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Ms. O. from IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Technology For the Classroom

The cost of a digital camera and 15 digital timers is $622, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $622 goal

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Many of the activities I do would like to do in the classroom require some technology. I would like to do more fluency tracking/activities with the students. In order to do this, I would like a set of digital timers, one for each pair of students to work with. Students can build fluency doing timed readings with each other. The timed reading would be much more accurate if I had digital timers, then pairs could be more focused on listening to their partner read, than how much time is passing by because they are looking up at the second hand on the analog clock in the classroom. I have about 20-25 students, so a set of 12-15 timers would be great. I have just implemented a new strategy into the classroom where students pose in order to illustrate a story (think of it as a live snapshot). Instead of drawing pictures or writing down an answer, students use their bodies to portray a scene in a story using facial expression, body position, etc. It would be incredibly neat if I had a digital camera to take pictures of their poses then loaded them into the computer to make a slide show portraying the stories we read throughout the year. I think the children would be much more motivated in doing these activities if they saw themselves portraying the story. To do this, I would need a digital camera with for the classroom. The digital camera could also be used to document other lessons and field trips.

Ms. O.
Grades 3-5
  • Elizabeth Peabody Elementary School
  • Chicago, IL
    • Nearly all students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 25 students.

    7 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CYBERSHOT P93/ 5.1 MP/ 3X OPT • Best Buy $329.00 1 $329.00
DIGI-MASTER DIGITAL TIMER • Nasco $7.15 15 $107.25

Materials cost

$436.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$509.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.83

Total project goal

$621.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $621.26

6 Donors

-$563.00

Donations toward project cost

-$508.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.45

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$57.18

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 $1.07

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