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
Our school strives for excellence and to find the leader in every student. Every child has unique abilities, talents, and strengths; sometimes, all it takes is exposure or motivation. The students in my class are exceptional young people. They all inherently care about one another and continually make an effort to improve in all aspects.
My class consists of 19 amazing students.
Of those 19, 17 are English learners, 3 receive resource services, and one is in speech. They all have a "power of yet" attitude and do their personal best to contribute to our classroom community.
My Project
The use of computers is a daily activity in my classroom, especially in math and reading. Using a laptop allows me to blast their lessons on a projector for the whole class to see as all of our lessons are interactive through computer programs. This allows me to teach and interact with the students at the same time. The problem is that with an antiquated desktop computer, the program loading and internet connection is so slow that students lose focus thereby losing all attention in the lesson and silliness ensues. It is so important to keep focus and attention once you have it. Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and...is distracting for many of my students who have focusing issues and they lose interest easily. By having a newer, faster laptop, students will be able to avoid the distraction and focus on increasing their learning!
By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.
Students will be able to simply focus on the academic material at hand, and not whether the computer is going to stall or not. Plus in this technology literate world, any interaction with updated technology will increase their skills as well as their desire to learn.
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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