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Mr. Griffis from Newberry, MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning In a Flash!

My students need 30 USB Flash Drives.

  • $367 goal

This project expired on January 18, 2011.

This project expired on January 18, 2011.

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Mr. Griffis Newberry High School
Newberry, MI Grades 9-12

My Students

Oh, the thrill of the Internet! The agony when the server/printer/line is down! How to access on-line sources when the school server is down, or when students don't have access to the Internet at home?

My students attend a public K-12 school in a VERY rural and very poor area of northern Michigan.

Many of them come from up to thirty miles away to attend school, and many have either no Internet access at home, or an unreliable dial-up connection. Further, our school's Internet connection is often unreliable as well. The international relations class where I intend to use the requested flash drives is not textbook-driven, but instead relies largely on journal articles, news stories, essays, and raw data as learning materials. When the Internet is down, as it often is, it becomes very difficult to finish readings or class projects. My students need a way to have access to these materials even if they don't personally have access to the Internet at a given time.

My Project

I am requesting a classroom set of USB Flash Drives. My vision is that I can use these drives to store classroom readings, activities, images, etc., to send home with students for use on their home computers, or for those times when the school server is unreliable or not available. This will also assist in reducing the use of paper in my international relations classroom, where a textbook is not used at all. Further, I think this kind of resource is more palatable to modern students, and items stored on these drives would have the potential of being much more organized, and therefore a more useful resource for students.

I really believe that this method of supplying readings and data to my students will make it more likely for them to actually read and use the materials.

Further, these flash drives will make it possible for them to use the materials regardless of Internet access.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 30 students impacted
Mr. Griffis Newberry High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Newberry, MI 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

Never Before Funded 30 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
IMATION 2GB USB POCKET FLASH DRIVE -- Imation USB 2.0 Flash Drives; Pocket, 2GB • Quill $8.99 30 $269.70

Materials cost

$269.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.70

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$311.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.96

Total project goal

$366.41

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