This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
These Wolverines want to be Tech Savvy and ready to enter post secondary education or the work world! I teach in a high poverty high school in a self-contained special education classroom for students with mild to moderate disabilities ranging from mild mental retardation, emotional disturbance, and learning disabled. I teach math, personal finance and new this year, a Careers and Independent Living course. When I first started at this school and in this classroom four years ago as a Teach For America teacher, my students were computing third and fourth grade math equations. Today, four years later, I have moved my students to learning Algebra and Geometry in just those few short years. Now instead of teaching adding and subtracting, I get to teach about integers and angles!
Along with my students' new found success in the classroom, comes a new found confidence in themselves and a desire to go on to a successful job, vocational or trade school, or dare I say it, even college upon graduation from high school. But how can my students possibly succeed without the exposure to and the opportunity to use technology in the classroom? Most of these students do not have the exposure to technology in their own homes. Using technology for career exploration and researching current financial issues is a must for my students. They exhibit a desire to learn and an interest in technology. Why not fuel that fire to learn using the most up-to-date technology such as an LCD projector, so students can present information to the class as a whole?
My students need an LCD Projector. With the 1 lonely computer in the classroom and little access to the 1 computer lab in the entire school, my students need an LCD Projector to present projects on career options and choices, display and discuss current financial issues, and watch clips of the Federal Reserve Chairman discussing our current financial state. With an LCD Projector, students would be excited to present information and would want to learn how this new technology works. The class would no longer have to huddle close to the one computer in the classroom to watch a student's PowerPoint presentation, or squint their eyes to see the 10-year old overhead projector for the notes for their next test.
You can make it possible for these underserved and underprivileged students to have access and exposure to the latest technology for classrooms. The use of technology in the classroom not only prepares students for using technology in post-secondary educational institutions or the workforce, but also engages students in the learning environment. Please help my students go on to be successful community members by contributing to this wonderful cause.
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