My students need wireless keyboards that connect to tablets where they can practice keyboarding and publishing final drafts of paragraphs and essays.
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Celebrating 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
I once read a quote about writing from a Roman philosopher, which I have always remembered. "The desire to write grows with writing." There's nothing quite like the look of pride on a young child's face, as she shows her writing piece, and says, "Look what I wrote!" It's such a powerful feeling.
I have seen tremendous growth in the writing skills of my Kindergarten through Third Grade Resource students this year.
We practice writing daily, even though writing does not always come easily to my group of special needs students, many of whom have learning disabilities. When they use technology to type and publish their writing pieces, it seems to give my students extra motivation and pride. Recently, as a third grader and I printed a final typed draft of her paragraph about lions, she asked, "May I please have another copy to take home? My mom's going to love seeing my work!" In these situations, it's a perfect time to help my little learners reflect on the way hard work truly pays off. Their writing projects take time and effort...and they turn out beautifully.
My Project
My school is a high poverty school where most children receive free lunch. Many of my students do not have access to technology at home, and have little to no experience with a keyboard. Given the fact that state tests (not to mention necessary life skills) require keyboarding ability, I have incorporated typing final drafts of writing projects into our weekly lessons. My school only provides one very old computer for my classroom. Additionally, I have three iPads (thank you Donors Choose!) on which kids can type, but these tablets do not have keyboards. If we were able to have three keyboards, students could rotate through writing stations and type their work in a authentic way. They would gain keyboarding experience, as well as practice with the writing process, a lifelong learning skill. It would be like having our own mobile computer lab!
Wireless keyboards that connect to our electronic tablets will help my students gain meaningful practice with writing.
More keyboards in our classroom mean more time students can spend on their writing. More time on writing means more growth in writing. As they grow in writing, my students want to write more. To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, "The more you write, the more you know. The more you know, the further you'll go." Keyboards will help us take our writing projects to the next level.
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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