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Ms. Collins from Elmhurst, NY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Doc to the Rescue: Connecting Students to Live Art Demonstrations

Help me give my students live art demonstrations by providing a Document Camera to be used in virtual art lessons and to create video resources for teaching students during the COVID-19 closures and beyond.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Collins's classroom raised $297

This project is fully funded

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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

My students and I are using distance learning to continue their art instruction. They complete their assignments using Google Classroom. For many, this has been a bit of a struggle for several reasons. For one, my school is located in Elmhurst, Queens, which has been identified as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the students and their families have been impacted by illness, loss of a loved one, financial hardships, and a language barrier. Nearly all students come from a low-income household. For a significant number of my students, English is a second language and they have a hard time communicating and understanding the curriculum. This has been especially difficult with online learning, students get confused about how to do the work. They are also limited with resources to do the assignments. However, Art gives them an outlet to express themselves and break through some of the language barriers that interfere with their learning.

It would be ideal for them to see live art demonstrations and videos of me teaching them while they are safe at home.

Although its been extremely sad not seeing students physically, I am determined to make their Distance Learning engaging, interactive, and purposeful.

My Project

For these English language learners, school is the primary, and sometimes the only source for them to listen to and practice the language. They rely on authentic and meaningful experiences in school, and now we have to figure out how to give them those experiences remotely. This year, I am teaching art to Kindergarten and Third grade students, so this donation will be reaching close to 400 curious, creative, kind and passionate children. The document camera will be an effective tool to actively engage the students through live art demonstrations, where students can see me model art techniques and instructions. The recording feature on this device will allow me to record art demonstrations for students to access when necessary. The portable hard drive will provide storage for all of the images and videos of their artwork. With your help, I can connect with my truly remarkable students that have so much talent waiting to be nurtured.

Ms. Collins PS 89 Jose Peralta School of Dreamers Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WD 4TB My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive - Blue, USB-C/USB-A - WDBA2F0040BBL-WESN • Amazon Business $119.99 1 $119.99
IPEVO V4K Ultra High Definition 8MP USB Document Camera — Mac OS, Windows, Chromebook Compatible for Live Demo, Web Conferencing, Distance Learning, Remote Teaching • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00

Materials cost

$218.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.52

Total project goal

$296.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.79

3 Donors

-$137.38

Donations toward project cost

-$126.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$148.40

Match offers toward project cost

-$126.14

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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