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Mr. Powers from Dallas, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Didj Hear About Students Who Learn Playing Games?

My students need 3 Didj systems, 3 cases, and 6 video games that encourage learning and motor skills.

  • $642 goal

This project expired on August 18, 2010.

This project expired on August 18, 2010.

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Mr. Powers Lake Highlands Elementary School
Dallas, TX Grades 3-5

My Students

As a child of Atari, I'm used to a joy stick with one button. As a father of a 5-year-old who has already mastered his Leapster, I realize that electronic learning is miles beyond pitfall and pacman. At home, I see my son mastering greater than & less than at 5, something I TEACH in 3rd grade.

My students, low socio-economic, "title-1", and severely underprivileged, have not had such access to learning games like my son.

Any games they play are usually "skills based", and not the best kinds of skills, shooting, robbing, and thieving. They are all great kids, but haven't had the best opportunities, nor know the best options. When guided the right way, they blossom into amazing kids.

My Project

We are living in an electronic age. Kids learn texting before they learn cursive, if they learn that at all! While we work to teach our kids to read and use "traditional" materials, electronic media is definitely the predominant medium. It is important that our students learn that there is more to gaming than shooting things and blowing things up.

Because I know they have such potential, and such affinity to video games, I would love to be able to meld them both into a fun learning activity.

They can think they are getting the "easy" station, but these games will teach them the basics, things they don't even realize they are learning! And isn't that the best way? Realizing you learned something AFTER you learned it?

20 students impacted
Mr. Powers Lake Highlands Elementary School Grades 3-5 Dallas, TX View local requests 20 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DIDJ CUSTOM GAMING SYSTEM • ABC School Supply, Inc. $75.99 3 $227.97
Didj Carrying Case----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $17.98 3 $53.94
Indiana Jones Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00
Nancy Drew-The Mystery in the Hollywood Hills Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00
Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00
Super Chicks! Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00
SpongeBob Square Pants-Fists of Foam Didj Game----*Comments* • Teachers' School Supply Inc. $30.00 1 $30.00

Materials cost

$461.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.53

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$526.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.54

Total project goal

$641.91

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