You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mr. Doerges from Council Bluffs, IA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mr. Doerges is requesting

Making the Most with a Mimio

My students are in need of a Mimio to enhance our classroom learning.

  • $978 goal

This project expired on July 12, 2010.

This project expired on July 12, 2010.

Classroom photo
Mr. Doerges profile photo
Mr. Doerges Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Council Bluffs, IA Grades 3-5

Our fifth classroom is trying to stay current in a building that is not driven by technology. Working in a high poverty school (nearly 80%) has its own challenges, but funding is always one of them, so new forms of technology are always the last to be granted to students and teachers, but are what drives both instruction and desire to learn.

I am always looking for a way to "light the fire" within my students, and it seems that in an ever changing world of technology, our school has not kept pace. My students are always eager to learn about new concepts in fifth grade: space, early colonization of the U.S., classification of animals, and my personal Greek Mythology unit that I teach every year to incorporate high-level reading skills, and a writing program that challenges them to think critically and work on self-motivated projects. Keeping that motivation consistent throughout the entire school year is always a challenge, even for an animated and engaging teacher.

By introducing Mimio technology into our classroom, the fire that my students show with new learning will stay lit the entire year. This technology works with what is already in my room, and pulls it all together. By simply suctioning a Mimio onto my white board, my students can write on the board with a special marker that will enable their handwriting to be picked up by the computer and loaded onto the chart. As always, we will still be able to use my computer to display and edit our group writings, but now could use a combination of whiteboard and LCD projector to do this which was previously impossible with a marker and a projector screen...they tend to frown when you write on those. Our reading and writing program focuses heavily on class-created charts to list clear expectations of what good readers and writers show. A Mimio will help us not only create these charts, but display them electronically during our block as well as print them off for individual use and reinforcement. In content areas of science and social studies, this technology can assist in video displays, the skill of note taking, allow us to "write" on the displayed text and pull out important factual information.

You will make it possible for my students to keep their fire lit throughout the year. Cutting edge technology is something that never comes for students in a high poverty area, so it would cause a huge celebration. Using a Mimio in our classroom will: create professional informational charts for gods and creatures while reading the Greek story of "The Lightning Thief", allow students to focus on their personal writing list of needs, learn note-taking skills in an interactive setting, allow a way for students to clearly explain and display their mathematical thinking to other members of the class, create a focused learning environment, and instill pride and an internal desire for each student to excel and display their learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

30 students impacted
Mr. Doerges Woodrow Wilson Middle School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Council Bluffs, IA View local requests

Nearly all 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

30 students impacted

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mr. Doerges is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
mimio Interactive • CDW Inc. $680.29 1 $680.29

Materials cost

$680.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $68.03

Sales tax

 $34.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$801.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$175.95

Total project goal

$977.48

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Doerges and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":978,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/-/365939/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":30,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Doerges","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"418611852","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Council Bluffs","teachersOnPage":[479902],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":365939,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":51987,"schoolName":"Woodrow Wilson Middle School","authorIds":{"479902":{"owner":"Mr. Doerges","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[365939],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp479902_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1472338415830","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":31534,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":479902,"schoolCounty":"Pottawattamie","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IA","name":"Iowa"}}