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Mrs. S. from Hillsborough, NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flipping for History: Flip Cameras & Biographical Interviews

My students need 3 Flip camcorders.

  • $697 goal

This project expired on December 21, 2009.

This project expired on December 21, 2009.

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Mrs. S. Central Elementary School
Hillsborough, NC Grades 3-5

Do you ever wish you could meet the people who lived through the events you read about in your history textbooks? Well my inquisitive 4th graders do! I teach a diverse group of students in a high-need community in North Carolina. They are constantly questioning and seeking answers about the world around them.

As part of our social studies and language arts curriculum, we study biographies. In the past I have assigned an influential historical figure to each of my students to research and then present their information in a PowerPoint presentation. This year I would like to take this project to the next level. My students love to work with technology and I firmly believe that they are more fully engaged in their learning when technology is involved. I would like to provide my students with the opportunity to work in groups to interview influential members of their community using Flip camcorders. Using the footage they gather in their interviews, my students will then learn to edit the video footage to create and present a biographical presentation about the person they interviewed.

Through this project, I hope to inspire my students to take an interest in the history of their community and encourage them to learn more about themselves in the process. The technology used in this project will bring biographies to life for my students, help them to fully understand this genre of literature and encourage them to take interest in reading more biographies.

Your contribution to this project will provide my students with an opportunity to learn about history, literature and technology in a way that is fully engaging and builds real world communication skills. Another great benefit is that the Flip camcorders you provide for this project will be used again and again for other exciting hands on projects in our classroom.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 20 students impacted
Mrs. S. Central Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Hillsborough, NC 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

Never Before Funded 20 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PURE DIGITAL FLIP MINO CAMCORDER, BLACK -- Flip Video Camcorders; Mino, Black • Quill $161.99 3 $485.97

Materials cost

$485.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.60

Sales tax

 $20.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$571.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.45

Total project goal

$696.96

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