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Mrs. Carrig from Port Orange, FL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mini iPads Equal Big Learning

My students need an iPad mini in an OtterBox to use in the classroom to access curriculum materials, communication apps, and educational apps for students with Autism.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Carrig's classroom raised $453

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are desperate to find a way to communicate with people and to understand the world around them. Numerous research has shown that using an iPad can open up a world to children with Autism that none of us thought was possible.

I have 30 of the most amazing students and together we find ways to learn new things while overcoming Autism, physical disabilities, cognitive impairments, and anything else life throws at them.

We go out into the community for instruction and work on academic and life skills in the classroom. These students love to learn! We work on all subjects using the Access Points curriculum for Florida standards. This means on top of knowing about money, time, home skills and cooking, they know almost all 50 states and their capitals, life cycles of plants, types of clouds, Lewis and Clark and so much more. They amaze me every day!

My Project

My students need an iPad mini in an OtterBox to use in the classroom to access curriculum materials, communication apps, and educational apps for students with Autism. An iPad in our classroom will give many of my students a way to communicate, participate, and access not only the curriculum but also the people in their environment. So much of what we see as "behavior" is simply a failure to communicate or be understood. The portability of these devices will allow us to take it on trips into the community and give students a way to generalize the things we are teaching them. These materials will be used to incorporate educational apps and access curriculum materials in a manner that will reach our most difficult students. The iPad will be used to increase the communication skills of these students through structured learning activities that will be modeled and shaped into generalized skills for the students' future.

Our school budget has been drastically cut over the past several years.

Our limited resources will not allow us as a school to purchase items such as iPads. Most of these students have never even seen an iPad, so there is no way to know the potential within them that has not been tapped. Not only will the technology encourage these students to learn, but will assist in them making a difference in the future.

Mrs. Carrig Atlantic High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Port Orange, FL View local requests

Nearly all 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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® iPad® mini Wi-Fi - tablet - iOS 6 - 16 GB - 7.9 • Best Buy for Business $299.99 1 $299.99
OtterBox - Defender Series Case for Apple® iPad® mini - Black • Best Buy for Business $37.41 1 $37.41

Materials cost

$337.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$384.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.85

Total project goal

$452.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.31

5 Donors

-$452.31

Donations toward project cost

-$384.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.85

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