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Dr. Lahana from New York, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Coding for Autism

Help me give my students Micro Computers (Microbits) to create AAC's for Autistic people

  • $304 goal

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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 Project

My school shares our building with another school which serves Autistic students. The school has many students are non-speaking and use Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices.

To better understand our students, we have been deep-diving into Autism.

Among our projects to show our understanding, we are creating our own AAC's using microcomputers called Microbits. Students can program Microbits to show emotions, spell out words, and send messages to other AAC's.

We already have a few Microbits, and students love using them. Our Makerspace needs more to serve whole classrooms.

Dr. Lahana
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GeeekPi microbit V2 Club Kit (10 Pack microbit v2 go kit) with 10 BBC Micro:bit V2 Boards, Battery Holders, Micro USB Cable,20 AAA Batteries for Coding and Programming • Amazon Business $224.41 1 $224.41

Materials cost

$224.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$257.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.49

Total project goal

$303.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$303.27

2 Donors

-$201.63

Donations toward project cost

-$171.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.24

match offer

-$101.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.25

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$0.00

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