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Mr. P. from Los Angeles, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Unmotivated Students Gain Access To Math Through Technology

My students need 3 Kindle Fires.

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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

Imagine trying to use your television with a turn knob or trying to find directions to somewhere using a big road map. Technology is making our lives easier, and it is all around us. Why should the classroom lag behind everything else that is moving forward?

These kindles will be used primarily with the Algebra Readiness population in our school.

These are the students that are seeing the same material for the 4th or 5th time, and they need a different way to interact with the math they are seeing for the 5th year in a row (and usually were taught in a traditional manner those 4 or 5 years). These kids are unmotivated, but very savvy when it comes to technology. I want to infuse this technology into our classroom. My Algebra readiness classes break up into different stations during class. One station will be learning the new lesson. Another station will be doing an activity that either helps them practice basic skills or is tied to current topic; but it usually includes some arts/crafts component. Another station will be the laptop station where they work on a school-wide computer math program. The last station will be a place where the students interact with the math technologically, and actually have fun with the math

My Project

The math interactivity that can be found on a kindle will get many of these unmotivated students to want to try something they never would have tried if it was just plain pencil and paper. As I said before, these students are very tech savvy, but usually only use that technology on games and other non-academic things. This will give the students access to math through a medium they are used to and enjoy. Not only are there interactive apps and websites that students can use on the kindle, but they can have access to many books on the subject and access math books and math literature through the kindle.

Students who would not want to try a math concept or would never crack open a math textbook or any book on math would have no problem accessing this on a touchscreen because they love tech and to them it would not seem like something academic, but as something "cool" and "high tech" rather than the usual, "this is boring".

Mr. P. Griffith Middle School Steam Magnet Grades 6-8

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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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon Kindle Fire tablet 8 GB 7 • CDW Inc. $207.38 3 $622.14

Materials cost

$622.14

Vendor shipping charges

 $62.21

Sales tax

 $56.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$785.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.64

Total project goal

$924.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $924.25

1 Donor

-$462.13

Donations toward project cost

-$392.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.32

match offer

-$462.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$392.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.32

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