Help me give my students a computer for completing classroom writing projects and bookmaking; learning vocabulary through video and presentations, and watching ebooks supported by our classroom curriculum.
My three-year-olds are some of the most amazing children I have ever met. They thrive while living in one of the most dangerous communities in our nation's capital. Some have gone through more in their young lives than many of us will ever have to endure in a lifetime. Now in the "new normal", they can't even escape to the sanctuary of school to escape the violence that riddles their neighborhood. Despite all of the challenges they face, they have still taken a leap into the unknown of virtual learning to begin their educational journey.
My students blossom with the educational and enrichment opportunities being offered, which helps them to build their background knowledge and exposes them to things they otherwise wouldn't be exposed to.
For all of them, school is where they have opportunities to build their academic and social foundations and set them up for success later in life.
My Project
Our PK students began to us "Creative Curriculum" and couple years ago, and we discovered students desperately need access to a classroom computer. The curriculum calls for students to complete desktop publishing activities as well as to create their own books through pictures and dictating sentences. Without us having a classroom computer for them to use, I'm trying to find pictures on my phone to show students and then trying to draw them for students. This really hinders a student's ability to use their creativity in becoming young writers and expressing their ideas though language. With this computer we would be able to give this year's students, and students for many years to come the opportunity to become young writers and put their thoughts and ideas down in print.
Having a computer at their disposal will allow them to use their creativity to find pictures that communicates the stories they are writing and imagining in their minds.
With being able to find their own pictures, students will be able to independently share these stories without having to rely on their hand-drawn pictures to communicate them. We will also use the computer together with our classroom SMARTBoard to teach and reinforce theme-related vocabulary through video and PowerPoint presentations. Students will also have access to the computer in our classroom library where they will be able to listen to and watch eBooks that came with our curriculum.
As an added bonus, I will be able to use the computer to create specific pictures and language supports for my students who are English Language Learners. Together, the students and I can create visuals that will support their navigation through the classroom while using the built-in translator to translate what students are saying into English for me to better understand them.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
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