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Ms. Torres from Brooklyn NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help in Our Focus to Focus!

Help me give my students the tools to support their learning with protection headphones to help them focus, voice recorders to plan their ideas in writing, and ultimately independence in taking ownership of their own learning.

  • $192 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

These tools will encourage students to take ownership of their work and further develop independence in their process in learning. My goal is to create a kind of learning environment where students have the tools they need to succeed in making sure they can share their amazing ideas and express them in ways that excite them. The diversity in our students' thinking and ways of expression reflects the diversity in the tools that will help students, whether it in our writing, reading, or producing our best work in any content.

Students will be able to explore what best works for them with protective headphones to help us hone in on our work, headphones to help us plug in (listening to stories and articles), and voice recorders to help document our at-times fleeting thoughts for planning and revision in our writing.

Ms. Torres
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kids Headphones Bulk 24 Pack Multi Color for School Classroom Students Children Toddler Boys Girls Teen and Adult (24 Pack) • Amazon Business $55.95 1 $55.95
Digital Voice Recorder Voice Activated Recorder for Lectures, Meetings, Interviews Aomago 32GB Audio Recorder Mini Portable Tape Dictaphone with Playback, USB, MP3 • Amazon Business $23.84 2 $47.68
6 Pcs Soundproof Earmuffs Hearing Protection Headphones Adjustable Padded Defender Noise Reduction Earplug for Kids (Yellow) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99

Materials cost

$130.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$162.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.69

Total project goal

$191.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $191.27

3 Donors

-$186.86

Donations toward project cost

-$162.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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