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Mrs. Mattox from Caney, KS is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need a digital camera and a PhotoSmart printer to use for class projects.

  • $394 goal

This project expired on December 24, 2010.

This project expired on December 24, 2010.

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Mrs. Mattox Lincoln Memorial Elementary School
Caney, KS Grades 3-5

My Students

Do you remember being a young child begging to have your picture taken or video made of you doing something important? This project would help students capture a special memory to share at home with their loved ones while getting to experience a form of technology they often don't have access to.

I teach at a rural Kansas school with grades pre-K through 6th.

We are a Title I school with a large population of our students qualifying for free or reduced lunches. My students are eager 3rd graders with a love of learning. This is a big year for them. They are learning to write in cursive and multiplication facts. They also have their first experience taking the state reading and math tests. Many of my students come from homes with very little access to technology. I want to do what I can to expose them to using a digital camera.

My Project

Right now I am using my own personal camera to document a few things that go on in my room, but I can't always have it at the school nor can I allow students to use it. Having a camera in our classroom would allow students to document things that go on in our room to include in my weekly newsletter. It would also allow me to capture great memories that occur during our "mystery reader" visits on Fridays. This activity involves a family member of one student coming to read a book to us. I make a memory wall to help commemorate the occasion and to remember what book was read. Students can use the camera to document science experiments. One experiment we do is to grow grass in different types of soil. They could take pictures of the changes they see day to day. This can also be used to make videos of Reader's Theater performances. They can go back and watch, listening for smoothness and prosody. Their writing will also improve when the camera is used for making digital stories.

I cannot tell you enough how important having access to a digital camera and photo printer would be for my students.

It lends itself to so many activities. I can create a new classroom job for a student who would be responsible for taking pictures of daily classroom happenings. Your donation to my project will help bring their learning to life and create many wonderful memories!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted
Mrs. Mattox Lincoln Memorial Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Caney, KS 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

20 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP PhotoSmart A646 Photo Printer • CDW Inc. $148.99 1 $148.99
Sony Cyber shot DSC S2100 • CDW Inc. $109.99 1 $109.99

Materials cost

$258.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.90

Sales tax

 $18.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$342.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.11

Total project goal

$393.13

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