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Ms. Moffett from Whitestone, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Language Without Borders: Computer Programming in ESL

My students need basic laptops equipped with essential applications to practice computer programming and web design.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Moffett's classroom raised $819

This project is fully funded

My Students

Making new friends as a teen often feels impossible until the day they spot a classmate playing their favorite phone game. Few words are needed to bond over this shared mutual interest. Now imagine their teacher channeling this into the classroom with game design team projects. Win!

My ELL (English Language Learner) students are energetic young pre-teens who come from a range of immigrant experiences and cultural backgrounds.

Each day they struggle to express themselves fully in a second language, and can get overwhelmed by this great challenge. Though they often show up unable to communicate effectively in the classroom, they do speak "teen". Even the quietest of ELLs is soon adding followers or joining online game rooms with their peers outside of school where the language gap isn't as wide as face-to-face. I believe channeling this social drive with engaging tech-based activities in class can open avenues to help boost my students' comfort and abilities in English.

My Project

With three HP Stream laptops, I will have the basic tools needed for students in each grade I teach to gain essential computer programming knowledge and skills that can supplement their digital native savvy. Several websites like Tynker, Gamestar Mechanic, and Code.org contain ready-to-go lessons and student-friendly activities to relay programming principles. I know my students already love gaming and browsing trendy sites, spending as much as their free time possible doing so. Re-purposing these activities for the classroom in the form of game and web design mini-lessons and projects, however, can lead them to thinking about project management, information flow, systems logic, and more. Now their love for the internet can be spent on collaborative, educational experiences with classmates that improve their digital skills for the future.

So often my students are overwhelmed playing catch-up with their peers because of their limited English proficiency, and lose out on some enrichment opportunities that others enjoy.

This project provides equal access for my ELLs to these fun opportunities, which encourages them on their difficult journey and simultaneously allows them to become more motivated in gaining the vocabulary needed to participate and more competent in technology usage.

Ms. Moffett Junior High School 194 William H Carr Grades 6-8

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.

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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

92 students impacted 25donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP Stream 11.6 Inch Laptop (Intel Celeron, 2GB, 32GB SSD, Horizon Blue) Includes Office 365 Personal for One Year • Amazon Business $199.00 3 $597.00
AmazonBasics Wireless Mouse with Nano Receiver (Black) • Amazon Business $11.49 3 $34.47
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites • Amazon Business $17.74 1 $17.74
AmazonBasics 3-Button USB Wired Mouse (Black) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$656.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$696.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$122.83

Total project goal

$818.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $818.87

16 Donors

-$229.00

Donations toward project cost

-$202.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.55

Matching donations from our partners

-$580.70

Match offers toward project cost

-$493.60

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.18

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 $0.00

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