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Ms. Kristal Thomas from Brooklyn, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Virtual Reality a Real Life Reality!

Help me give my students a new, futuristic and dynamic way to receive their speech services with VR headsets as well as sanitizing accessories!

  • $707 goal

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My Students

The children who attend our school in Bedford-Stuyvesant are inquisitive and avid learners. They are the definition of true grit and perseverance. They all persist and push to achieve academic benchmarks although they are faced with a speech and language delay. The tenacity of my speech and language students is remarkable as I have a front row seat in watching them all work towards attaining their IEP goals. My speech students have benefitted in the past from the DonorsChoose platform, and we still utilized the materials from a project funded from March 26th, 2015 until COVID-19 forced the closure of NYC public schools. My students love attending speech and since we have closed, we used all the materials at our fingertips. We now need to reimplement programming with a bang. COVID-19, gave me as a clinician the opportunity to research a new method of administering services that is still being researched and investigated. I tend to lend input and research to this growing field of incorporating cutting edge technology and introducing it on a therapy platform that has kids represented from all backgrounds included in the sample to determine its effectiveness for ALL children.

My Project

Virtual Reality and Immersive Technology have been proven effective and efficacious in providing an alternate means of providing speech therapy. While this method won’t be used solely, research has demonstrated a heightened sense of goal attainment, particularly used in conjunction with traditional treatment methods. Children on the spectrum and with dyslexia have proven to be advantageous when utilizing software that targets pragmatically, social situations and scenarios where being immersed gives real life skills without the real life consequences. This level of remediation also provides incentive for children’s participation and motivates them to learn with software geared for phonological awareness, vocabulary development and receptive skills such as following directions and enhancing auditory memory. This year will prove advantageous with this new device in our speech artillery.

We will use the headsets to introduce social and pragmatic scenarios.

While using the VR headset, students will utilize immersive technology software that exposes them and bombards them with phoneme and graphemes correspondence as well as initial sound identification, rhyming, syllables and other phonological awareness take. My students with auditory processing disorders will also benefit as there is software that will motivate them to follow directions with increasing linguistic complexity.

Ms. Kristal Thomas PS 81 Thaddeus Stevens Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

60 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oculus - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128GB • Best Buy Education $299.99 1 $299.99
VR Headset with Remote Controller,HD 3D VR Glasses Virtual Reality Headset for VR Games & 3D Movies, VR Headset for iPhone/Android phone Compatible 4.7-6 inch • Amazon Business $43.99 1 $43.99
SARLAR Fashion Travel Protective Case for Oculus Quest 2 VR Gaming Headset and Tocuh Controllers Accessories Carrying Bag, Includes Multiple Oculus Quest 2 Accessories • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Oculus Quest 2 Halo Strap and Silicone Face Cover - Adjustable Replacement for Quest 2 Elite Strap - Relieved Face ​Pressure Comfortable Touch - Oculus Quest 2 VR Accessories Head Strap (White) • Amazon Business $36.99 1 $36.99
I Am Cardboard Five-Pack VR Box Set | The Best Google Cardboard Bulk Virtual Reality Viewer for iPhone and Android | Google Cardboard v2 Headset Inspired • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Colohas VR Cover Oculus Quest 2 Accessories, with Shell Front Face Protector Cover, Protective Lens Cover, Anti-Throw Controller Grip Cover, Silicone Face Cover Sweat Guard Anti-Leakage Pad (Red) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
10PCS Set VR Silicone Face Cover Compatible for Oculus Quest 2 Accessories , Sweat-Proof Lightproof Non-Slip Washable Replacement (Blue/Black/Red/White),Len Protector,Disposable Eye Cover. • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95
VR Mask 100pcs VR Experience Face Mask Sanitary Cloth Compatible VR Oculus Rift Playstation VR HTC Vive VR Goggle VR Box-Prevent Sweat and Dirt • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Link Cable for Oculus Quest 2, 16FT/5M Nylon Braided Headset Cable for Oculus Quest 1 / Quest 2, Fast Charging and Data Transmission Cord Compatible with Oculus Quest Headset and Gaming PC (Red) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
TNE 10ft Link Cable for Oculus Quest 2/Quest PC Gaming and Charging | High Speed Data Transfer& Fast Charger Adapter Angled Type C USB3.2 Gen1 to USB Type A Power Cord (10ft/3m Black) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Alcohol Wipes - Alcohol Prep Pads, Swab Pads, 2-Ply Cotton 70% Isopropyl Individually Wrapped Box of 500 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$561.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$600.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.92

Total project goal

$706.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $706.16

11 Donors

-$400.88

Donations toward project cost

-$344.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.38

match offer

-$300.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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