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Ms. Smith from Trinity, AL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Webcams and Phonics - Using QR Codes in the Classroom

My students need headphones, webcams, and laminating pouches to practice word families.

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My Students

My students are ready and eager to learn. We are a Title I school with 80% free and reduced lunch. Our students come from a rural community with parents who want them to succeed and the best for them in life. My students are in 1st grade.

We enjoy learning in a nontraditional environment and using technology to explore the world around us.

My students are excited and need more hands-on materials. My students are amazing and do more with less than other counties around us. Who knows where they will be in 20 years!

My Project

QR codes are amazing for students to use! They allow students to quickly navigate to anything online! As a teacher, I can create an instructional video or direction video for students. My class LOVES to use them. We use them to go to direction videos about centers, listen to books that have been read by students or other teachers or even the author of the book! Students scan QR codes to check their answers on task cards. We use them all the time! The problem is we have limited technology in our school and two old desktop computers. These computers have no webcam to scan QR codes.

These materials will allow my students to use the outdated technology we have in our classroom.

For this project, my students need laminating pouches to laminate the QR codes we are already using. The codes are printed on paper and over time, they are getting worn out. The lamination pouches will allow me to make them stronger so they will hold up.

Students use the laminated QR codes to navigate to websites and resources that reinforce phonics skills we have been learning in class. They need webcams to read the QR codes. On the desktop, students open the QR reader in Chrome and use the webcam to scan the laminated sheet. Once students navigate to the resource, they need headphones to be able to listen to the resource instructions.

Students need a phonics practice book to practice independently and show their understanding. Once students visit a resource on a phonics skill, they will complete a workbook page to turn in and show their understanding.

The laminating pouches, webcam, headphones, and 20 Week-by-Week Word Family Packets will help my students to practice phonics skills using technology and help them to become better readers.

Ms. Smith East Lawrence Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Trinity, AL 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

19 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Logitech C270 Desktop or Laptop Webcam, HD 720p Widescreen for Video Calling and Recording • Amazon Business $20.55 2 $41.10
Egghead Preschool Headphones, Blue, EGG-IAG-1005-BL-SO • Amazon Business $9.98 3 $29.94
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4-Inches, 3 mil thick, 200-Pack (TP3854-200),Clear • Amazon Business $20.89 1 $20.89
20 Week-by-Week Word Family Packets: An Easy System for Teaching the Top 120 Word Families to Set the Stage for Reading Success (Teaching Resources) • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19

Materials cost

$105.12

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$145.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.64

Total project goal

$170.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$170.91

2 Donors

-$170.91

Donations toward project cost

-$145.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.64

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$0.00

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