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Mrs. Barnes from Buffalo, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Middle School Reading Classes Go Viral!

Help me give my students an iPad for the experience of high tech virtual lessons from home!

  • $812 goal

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My Students

Every teacher calls their group of students “special” and they are in whatever way that teacher says so. I believe my students are special because they will be the first group in my lifetime (their lifetime) to soldier through an entire school year of English language arts during a pandemic. I have worked in my building for over a decade. Therefore, I can say I have seen and known my students since their first year as kindergartners. I remember seeing them squirm down the hallways, saying hello to me and shouting my name. The kindergarten teacher and I share the same last name and this of course tickles the kindergartners every year. In fact, this teacher would bring them up to the 3rd floor as an in-school “field trip” to visit the big kids upstairs. They would enter my classroom and maze through the tables and chairs eyeing my seventh graders at the time, amazed at how big they were. To see them now approach my “classroom” as the 2020-2021 seventh graders is exciting and quite remarkable. They are funny, excitable, curious, and intelligent just as they were six years ago. They are my students.

My Project

As a teacher of ELA and a lover of all things theatrical, colorful and dramatic, I am confident that using this iPad to teach will not only bring my lessons to life but it will also engage my scholars and encourage them to become lifelong readers. The ultimate purpose of reading is to learn, understand, and enjoy. Having this updated technology is sure to create all of those things. Students will be able to learn challenging concepts through various 3D apps and simulations, giving them an experience and opportunity to conceptualize ideas that would otherwise prove to be unrealistic in traditional instruction. I can integrate documents, PowerPoint like slide shows, videos, and images into presentations. During lessons I can do real-time drawing, writing, and animation providing an interactive experience. When I am reading aloud a text, I am able to circle, highlight and write in important points during my lesson or presentation. This tool will also help me to be more efficient. Grading, arranging, and filing is right at my fingertips. It will allow me to promote my love of books in ways that draw readers in and will also allow me to conduct uninterrupted high-quality lessons using features such as multitasking between apps and spaces, the tool pallet, sketch apps that allow me to sketch and then embed immediately on a document, as well as the sign in with Apple feature that allows me to sign in from any Apple device no matter where I am. And because I can project the iPad’s screen for students to see, they can interact with this product as much as I can. Since I will be on the go moving from classroom to home, this product is certain to improve my teaching and just as importantly, enhance the learning of my students.

Mrs. Barnes Westminster Community Charter School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Buffalo, 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

57 students impacted 26donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad Air (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 256GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $649.99 1 $649.99

Materials cost

$649.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$689.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.72

Total project goal

$811.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $811.46

24 Donors

-$588.28

Donations toward project cost

-$540.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.29

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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