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Ms. Woods from Detroit, MI is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Can Surf the World Just by Touching a Button!

Help me give my students the technology they need to enhance their learning skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Woods's classroom raised $515

This project is fully funded

My Students

Urban students traditionally have more academic issues to overcome, and these are no exception. My students are boisterous, curious, excited, and desire a good education but lack many of the things that other schools have.

Studies have shown that all children learn when they have the basic supplies necessary for their education.

We do not have technology in our room for students and want to provide as much as possible for them.

Many of these students are homeless, hungry, unhappy, yet hopeful, and want to learn so they can have a better life. These inner city, African American children are waiting for your help so they can succeed and make a positive impact on tomorrow's world.

My Project

Our students often have no opportunity to use technology in their everyday life and are often unprepared to enter the work world where technology is used. They rarely have an opportunity to use a computer lab and are not taught keyboard skills when they do get there.

We want our students to learn keyboarding and coding skills and still use tablets to research and discover new concepts and ideas.

We can use these tablets across the curriculum and design graphs that can be used and understood in both math and science.

Our goal is to have enough for half the class to work at one time while the other part works on bringing their ideas to life after they collect their research.

Ms. Woods Thirkell Elementary - Middle School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Detroit, MI View local requests

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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Linsay F10XIPSBK 10.1" Tablet, WiFi, 2GB RAM, Quad Core, 16GB HD, Android Nougat with Black Keyboard • Quill.com $119.99 3 $359.97
Pyle 93599002M Portable Bluetooth Wireless BoomBox Stereo System • Quill.com $26.99 1 $26.99
MARKER DRY ERASE BULLET SET - ITA01019 SET OF 4 • School Specialty $1.20 11 $13.20

Materials cost

$400.16

Vendor shipping charges

$1.32

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$437.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.20

Total project goal

$514.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$514.68

1 Donor

-$344.00

Donations toward project cost

-$292.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.60

match offer

-$170.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$145.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.60

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$0.00

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