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Mrs. Borges from Taunton, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tickle Our Brains with an ELMO Projector!

My students need a document camera.

  • $772 goal

This project expired on June 8, 2012.

This project expired on June 8, 2012.

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Mrs. Borges Taunton High School
Taunton, MA Grades 6-8

My Students

Tickle our Brains with an Elmo Projector! In my art class, I present PowerPoint presentations that explain the project and give visual examples of student work or works done by famous artists. Problem is, we have to crowd around my PC monitor to view them - we are squished! An ELMO would be perfect!

I teach 8th grade art students at the High School in our city.

This is the first year that 8th graders are here in the High School, so this year has been a big adjustment for everyone. The students who are in my class have come from different area middle schools. At first, they were shy and timid, but now that the semester is coming to a close, we have become like a family. They are funny, talented, enthusiastic kids who are excited to be part of the High School. The type of work we have done are caricature, optical illusion, self-portraits, pastel portraits, clay figurines, printmaking, color theory projects, an art history project, and two point perspective. The students have approached each project with creativity, effort and craftsmanship. They are great kids who deserve the resources needed in my classroom to succeed.

My Project

An ELMO TT-02RX 1.3-Megapixel Document Camera is not your former school teacher's old overhead projector by any means. This classroom tool makes it possible for teachers to present and enlarge images and documents to the class on the projector. In addition to this, it can serve to make drawing demonstrations an easy task, enlarging and projecting what I am drawing for them in real time, rather than having the students gather and crowd around me to see what I am doing. The projector also has the capability to record these demonstrations for future use. Also, the projector has a USB port for easy connection to my computer so that I may project PowerPoint presentations of our upcoming projects, as well as PowerPoint's about important artists and works of art in the history of art, not to mention make it possible for me to show relevant websites and other sources from the Internet.

An ELMO projector is a tool that will enable me and my students to do many things.

Students will easily view my demonstrations, as well as create their own presentations that can be projected for the entire class to view. The projector will also eliminate several problems with our current situation - including having to crowd the students around my PC monitor to view presentations on the computer. My students deserve better, and the ELMO will be a more appropriate and invaluable tool.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

125 students impacted
Mrs. Borges Taunton High School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Taunton, MA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

125 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ELMO TT-02RX 1.3-Megapixel Document Camera • Best Buy $599.99 1 $599.99

Materials cost

$599.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$655.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.76

Total project goal

$771.75

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