My students need 3 digital readers to be able to read, connect, and manipulate digital text due to the ever increasing needs of an information driven society.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Ellis-Lee's classroom raised $414
This project is fully funded
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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
Change is inevitable and is happening at a rate that education must keep up with. My students need to be prepared for a technological world.
Do you know that by 2014 the Core Standards will be a national requirement?
The students that I am teaching now will have to take assessments using technology and must be able to manipulate text in a digital environment.
I teach in a high poverty school district in New York City. Most students receive free or reduced school lunch. Their digital experiences are mostly limited to sending texts and chatting on Facebook. In order to increase their literacy skills, they need a lot of digital exposure. Many of the students are first generation immigrants from West Africa, Caribbean countries, and South America.
My Project
These resources will change my students' lives because it will open text to them that they may never be able to digest. Using the e-reader and digital text they will learn vital analysis skills. The manipulation tools of the e-reader will allow them to experience a non-linear way of reading. In addition, these skills are transferable to college or the world of work.
The impact of this project will have immediate and long term effects on the lives of my students. Immediately, they will become better readers and much better historians. The long term impact will be seen in college preparedness and work skills for their future.
As my students enter the 21st century the literacy skills that are needed rely on technology.
The e-reader will expose them to literacy through technology. An essential tool that will enhance each students experience in high school.
More than three‑quarters 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
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