Celebrate Black Teachers and Students
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
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Mrs. Lee from Washington DC is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
Help me give my students access to valuable learning time and materials with laptops for home!
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My class is a self-contained Special Education class that is called Whole Brain. I call it this because the purpose is to activate their whole brain throughout the week. All of my students are in a reading intervention class, which means that they do not get to participate in the normal "elective" classes. I feel it is especially important that my students have the opportunity to experience physical activity and the arts. I teach them on a weekly schedule to ensure they are exposed to: mindfulness and yoga, art, music, media studies, and home economics.
The closing of the physical school building has hit us hard, and made our normal practices which are mostly activity-based much more challenging.
Technology has allowed us to connect remotely, but many of my students are lacking the basic technology they need to access our main platform. My students are kind-hearted, hard-working kids that are most at risk for being negatively affected by our current situation. Every day we do an emotional check-in and the students who were able to be present were so thankful to connect with me and our social worker, and each other.
These laptops will provide our students much-needed access to our online platform so that they can continue learning from home.
This time away from school can be a valuable learning experience, rather than learning lost.
Providing these students with laptops will enable them to access learning materials, meet with their teachers, and continue to socially interact with their peers. For students who are most in need, this time is especially stressful and isolating.
Additionally, even when this time has passed, these students will benefit from having a device at home that will ensure they can continue to learn and access technology in the future.
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