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Ms. McDonald from Kalamazoo, MI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Vividly Lighting up the Classroom

Help me give my students a colored printer to allow use to create visually engaging educational materials including class books and small group games.

  • 5 donors
  • $159 still needed

expires Jun 24

  • 5 donors
  • $159 still needed
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Right now in our school, we have one color printer with limited access. If we want to print a quick picture of the student's family or create colorful games to play with the students, we have to go through a long process and email it to our administrator. Additionally, sometimes, we have projects that we want printed for the next week, and administration is gone for the day. These projects might not get printed in time to be used and played with.

Studies show that color-printed educational materials make for brighter students.

In fact, using color in lessons and handouts has been found to increase attention spans by 82% and learning and retention by 78%. Furthermore, colorful materials are 80% more likely to be read and can boost comprehension by 73%. With a color printer for the classroom, I can create with the students class books instantly showing pictures of them. I can make small group games like matching, create a pattern, and find the gold coin behind the letter in color which will help students learn math and literacy skills. They will also be more excited to play the same game repeatedly when the theme on the cards have changed - such as changing building to spring - even though the object of the game has remained the same. Additionally, I can laminate these games for repeated play and use the class book pages as keep sakes for the parents.

Ms. McDonald Comstock Early Learning Academy Grades PreK-2

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Kalamazoo, MI 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson - EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless Color All-in-One Inkjet Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer - Black • Best Buy Education $185.98 1 $185.98
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, For Use With Thermal Laminators, 8.9 x 11.4 Inches, Letter Size Sheets, 100 Count (Pack of 1) • Amazon Business $12.93 4 $51.72
Volca Spares T502 502 T522 522 Ink Refill Bottles for Epson EcoTank Printer ET-2800 ET-2850 ET-3830 ET-3843 ET-3850 ET-4800 ET-4850 ET-15000 ET-2750 ET-2760 ET-2720 ET-2400 • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98

Materials cost

$277.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.03

Total project goal

$366.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $366.88

2 Donors

-$200.00

Donations toward project cost

-$177.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $158.06

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