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Mrs. Lucas from Derby CT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring our Listening Center into the 21st Century!

My students need iPod shuffles and headphones so they can use them in our listening center to take charge of their own learning.

  • $253 goal

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My Students

Nowadays, people walk around with thousands of songs in their pockets that can be accessed at the touch of a button. Our students should have the same ability in our music classroom!

In our urban, Title I school, I see about 400 students every week for music classes.

Our students come from diverse backgrounds and speak many languages, including Spanish, Albanian, and Arabic. Many of them come from single parent homes, or have parents who work multiple jobs to make ends meet. These students love coming to music class each week! After I began including centers into our classes once a month, those weeks have become a fast favorite among students from all grades. They love taking charge of their learning, and controlling the pace and topic they are concentrating on during class.

My Project

When we work in centers, the students get a chance to practice a variety of musical skills in small groups or individually. In the past, I have included a listening station hooked up to a CD player or a single iPad. This means that I can't use the iPad elsewhere, and the students are stuck listening to the songs at the same rate as the rest of their group. These iPod shuffles would be preloaded with songs, and then used in our listening center. The students will practice music for our concerts, listen to and analyze music, and evaluate classmates' compositions. They will also be used to record books on tape for use at our reading center, especially for sing-along books. All of this would be controlled by individual students, allowing them to work at their own pace, focusing on their own learning.

Students deserve to learn in a classroom that reflects our world.

These iPods will allow them to take charge of their own learning, experiencing and practicing music at their own interest level and pace.

Mrs. Lucas
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Koss KPH 7 - headphones • Best Buy Education $4.30 6 $25.80
Apple - iPod shuffle� 2GB MP3 Player (6th Generation - Latest Model) - White&Silver • Best Buy Education $49.99 1 $49.99
Apple - iPod shuffle� 2GB MP3 Player (6th Generation - Latest Model) - Blue • Best Buy Education $49.99 1 $49.99
Apple - iPod shuffle� 2GB MP3 Player (6th Generation - Latest Model) - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $49.99 1 $49.99
Belkin - RockStar Multi Headphone Splitter - White • Best Buy Education $6.33 1 $6.33

Materials cost

$182.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.91

Total project goal

$252.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $252.74

5 Donors

-$249.21

Donations toward project cost

-$214.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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