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Mr. Mansager from San Francisco, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lights! Camera! Action!: Capturing Our Communities On Film

My students need pocket video cameras to create short video projects documenting their communities and neighborhoods.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Mansager's classroom raised $893

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

could be the next Ken Burns! I want to challenge my students to connect with their communities and neighborhoods by documenting their surroundings with short videos.

My students are third graders at a low-income, inner-city school.

Most do not have access to technology at home, and with California's drastic budget cuts our school has very limited resources to bring technology to them. What better way to motivate them then by giving them their own video camera for a day to document their experiences.

My Project

Our school is currently in the process of applying to be an International Baccalaureate school with an emphasis on inquiry-based projects. With these video cameras my students will be able to truly connect with their own communities and share these experiences with their classmates and the rest of the school. My students will learn and practice interviewing skills, how to tell a story, and how to operate a simple video camera. But the most valuable experience might be taking the time to notice and document the small things that make up their daily life experience. How do you get to school? Do you pass the same neighbor or store owner every day and have you ever stopped to talk to them? Where do you go after school and what do you do? Ideally, these stories will be edited together for a finished product to share with the whole school so that we can all learn about and engage in our shared community.

Help my students discover their own communities and those of their classmates by supporting this video project.

It's not always about how many computers you have in the schools, it's about using technology in the best way possible to support the curriculum. These cameras are easy to use, they have many applications beyond this particular project, and most importantly they will motivate students to learn a wide variety of language arts skills.

Mr. Mansager Leonard R Flynn Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

20 students impacted 43donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera camcorder flash card • CDW Inc. $149.99 4 $599.96

Materials cost

$599.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $60.00

Sales tax

 $54.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$758.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.92

Total project goal

$892.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $892.78

34 Donors

-$892.61

Donations toward project cost

-$758.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.17

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 $0.00

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