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Ms. W. from Jamaica, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Value Of An iPod To Literacy

My students need a 32GB Apple iPod Touch with an extended warranty.

  • $607 goal

This project expired on April 29, 2009.

This project expired on April 29, 2009.

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Ms. W. PS 116 William Hughley
Jamaica, NY Grades 6-8

Our school,is a Pre-K through 8th grade and located in an impoverished section of Queens, New York. Approximately 87 percent of our students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Our Tech Club students are inventive and have been making video "book talks" using our Canon mini DVD camera and an Apple iPod Touch for the downloaded sounds to signal the turning of the pages. These video book talks are then shown to the pre-kindergarten through second grade students, for them to read aloud with. The students get very excited about seeing their friends and family members on the screen, and they are being assisted in their reading. The tech students feel a real sense of accomplishment when they complete a book talk with background music, as well as sharing it with a younger student. We would very much like to add more types of music and sounds to our student created video book talks through the use of another Apple iPod Touch. I am asking for funding to purchase an Apple iPod Touch along with a 2 year extended warranty. My new tech students would benefit greatly from learning how to use the Apple iPod Touch from their peers. We are not allowed to download music directly, but we do have the use of iTunes on the Apple computers within the school. With another iPod Touch, more students can be taught to download sounds and edit them easily by other tech students. The students would learn to import music and different sound effects, for example a sound for the turning of pages, and add them to our book talks. This would allow the students a chance to use the iPod Touch and the Apple computer to create just the right background music and sound effects to produce a really "professional" finished project. Ultimately, I would hope we might be able to show some of our book talks to the entire school, on the big screen in our auditorium. Additionally, the students could use this equipment to create special presentations, displaying photos with added background music, to be shown at the moving up ceremonies, and we would also like to add music to our Power point presentations which we share with the parents and family members at PTA evening meetings. These student-centered presentations offer the children at our school a chance to continue to learn more about new technology and the greater chance to see themselves as participants in the broader world of media. Thank you.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted
Ms. W. PS 116 William Hughley Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AppleCare Protection Plan for iPod touch/classic - Enrollment Kit • CDW Inc. $58.00 1 $58.00
iPod touch 32GB price drop, while supplies last! • CDW Inc. $369.00 1 $369.00

Materials cost

$427.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $42.70

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$497.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.10

Total project goal

$606.10

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