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Ms. Self from Fort Worth, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Out of the Ice Age, into the New Age!

My students need am iPad, microphone and an document camera to create a technology and literacy enriched classroom. Help us say goodbye to our Elmo camera that has a flashlight taped to it in order to view images.

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My Students

Greetings from Ms. S and The Selfies! I am a first year teacher marching into kindergarten. A majority of my students come from low socioeconomic families. My students come from all over the world. I currently have 13 out 22 students who are language learners. Several of my students and their families are refugees from other countries. They are new to the country and have very little income. Every student needs a special teacher to love them and shower them with educational opportunities that they may not receive at home. Some of my children come to school every day in the same shirt and pants, even if they are growing out of them. I would love to create a loving and growing classroom. I have spent my summer searching high and low for materials to create a wonderful and educational space for my new babies. They are so excited and eager to learn. I hope you will find it your heart to reach out a helping hand for my wonderful students and our future generation.

My Project

Technology is essential to creating a wealth of learning opportunities in the classroom. We are currently using an outdated Elmo document camera. I have taped a flashlight to the side of the camera to get the image to show up bright enough to see on our board. This camera is a necessity for modeling daily activities for my kindergartners, and especially for my 13 ESL learners.

We are trying to escape the Ice Age and enter the New Age of technology!

The microphone requested will allow students to interact in a fun and engaging way. It is an excellent tool for phonics and sight word games. Every voice deserves to be heard. The iPad requested is a tool that we desperately need. Our school only has one set of iPads for 550 students. Having a personal iPad in our room will allow us to create a technology center, play phonics, sight word, and math games that are engaging, and that offer an exciting visual for our language learners.

I recently visited several of our students homes as a welcome back to school community outreach. There was no technology to found in any of their homes. Most did not even have more than a chair and a rug for furniture. They were so thrilled to have us visit. This experience was very eye opening as to how exciting school can and should be for our students. I would like to offer each of my students a technology and literacy enriched classroom. I hope you will join us on our journey into the New Age!

Ms. Self
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad 2 MC769LL/A 9.7-Inch 16GB (Black) 1395 - (Certified Refurbished) • Amazon Business $152.95 1 $152.95
Ipevo Ziggi-HD Plus High-Definition USB Document Camera (CDVU-06IP) • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00
BONAOK Wireless Bluetooth Karaoke Microphone,3-in-1 Portable Hand microphone Speaker Machine for iPhone/Android/iPad/Sony/PC or All Smartphone(Gold) • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$281.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$316.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.79

Total project goal

$371.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$371.96

1 Donor

-$185.97

Donations toward project cost

-$158.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.89

match offer

-$185.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$158.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.90

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$0.00

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