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One Laptop at a Time, Part I

My students need a Macbook computer.

$1,894 goal

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I teach fourth grade in a working class and immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles. Most of my students are learning English as a second language, some of them have special needs, and all of them love to learn. Our Title I school is an important safe haven for my kids, who are surrounded by poverty and gang activity.

Fourth graders are enthusiastic and inquisitive learners. That’s a good thing, because in the California standards for education, fourth graders must demonstrate proper use of the Internet to do research! Teaching kids how to be good consumers of information on the Internet is fun, but my thirty students have to share three desktop computers, and they don’t get enough time at the keyboard to learn how to be Internet-smart.

We need a mini-computer lab, which means we need computers. We are building our lab one laptop at a time, and this is the first request of several. With new laptops, my students will be able to do Internet-based research projects including an exploration of California, creating a model to make our school more environmentally friendly, and performing a census of our school that models the U.S. Census of 2010. They will be able to take the laptops to their desks to work independently or in small groups. Our school is equipped for wireless technology, so they will be able to work anywhere in the classroom.

With your generous donation, we will be able to build a computer lab that will send my kids soaring into the technological age. They will be able to explore the mountains of California, the habitat of the polar bear, and the challenges of executing a census project, all within their classroom walls. Thank you so much!

Ms. Amodeo

Grades 3-5

Monte Vista Elementary School

Los Angeles, CA

California

Nearly all students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 30 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

APPLE COMPUTER INC. 006 MB466LL/A E1 9107414 • Best Buy $1,299.99 1 $1,299.99

Materials cost			$1,299.99
Vendor shipping charges			$130.00
Sales tax			$94.25
3rd party payment processing fee			$19.50
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$1,552.74
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$340.85
Total project goal			$1,893.59
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Total project goal			$1,893.59
36 Donors			-$1,893.59
Donations toward project cost			-$1,552.74
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$340.85
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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One Laptop at a Time, Part I

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