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Ms. Latter from San Fernando, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students as Authors: Point, Click, Visualize & Create

Help me give my students a StoryboardThat subscription to make their vision of stories come alive no matter their graphic skills.

  • $270 goal

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My Students

My 11th and 12th grade students are creative, interesting, curious, intelligent, and open-minded. But, because they have learning disabilities, they often cannot remember these qualities that they possess. They are excited to begin a project, but then can't remember what they want to say or do. They often will stare at a blank piece of paper or computer screen searching for their creative memory.

My students want to bring their creativity to their own assignments, make their own decisions, and emerge as individuals.

Each is unique. Acknowledging that uniqueness is what encourages them to respond. Using multiple teaching modalities helps students reach as far as they can go. So by the time they're seniors, they want to own their learning in school and beyond.

My Project

StoryboardThat will let my student readers and writers easily create what they see in their mind’s eye. I know storyboards allow my students to show how well they comprehend informational and literary texts through writing and graphics.

StoryboardThat will help my students bring their creative brainstorms alive as part of the writing process -- whether illustrating a factual process, analyzing a character, idea, or plot.

StoryboardThat will give my students equal access to create visual dialogues no matter their graphic skills. My students will relate to using a guided visual format either on their school-provided laptop or even their ever-present cellphones. With StoryboardThat, students simply point, click and move around appropriate graphics -- symbols, people, objects, and text bubbles. Students who normally struggle with writing can now create interesting and thoughtful vivid stories on their own. For students who write well, StoryboardThat can allow them to write and express dialogue in fiction or summarize and condense informational texts.

Last year I used the free, trial version of the program to let students storyboard a creative, original destruction myth of their own making. Despite the limited graphic choices and panels (and without how-to guidance from me), students were able to independently create, collaborate, and present their original myth stories that tied into longer writing. Building on this experience, with a funded teacher subscription this year, I will be able to share StorboardThat with my classes and hope to create group projects that engage my students and let them experiment in a fun, supportive and collaborative way.

Ms. Latter San Fernando High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
StoryboardThat 2-year Teacher Subscription (51-100 students per year) • StoryboardThat.com $89.88 2 $179.76

Materials cost

$179.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$228.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.40

Total project goal

$269.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $269.31

1 Donor

-$269.31

Donations toward project cost

-$228.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.40

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