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Mr. Olona from Albuquerque, NM is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Explore AI with Micro:bit

Help me give my students 10 Microbit V2 Boards to learn how AI works through hands-on experience of designing, creating and testing.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Olona's classroom raised $292

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 Project

Micro:bit Create adds AI to the micro:bit learning experience, making it quick and easy for students to train machine learning models with their own movement data, use it in code and run it on their micro:bits.

The micro:bit is a tiny computer that takes coding off the screen and puts it into learners’ hands, enabling them to become creators of technology, learning to design and build tools and artifacts with tech.

It is embedded in constructivist pedagogy, in which students are active participants in their learning, building knowledge and understanding of abstract concepts through the concrete, personal experience of working with hands-on technology tools.

Students learn how to be creative, practice computational thinking and learn how computers work through making varied practical projects that solve human-centred problems, entertain or even aid relaxation and well-being.

Mr. Olona Ecademy K-8 School Grades 6-8

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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.

Albuquerque, NM View local requests

More than half 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

150 students impacted 5donors

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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 $214.60 1 $214.60

Materials cost

$214.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.73

Total project goal

$291.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $291.55

3 Donors

-$250.20

Donations toward project cost

-$245.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

match offer

-$2.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$2.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.86

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 $0.00

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