging, so they continue to come to class. Even though our school schedule mirrors a typical middle school day, this year is anything but typical. Just like my students, I am learning as I go. We are helping each other with technology, and they are giving me daily feedback on what methods are working.

My Project

Our nine week virtual plan has turned into a semester. That semester could very well turn into a full year. Even if we do go back, it is on a hybrid schedule where I teach half my students at home and half my students at school on a daily basis. Therefore, virtual is our life right now. I need to have tools to help make the content accessible for the kids. In case we have to transition back to virtual, due to rising case numbers, I need to be able to quickly and efficiently go from teaching at school to teaching at home.

Equations, inequalities, graphing slope, and geometry are all units I thought I would be teaching face to face.

Now I have to teach the hardest units virtually. Being able to utilize more monitors, draw on computer programs to demonstrate math concepts, and show non digital materials will be important in making those lessons successful and attainable for my students.

I am constantly taking professional development to learn new technology to make learning fun and accessible. These products would help me utilize that technology more efficiently as I am currently working from an old student computer and Ipad. To use the Ipad as a document camera I have to log it in as a participant in Zoom which means I'm logged in twice. When logged in twice Zoom won't let me do polls. I use polls for quick checks and daily math reviews to monitor the students' progress. The Ipad is heavy so the tablet holder isn't able to rise above a certain point. Therefore, students can never see a note page, whiteboard, etc in its entirety. The easier it is to execute my lessons the better it is for the students.

Mrs. Hall Crossroads School Grades 6-8

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Norfolk, VA View local requests

Nearly all 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

64 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
OKIOLABS OKIOCAM T USB Camera for 11x17 Documents, Distance Learning, Remote Working, Video Calling, Top Down Video Recording, Stop Motion and Time-Lapse Video, Quad High Definition 1944p • Amazon Business $89.00 1 $89.00
XP-Pen StarG640 6x4 Inch Ultrathin Tablet Drawing Tablet Digital Graphics Tablet with Battery-Free Stylus(8192 Levels Pressure) • Amazon Business $39.50 1 $39.50
Laptop Stand Ergonomic Keyboard Tray Computer Holder with Heat-Vent to Elevate and Adjustable Laptop.JOMARTO Computer Holder Compatible with Mac-Book Computer,Tablet(Black) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 - Graphite (D5D-00001) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
WeChip W1 Remote 2.4G Wireless Keyboard Multifunctional Smart TV Remote Control for Nvidia Shield/Android TV Box/PC/Projector/HTPC/TV • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
Amazon Basics Gel Computer Mouse Pad with Wrist Support Rest • Amazon Business $8.91 2 $17.82
USB 3.0 to VGA Adapter, 1080P Multi-Display Video Converter for Laptop PC Desktop to Monitor / Projector / TV (Not Support Chromebook) • Amazon Business $9.22 1 $9.22

Materials cost

$219.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.60

Total project goal

$297.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $297.35

2 Donors

-$257.25

Donations toward project cost

-$252.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$40.10

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 $0.00

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