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Mrs. Stansky Murphy from Forestville, MD is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPad for Deaf Students' Communication Skills

My students need access to an iPad and keyboard to improve their language and grammar skills to interact better with people who do not know their communication styles.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Stansky Murphy's classroom raised $423

This project is fully funded

My Students

A typical day is spending time in classrooms grades K-8 with multiple communication styles - total communication, spoken English, and some students with communication devices. Serving so many different ages and needs requires a lot of flexibility, organization, and access to resources quickly.

My students are deaf and hard of hearing and use hearing aids, cochlear implants, FM systems, sign language, spoken English, and some communication devices to have access to language and the common core curriculum.

Many of my students have at least a 2-year language delay, which makes grade-level learning more challenging. Students who need these resources are bused in from all over the county to this school. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program is located within a neighborhood public school which enables our students with hearing loss who have near typical academic skills for their age to be within a regular education setting during the day while still having the watchful eye for the deaf and hard of hearing professionals to ensure their success before those students are ready to go to their regularly-assigned school location. Students who need more specialized supports are in the same building and have more intimate classrooms with sign language and spoken English instruction.

My Project

My students will be able to use an iPad and apps for speech and language therapy services which include communication skills, written language skills, articulation, and vocabulary building. It is very useful to have technology readily available to expand on students' language in teachable moments (e.g. encountering an unfamiliar word in a reading passage and being able to go to a search engine to show the student a picture of the unfamiliar word and explain the reason for the signed vocabulary).

Having technology available in a therapy setting will improve the efficiency of the therapy sessions, vocabulary opportunities, and real-world exposure while still being in the classroom.

This will change my students' lives for the better by providing another way to increase their language and English writing skills through games and activities when paper and pencil tasks can be sometimes daunting.

Mrs. Stansky Murphy Andrew Jackson Academy Grades 3-5

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

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Forestville, MD 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad mini MD531LL/A (16GB, Wi-Fi, White / Silver) • Amazon $233.50 1 $233.50
Logitech - Ultrathin Keyboard Folio Case for Apple� iPad� mini and iPad mini 3 - Carbon Black • Best Buy for Business $62.07 1 $62.07
ZAGG - InvisibleSHIELD HD for Apple� iPad� mini and iPad mini 3 - Clear • Best Buy for Business $10.67 1 $10.67

Materials cost

$306.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.39

Total project goal

$422.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $422.59

7 Donors

-$312.59

Donations toward project cost

-$265.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.89

match offer

-$110.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$93.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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