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Ms. Duval from Jamaica, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Story Telling Using Current Technology

Help me give my students an iPad for engaging, dynamic and relevant activities to meet diverse needs and support academic success.

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My Students

We are speech language pathologists working in a K-8 school in Queens, New York. Our students have learning disabilities and/or speech and language impairments. Our students are motivated to come to therapy when activities are hands on, dynamic, and engaging. They enjoy a fun learning environment while developing their speech and language skills. Our students learn best through hands on activities that allow them to tap into all their senses for optimal learning. Our students need a place where they are allowed to be themselves and learn in new, fun, and creative ways, which are less traditional than a typical classroom environment. We enjoy watching our students understanding and grasping concepts taught. Our students have so much potential and we enjoy playing an important role in their academic growth. It is important for our students to have various resources and supplies to be able to tap into their creativity and drive. Our goal is to explore different methods of teaching in order to reach all types of learners (i.e. visual, auditory, and kinesthetic). Our students come to school eager to try new things and we enjoy presenting them with new challenging ways of learning. Our students are truly our inspiration!

My Project

Our students often get discouraged or unmotivated when they are using obsolete equipment and materials during our speech and language sessions. We are three Speech-Language Pathologists and we service students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. We currently have access to one desktop computer and one whiteboard. We also use our own personal laptops to engage students in lessons involving technology. What we find the most challenging with our students is engaging them in tasks that are more cognitively demanding such as reading and writing as opposed to speaking and listening. At the moment we are using a tool called “The Story Grammar Marker” to teach students how to communicate narrative stories orally and in writing with clarity and details. This tool allows our students to make the important cognitive-linguistic link between speech and writing. This tool also provides a practical way to help them strengthen and organize their discourse skills. As our students continue to progress in their discourse and writing skills they will benefit from the use of an iPad for various activities for deconstructing narratives and informational expression.

An iPad would permit our students to use digital texts as an alternative or addition to print.

An iPad would make curriculum-based animations such as Brain pop come to life in a small group setting. Websites such as Google Earth can be used to engage students in comprehending and generating descriptive language about settings. An iPad would give access to tools such as Book Creator, which allows students to create electronic books to tell a personal or removed narrative, or compose informational text. My speech/language students will gain confidence in their communication skills by having the opportunity to produce a story using current technology.

Ms. Duval PS 116 William Hughley Grades 3-5

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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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More than three‑quarters 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

100 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple 9.7-inch iPad Wi-Fi - 6th generation - tablet - 32 GB - 9.7' • Best Buy Education $329.99 1 $329.99

Materials cost

$329.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$364.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.40

Total project goal

$429.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $429.34

6 Donors

-$344.69

Donations toward project cost

-$295.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.45

match offer

-$82.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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