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Ms. Bonner from Keaau, HI is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Dream of Becoming Film Producers

Help me give my students an iPad to grow a dream of producing films in Chinese contents and context.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bonner's classroom raised $770

This project is fully funded

My Students

My school services children from economic depressed communities. The majority of my students live in poverty. The communities are under-serviced. Many households don’t have power; however, some get limited source of electricity by using solar panels and generators. Currently, our entire student population receives free meals, twice a day, and free transportation back and forth between the school and their homes.

Nevertheless, my students are eager learners.

They come to school with heavy baggage from home, but they would put that aside and enter the learning zone that I provide them with, trying to make the best use of the day.

Regardless how the environment wraps around them like a cocoon, under my guidance, my students would try their best to learn how to break through the confinement, awaiting to turn into beautiful butterflies. For example, after I teach them critical thinking, from understanding to application, they would attempt to use their thinking skills to resolve the issues hindering their education in school and pursing happiness in life. They learn to struggle through their obstacles and move forward one inch at a time. Although the progress is diminutive, my students are patient and determined.

My Project

While going through such an unprecedented pandemic, teaching /learning online has taken a strong hold in education. My students and I have taken the advantage of using technology to reach the set goals. As a result, we therefore raised our technological competence.

Since we became confident in the technological world, we wish to venture into the unknown expansive land to have more exploration in technology.

We want to bud a dream of producing films. My Chinese class would like to learn how to make a film from scratch. They would write the scripts in Chinese contents and create the films in Chinese context. What they need is an iPad for filming the scenes and editing the videos.

There are so many things for us to learn in this endeavor, but we don’t mind to start small and gradually work toward digging into the core of filming, by growing a bud of dream, first. I envision my students will learn the language and culture during the course of making the films and hopefully they will eventually aim at making more films for contributing to fellow humans or for making a living after they enter the society. Thus, we as educators have fulfilled the vision of connecting students to the real world. This is to fully prepare the youngsters to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Ms. Bonner Kea'au High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 256GB - Silver • Best Buy Education $479.99 1 $479.99
Apple Pencil - stylus for tablet • Best Buy Education $99.99 1 $99.99
Insignia? - Folio Case for Apple iPad 10.2' (7th, 8th and 9th Gen) and iPad Air 10.5 (3rd Gen) - Gray • Best Buy Education $9.44 1 $9.44

Materials cost

$589.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$654.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.45

Total project goal

$769.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $769.64

3 Donors

-$769.64

Donations toward project cost

-$654.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.45

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