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Ms. Ellis from Jamaica Plain, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Utilizing Technology To Reach Struggling Learners

My students need an iPad to provide alternative technology to drive home lessons, and provide unique learning opportunities.

  • $584 goal

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Ms. Ellis has another project! Donate to Inclusive Tools to Keep Us Going to help her classroom.

$891 - complete this project and be a hero

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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

Everyone knows at least one child who thinks a little differently, learns a little differently from others. They need extra processing time, hands on practice, or high stimulation to focus. This technology is for them.

I have 21 wonderful students.

We are in a small, inner-city school in a very impoverished area. We were made a Turnaround school in 2010, having "not made adequate progress" the years before. With a whole new staff, and a new, amazing principal, we are pushing these children as far as we can. Late nights, early mornings, we are her working to get the job done. We are fighting a slue of social factors pitted against us: poverty, illiteracy in the home, single families, domestic violence, homelessness, non-English speakers, family disengagement and pretty much any barrier you can name, we are facing it. But we are winning. And we will continue to push.

My Project

I was recently trained on some of the available educational apps for young learners. I was inspired by all of the great activities that could reinforce the hard work we are already doing. With this iPad, I could teach a lesson, and then have a struggling learner do extra practice on their own. It would be a highly motivating and exciting way for them to keep practicing the skills I have taught. From handwriting, the hearing books read aloud, to math facts, to watching educational videos to build background knowledge before reading a non-fiction book. The list of possible uses for this technology is endless.

I know this is expensive technology, and times are tight for everyone but every small amount helps.

I just hold onto hope that perhaps this one purchase could make the difference to that one child. The one who is almost there, but just needs a little something extra. Thank you for holding onto that hope with me.

Ms. Ellis John F Kennedy Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Jamaica Plain, MA View local requests

More than half 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

21 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® iPad® mini Wi-Fi - tablet - iOS 6 - 32 GB - 7.9 • Best Buy for Business $429.99 1 $429.99
M-Edge - SuperShell Case for Apple®iPad®mini - Cobalt Blue • Best Buy for Business $17.37 1 $17.37

Materials cost

$447.36

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$496.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.54

Total project goal

$583.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $583.61

12 Donors

-$543.61

Donations toward project cost

-$462.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.54

match offer

-$40.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

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 $0.00

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