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Mrs. Gladue from Chesterfield VA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Movies for Meaning

My students need a small handheld video camera. They write, create, produce, perform and record skits and movies to make learning more meaningful.

  • $224 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

We can remember every lyric to a song or recite quotes from movies easily. We can use that to make learning more engaging to students. They need a good small handheld video camera to record songs, skits, news reports, and dramatic recreations that they create for different academic content areas.

I have 23 Fourth Grade students in a Title I Virginia school.

Our students are considered high-risk, impoverished and lacking in a solid educational foundation when they come to us. They are eager to learn but need creative and engaging teachers to be successful.

My Project

My students will be able to do so much with a small handheld video camera that they can use. They will learn how to create, write, produce, perform, record, edit and make movies on their own. This kind of project-based learning technique is known to help students make deeper connections and long-term learning with academic content. We can use it for any curriculum area including Math, Science, Virginia Studies, and Language Arts. This video camera connects to our classroom computer and Promethean board to help us upload and edit videos we record to make a class movie, so technology is integrated, as well. The social and emotional benefits of using a video camera for student-led videos is far reaching. The self-confidence, self-worth and feelings of being valued and trusted to take this on will benefit them beyond the classroom. The relationship building between peers and the sense of creating something together will support the team community I try to instill in our environment.

Please help me make a dream come true for myself and the students!

They will remember this project and have the final product of the movies on disc forever. It will have such a great impact on all our lives.

Mrs. Gladue
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung HMX-F90 Flash Memory HD Digital Video Camcorder 32gb Deluxe Bundle With 32GB card , full size tripod case and more . • Amazon $157.99 1 $157.99

Materials cost

$157.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$190.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.59

Total project goal

$223.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $223.95

2 Donors

-$55.99

Donations toward project cost

-$47.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.39

Matching donations from our partners

-$167.96

Match offers toward project cost

-$142.77

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.19

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 $0.00

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