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Mr. Mangum from Austin, TX is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tool for Virtual Reality Creations

Help me give my students the tools they need to design, test and showcase their virtual reality creations!

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My Students

Virtual reality is available as accessible media, if you can afford the tools. As a career and technical education teacher, I want to introduce my students to the future of media on the web, but my district and department can't afford to bring the tools into my classroom. More than a third of my students are from low-income households and don't have access to technology outside of my classroom. That's why we need your help!

In order to teach my students how to design their own virtual reality creations, I need to provide a state-of-the-art system for students to design and test their virtual creations.

My school offers classes in computer science, engineering, web and graphic design, animation and digital video. We are the middle school arts magnet for our district, and I want my students to be learning relevant and emerging technologies that are available to them to tell their own stories.

Please consider giving to this project and see how your contribution enhances the experience of the students at my school.

My Project

Students will create characters, settings and serious games.

My vision is to have students create original VR games that focus on rigorous and relevant topics, but without your help, none of this will be a reality.

We will be coding on our iMacs in A-Frame, a web framework for building virtual reality experiences built by Mozilla.

These resources will be used by students to create their own original Virtual Reality content, primarily in Game Design classes. Students will be using A-Frame to code Virtual Reality games that will be designed, tested, and played by students, for students.

Your donation to this project will ensure that students are being introduced to relevant and accessible technologies right now!

Mr. Mangum Lamar Middle School Grades 6-8

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Austin, TX View local requests 117 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oculus - Quest All-in-one VR Gaming Headset - 64GB - Black • Best Buy Education $408.61 2 $817.22

Materials cost

$817.22

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$859.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.67

Total project goal

$1,011.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,011.15

12 Donors

-$904.41

Donations toward project cost

-$775.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.00

match offer

-$98.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.84

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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