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Mr. Sidarous from Chicago, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Android App Development in Action

My students need Nexus tablets to develop applications for Android! They will engage in computer programming using App Inventor for Android.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Sidarous's classroom raised $931

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

"Don’t Just Play on Your Phone, Program It" - Barack Obama in his address to the nation for CS Ed Week In my Exploring Computer Science classroom, our students are learning to do just that! Rather than passively consuming, our students are learning to program computers.

This class takes place in a 9th-12th grade neighborhood public high school in a large urban Midwestern district.

All of our students are Latino, and all of them come from low income families. Like many schools, we have limited resources, with a very limited number of computers shared with the entire school. Our students have very little background knowledge in the area of computers, and the majority do not have Internet-connected computers at home. Despite these barriers, our students are enthusiastic learners who are excited about gaining computer literacy and basic programming skills.

My Project

Using MIT's Android App Inventor, we will be designing and building Android apps in our Exploring Computer Science class. This allows students with little to no experience to learn the fundamentals of computer programming with a block based language that does not require them to learn syntax (although we will write some Javascript later this year). Unfortunately, while we have some desktops computers available for use in Computer Science, we do not have Android devices available for this purpose. We need Android devices as test platforms; once students write a program, we will transfer them to the tablets in order to test them. We will also have a community forum where members of the community will have an opportunity to test students' Android programs using the tablets.

Do you remember the first time you saw your name in print, or saw a story you wrote in a newspaper or book?

That sense of pride and wonder? Seeing an app that you developed in action gives students a similar sense of accomplishment. I want my students to be able to experience this. Latino students are greatly underrepresented in Computer Science careers, and allowing students to create apps and see them in action can help them understand that they CAN do computer programming. Would you help us?

Mr. Sidarous Spry Community Links High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nexus 7 from Google (7-Inch, 16 GB, Black) by ASUS (2013) Tablet • Amazon Business $129.00 3 $387.00
Google Nexus 9 Tablet (8.9-Inch, 32 GB, Black, Wi-Fi Only) • Amazon Business $326.90 1 $326.90
Google Nexus 7 2013 Case - Poetic Google Nexus 7 2013 Case [SlimBook Series] - [SlimFit] [Professional] PU Leather Slim Folio Case for Google Nexus 7 2nd Gen 2013 Black (3 Year Manufacturer Warranty From Poetic) • Amazon Business $7.95 3 $23.85
Google Nexus 9 Case - MoKo Ultra Slim Lightweight Smart-shell Stand Cover Case with Rubberized back for Google Nexus 9 8.9 inch Volantis Flounder Android 5.0 Lollipop tablet by HTC, BLACK • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99

Materials cost

$749.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$790.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.59

Total project goal

$930.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $930.58

7 Donors

-$277.05

Donations toward project cost

-$246.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.30

Matching donations from our partners

-$640.28

Match offers toward project cost

-$544.24

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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 $0.00

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