My students need two tablets to allow small groups of students to conduct research and to be able to easily pass newly acquired information among group members.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Thomas's classroom raised $370
This project is fully funded
My Students
Look at the world around you and you should be able to conclude that a person needs to be able to use technology if he/she is going to be productive or competitive in modern society. Please help me to surround my students with technology.
Often, when teachers write grant proposals, they try tell potential donors about how their student are special and different.
My students are not. They need access to technology like the kids whose family can provide all of the computers and gadgets. They need to develop skills in acquiring and processing information, just like all other students. They need to be able to create with technology, the same as every other kid in America.
My Project
There are some real advantages to having tablets in the classroom. Where as a desktop computer is anchored to one place and can be difficult to share around the room, a tablet is something where research or text can be shared quickly back and forth in a small group. Within these small groups, students will be able to scroll through portions of reading material with ease like an e-reader. Students will be taking pictures for projects in my geography class and this tablet will allow my students to take and manipulate those pictures.
Technology is not the future, it is right now.
These kids are not the future, they are right now. They cannot wait to have access to technology in the future, they need helpful people to provide it right now!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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