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Mrs. Aravena from Lexington, SC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Movie Makers -- Making Learning Magical!

My students need a camera, memory card, and tripod for creating videos and photographs, and a printer and ink for printing and displaying their work.

  • $521 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Have you ever created your own video? My students enjoy creating, recording, and watching videos that help teach other students about math and science. Without having a camera that they can use in the classroom, my students have fewer opportunities to integrate technology into their learning.

My energetic third graders are learning to be self-directed learners who demonstrate their learning in innovative ways.

My students learn math and science in Spanish. They would benefit greatly from having the tools in the classroom to create and record their own videos about the science and math topics they are learning. Creating videos gives my students an opportunity to show off their productive language abilities in their second language. My creative students need the tools to use their creativity productively in class!

My Project

A camera, tripod, and memory card will give my students the resources they need to create videos in the classroom, allowing them to show off what they have learned not only for their teacher and their peers, but also for their parents and for class groups who will follow them. A color printer and ink will allow my students to print out still pictures related to their learning and projects they complete. There are no color printers available in my school.

Donating to this project will allow creative, active, energetic third graders to use their creativity and energy to produce videos that they can share with others.

By donating to this project, you can help my students integrate their language learning with their science and math learning.

Mrs. Aravena
Grades 3-5
    More than a third 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

    This project will reach 32 students.

    17 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kodak PLAYTOUCH - camcorder - flash card • Best Buy $179.99 1 $179.99
Digipower TP-TR53 - tripod • Best Buy $19.99 1 $19.99
Memory Master 16GB High-Speed Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Class 10 Memory Card • Best Buy $21.99 1 $21.99
HP Deskjet 3050A e-All-in-One - multifunction ( printer / copier / scanner ) ( color ) • Best Buy $79.99 1 $79.99
HP 61 Combo Pack - print cartridge • Best Buy $30.99 2 $61.98

Materials cost

$363.94

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$25.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$442.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.01

Total project goal

$520.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$520.07

13 Donors

-$481.54

Donations toward project cost

-$412.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.23

Matching donations from our partners

-$35.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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$0.00

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