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

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My students need laptops with screens larger than Chromebooks or iPads and a printer.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Tasha McShan's classroom raised $1,124

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My Students

I have a group of Diverse Learners (Special Education) Students. The students range from grades 6-8th. Our school is an elementary school which services students from grades Pre-K to 8th. My students are in both our inclusion model and resource model.

Our middle school Special Education program is comprised of 20 amazing students, many of whom come from low income households and receive free or reduced price lunch.

Some have severe learning disabilities, behavioral disorders and mild cognitive delays. They are a great group of kids!

My Project

Most of my students with disabilities can and do benefit from technology in the classroom, but sometime the technology provided is visually not appropriate for my student population. Incorporating technology increases my students’ motivation to learn and it allows me to personalize lessons to accommodate my student’s individual needs. Even the students with the most severe and profound disabilities can use assistive technology to join a classroom of typical students, and their potential can be reached in ways we didn’t have before. The problem is at time the screen sizes of the technology provided to us (Chromebooks and iPads are too small).

Laptops can help my diverse learner students write papers more easily as well, being able to adjust fonts and having a larger screen view.

Typing can make the writing process go faster, and the tools in Microsoft Word can make it easier for students to edit their work. By typing on laptops instead of a desktop computer, students can work at classroom stations, in the library or during work time in class. Laptops provide font options that are visually appropriate for my diverse learners.

One of the biggest advantages of laptops is that they will allow my students to access information on the Internet connection at school. Our school offers free Wi-Fi, but the students often complain that the font and print of the information is too small. The bigger screens that the laptops will allow is visually better for my diverse learners.

Laptops will allow my students when they are in the General Education population to be able to turn in completed published assignments as those of their non-disabled peers.

Once they students have completed their assignments they will be able to use the printer to print their drafts and published projects.

Project tagged as

Chicago, IL
Grades 6-8
Literature & Writing
Students with Disabilities
Traditional School
Technology
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Ms. Tasha McShan Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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

20 students impacted 19donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

HP - Stream 14'Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC Flash Memory - Aqua blue • Best Buy Education $224.84 3 $674.52

HP - LaserJet Pro MFP M130fn Black-and-White All-In-One Laser Printer • Best Buy Education $177.07 1 $177.07

COM 4YR 150-199.99 PRINTER GSP • Best Buy Education $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost			$911.58
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$13.67
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$955.25
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$168.57
Total project goal			$1,123.82
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$1,123.82
16 Donors			-$709.00
Donations toward project cost			-$610.15
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$98.85
match offer			-$406.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$345.10
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$60.90
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$8.82
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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