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Mr. Ellis-Lee from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Common Core Literacy And History Through E-Readers

My students need 3 digital readers to be able to read and manipulate digital text due to the ever increasing needs of an information driven society.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Ellis-Lee's classroom raised $408

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

Do you know that by 2014 the Core Standards will be a national requirement? The students that I am teaching now will have to take assessments using technology and must be able to manipulate text in a digital environment.

I teach in a high poverty school district in New York City.

Most students receive free or reduced school lunch. Their digital experiences are mostly limited to sending texts and chatting on Facebook. In order to increase their literacy skills, they need a lot of digital exposure. Many of the students are first generation immigrants from West Africa, Caribbean countries, and South America.

My Project

My students need 3 digital readers to be able to read and manipulate digital text due to the ever increasing needs of an information driven society. My students are from New York and many are first generation immigrants; however, their view of the world is extremely narrow. I want to open up the world and all of the information available to them through digital sources. Their exposure to the digital world is mostly limited to social networks and the I-Phone. I am aware of the demands of the new assessments in 2014 and 2015. My students need much more exposure to digital text in order to compete in today's world.

The impact of this project have immediate and long term effects on the lives of my students.

Immediately, they will become better readers and much better historians. The long term impact will be seen in college preparedness and work skills for their future. These resources will change my students' lives because it will open text to them that they may never be able to digest. Using the e-reader and digital text they will learn vital analysis skills. The manipulation tools of the e-re

Mr. Ellis-Lee High School for Law Advocacy and Community Justice 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Barnes&Noble - NOOK Simple Touch • Best Buy $99.99 3 $299.97

Materials cost

$299.97

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$346.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.14

Total project goal

$407.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$407.61

1 Donor

-$407.61

Donations toward project cost

-$346.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.14

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$0.00

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