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Mrs. Simmons from Richmond, VA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tech for Kids

Help me give my students the tools to learn more in this technology driven world. These three Kindles with protective cases would help a great deal!

  • $566 goal

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Mrs. Simmons has another project! Donate to In Need of Storage! to help her classroom.

$216 - complete this project and be a hero

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I work with a wonderful group of diverse children who love learning and adventure. They have a thirst for knowledge and crave any new avenues of learning. They enjoy being challenged and working towards goals. They have worked hard in the areas of Math and English. They have a love of technology, but have limited access to it. I am working hard to provide my children with everything possible to enhance their learning.

Kids have been using iPads and smartphones for years and understand the touchscreen technology, cameras and video.

The appeal of the iPad to K-12 students is obvious: They’re much easier to take to, and use in, class than a laptop. They’re lightweight and start up instantly. Longer battery life means that students don’t have to worry about carrying a charger with them. When classrooms don’t implement what has now become “everyday” technology, we’re doing students a disservice. I am hoping to get at least 2 kindle fire HD or IPADs for my class. Please help!

My Project

The use of a Kindle Fire (with protective case) is a daily activity that should be available in my classroom for my students to succeed in reading. Moreover, the arrival of digital text in a mobile reader like the Kindle means that that works of literature could be delivered to students almost anywhere, not just when they got their turn on in the once-a-week class in the computer lab. And for students, the ability to manipulate the text's font size means that students with a wide variety of learning and perceptual difficulties can now scan and digest the text itself more easily. It allows interaction with text and educational gains on the students' level. It will give them access to educational applications that they are unable to use on a daily basis. Any educational resource you can imagine providing students that involves video or audio, or that has an advanced interactive interface requiring a touch screen can be distributed on the Kindle Fire HD.

We have access to a wonderful tool called Imagine learning but need an HD Kindle to utilize it.

By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.

Students will be able to simply focus on the academic material at hand. Plus, in this technology literate world, any interaction with updated technology will increase their literacy as well as their desire to learn and use the new technology!

Mrs. Simmons G.H. Reid Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

19 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
All-New Fire HD 8 Tablet | 8" HD Display, 32 GB, Black • Amazon Business $124.99 3 $374.97
MoKo Case for All-New Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet (6th/7th/8th Generation, 2016/2017/2018 Release) Kids Shock Proof Convertible Handle Light Weight Protective Stand Cover Case for Fire HD 8,Purple • Amazon Business $22.99 3 $68.97

Materials cost

$443.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$480.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.81

Total project goal

$565.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $565.41

2 Donors

-$419.00

Donations toward project cost

-$356.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.85

match offer

-$146.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$124.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.96

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 $0.00

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