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Dr. VanOtterloo from Joplin, MO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Safely Store Our Schoolwork

My students need flashdrives and carrying cases to help save their work safely.

  • $301 goal

This project expired on October 9, 2012.

This project expired on October 9, 2012.

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Dr. VanOtterloo South Middle School
Joplin, MO Grades 3-5

My Students

Have you ever created something you were really proud of? How would you feel if you worked really hard on something, only to have it disappear when you thought you saved it? These flash drives will help us safely save our work.

My students are hard workers.

We are so very lucky to have access to technology. My students are able to use computers on a daily basis. We work on developing our writing skills over the course of the entire year. Having a safe place to store student work will allow my students to go back and reevaluate their work and add to it throughout the year. These flash drives will provide that safe place.

My Project

Flash drives will allow my students to save their work safely, essentially creating an electronic portfolio of their work throughout the year. Students will be able to share their work for their families thanks to the portability of these flash drives.

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider my project.

I am excited to share this technology with my students. I know that it will help them revisit their work and really make it shine.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted
Dr. VanOtterloo South Middle School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Joplin, MO View local requests

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

25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 - USB flash drive - 4 GB • Best Buy $5.98 25 $149.50
Case Logic 6 Capacity USB Drive Shuttle - storage drive carrying case • Best Buy $7.99 7 $55.93

Materials cost

$205.43

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$255.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.09

Total project goal

$300.60

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