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Mr. Gianniny from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Student-led project

Visual Storytelling With Tech!

We need two 19" graphic tablets, light tables, drafting tables and varied supplies in order to bring visual storytelling to the technology classroom.

  • $2,094 goal

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About My Students

Marcus presented this project to me earlier in the year and I am excited to finally turnkey the project on DonorsChoose.org. Marcus, among others, has shown a great deal of interest in the arts and was very motivated by the idea of developing graphic novels using mixed analog and digital technologies.

Marcus and several of his peers have expressed a great deal of interest in the arts over the past school year. During the year, I have made it a point to incorporate the arts into the technology curriculum in order to engage students and keep the curriculum grounded by working toward products that the students will find creatively fulfilling. Marcus decided that this project would allow his peers and himself to continue their artistic pursuits, while fulfilling their requirements in technology class. Marcus was encouraged by his peers to write this student-led project, so he took the lead.

Empowering students through the arts is the cornerstone of our technology curriculum as students gain meaningful opportunities to creatively engage with new digital tools and develop skills that they can carry forward in their futures while engaging with interdisciplinary content. Students will have the opportunity to collaboratively brainstorm graphic representations and layouts for the visual stories that they wish to present, which will include personal memoirs and biographies, historical accounts that are relevant to their current social studies curricula, and DIY guides that allow them to present new material to their classmates as 'experts.'

In Their Own Words

I am interested in using new graphic tablets and some other art supplies to learn video game design and create graphic novels. If we had these tablets, we would be able to build skills that we could use in high school and our careers.

I will help to be leader in this project by showing my students how to take care of the equipment, like turning it off after using it and keeping the drafting supplies in their correct places.

This project is important to our school community because we need to learn about the future of creative arts. The challenges that we are facing are the ability to think creatively and learning how to draw.

Mr. Gianniny PS K369 Coy L Cox School Grades 6-8

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

105 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ugee 1910B Digital Pen Tablet Display Drawing Monitor 19 Inch LED Screen with 2 Original Cables and 2 Pen Chargers • Amazon Business $429.99 2 $859.98
Studio Designs 13240 Craft Center, White/Maple • Amazon Business $74.95 2 $149.90
LitEnergy 24.3 Inch Diagonal A3 LED Portable Light Table for Drawing with Precise Scale Padpucks and Bag • Amazon Business $73.99 2 $147.98
Manga Studio 5 • Amazon Business $39.63 2 $79.26
SquareTrade 3-Year PC Peripherals Protection Plan ($400-$450) • Amazon Business $36.81 2 $73.62
Boardwalk B2440800 Butcher Paper 24" x 800 ft, White Roll • Amazon Business $32.09 2 $64.18
Castle Art Supplies Drawing and Sketching Pencil Art Set (26 Items) • Amazon Business $14.99 4 $59.96
Canon Office Products LiDE120 Color Image Scanner • Amazon Business $52.59 1 $52.59
Strathmore 340110 70-Pound 50-Sheet Drawing Paper Pad, 11 by 14-Inch • Amazon Business $10.96 4 $43.84
Raffine Marco Fine Art 48 Color Drawing Oil Base Non-toxic Pencils Set Drawing Pencils / Colored Pencils for Artist Sketch-Set of 48 Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $19.58 2 $39.16
CANSON Tracing Pad, 50 Sheets, 14 by 17-Inch • Amazon Business $7.90 4 $31.60
Bulman A50024 All Steel, Rubber Feet, 24" Paper Cutter • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics • Amazon Business $19.25 1 $19.25
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics • Amazon Business $17.35 1 $17.35
The DC Comics Guide to Creating Comics: Inside the Art of Visual Storytelling • Amazon Business $15.23 1 $15.23
Artograph PadPucks, Set of 4 • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Circle and Oval Template Set • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Rapidesign Triangle & Diamond Template • Amazon Business $9.42 1 $9.42
Timely 47T Squares Template • Amazon Business $8.94 1 $8.94

Materials cost

$1,723.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$25.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,779.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$313.96

Total project goal

$2,093.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,093.04

2 Donors

-$1,044.75

Donations toward project cost

-$889.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$155.21

match offer

-$1,046.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$889.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$156.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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