Our "classroom" is a four adjoining computer labs that are being redesigned. Students have asked for a lab to create. This makerspace is the first step towards allowing students to direct their learning. The District is committed to seeing personalize learning come to fruition.
We have amazing youth in Walworth.
We also have amazing challenges in our K-8 district. We are a Title 1 school, and over half of our students are living in poverty. Our students are passionate about learning and the older students take great pride in mentoring the younger students. In order to ensure our students are leaving school prepared for college, career, and community; they need leadership opportunities. The students are genuinely excited to own their learning and are ready to learn and create.
My Project
Our school is changing. We are implementing personalized learning to all 476 learners in a K-8 school. We are shifting towards interdisciplinary student-directed learning. Our students passion will run our school. This makerspace is a major step towards placing the students in the center. The cost for starting a makerspace is several hundred dollars. And my school has already committed to resources to get the plan started.
Items I'm requesting that students will use to create include:
-Legos
-Raspberry PI
-Little Bits circuits
-Arduino
The makerspace will be a Self Organized Learning Environment (see: Sugata Mitra's TED Talk) for the entire school. The range of supplies in this project will also for 2nd graders to work side-by-side 6th graders. Our makerspace will have a variety of materials for students of all abilities, ages, and developmental levels.
Donations from this project will change the entire school.
Every teacher in the school brings their students into our lab. After school and before school programs will have needed supplies. Students will have access and be able to create, design, and dream. Thank you for taking the time to look at our project, all assistance is appreciated.
Brick Building Base Plates By SCS - Small 5"x5" Green Baseplates (10 Pack) - Tight Fit with Lego
• Amazon Business
$22.95
5
$114.75
Joylabz Makey Makey An Invention for Everyone Science Kit
• Amazon Business
$49.95
2
$99.90
littleBits Electronics Base Kit
• Amazon Business
$99.00
1
$99.00
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 2 Complete Starter Kit with WiFi (Latest Version Raspberry Pi 2 + WiFi + Original Preloaded 8GB SD Card + Case + Power Supply + HDMI Cable)
• Amazon Business
$69.99
1
$69.99
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box
• Amazon Business
$29.99
2
$59.98
Arduino Uno Ultimate Starter Kit -- Includes 72 page Instruction Book
• Amazon Business
$54.99
1
$54.99
LEGO Education Brick Set 4579793 (884 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$54.95
1
$54.95
Amazon.com Gift Card with Greeting Card - $50 (Classic)
• Amazon Business
$50.00
1
$50.00
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Desktop (Quad Core CPU 900 MHz, 1 GB RAM, Linux)
• Amazon Business
$41.64
1
$41.64
Building Bricks - 1000 Pc "Big Bag of Bricks" Bulk Pastel Friends-colored Blocks with 54 Roof Pieces - Tight Fit with Lego
• Amazon Business
$39.95
1
$39.95
Lego 200 Random Pieces of Good Clean Used Bricks and Parts Bulk Lot
• Amazon Business
$12.10
3
$36.30
LEGO Classic Creative Bricks
• Amazon Business
$14.39
2
$28.78
LEGO Minecraft The Cave 21113 Playset
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
LEGO Creator Sea Plane
• Amazon Business
$4.97
1
$4.97
Materials cost
$771.19
Vendor shipping charges
$5.49
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.57
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$818.25
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$144.40
Total project goal
$962.65
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$962.65
17 Donors
-$678.47
Donations toward project cost
-$599.80
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$78.67
match offer
-$257.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$218.45
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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