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Mr. Hayes from Chicago, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mobile App Development - Help my Students Change the World

My students need 4 tablets to develop, test and demonstrate their Android apps.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Hayes's classroom raised $896

This project is fully funded

My Students

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. --Plutarch I have the great privilege of helping some very talented young people start to understand their potential and to discover their interest and aptitude for Computing Science.

My students are bright, inquisitive and energetic, and they are ready, willing and able to bring their passion and compassion to the task of improving their neighborhoods, their city and their world.

Most of our students are low-income and earned their spot in our school through hard work and accomplishment; they're continuing on that path to achieve their dreams. Our school is a great place, full of hardworking, committed teachers who go above and beyond to help students move forward on their paths. We have a diverse student body, and our teachers and staff work to make sure all of our students are not only challenged with meaningful material but are also supported in dealing with the tremendous non-school challenges many of them face. We're able to provide a wide range of courses and extra-curricular programs that engage and interest our students. In Computer Science we're now successfully attracting more young women and students of color.

My Project

With these tablets, students will be able to rapidly and successfully prototype, test, debug and demonstrate their apps. We do computer programming in a variety of contexts, but mobile app development really engages and motivates them at a deeper level. Whether building apps to improve the school, help students be safer outside of school, improve their time management, or do math or language practice, our students need to be able to put their apps on actual devices for testing, demonstration and deployment. We'll use these tablets in classroom projects for both my intro classes (where they're use AppInventor to build apps) and my Web Development classes (where they use the web languages and the Adobe PhoneGap utility). Students will also use the tablets in our after-school enrichment programs, and those who are participating in app development contests (e.g., Congressional App Challenge and the Technovation Challenge) will need tablets to test and improve their apps.

I've seen the impact as students come to understand that they can be active players in an industry they might have seemed out of their reach, and that understanding carries over into other areas of their lives.

They start to know that there is almost nothing that is off limits to them, as long as they're willing to put in the time and effort. A few of our students are fortunate enough to have their own Android device to use, but most do not. My goal is to enable more students to fully participate.

Mr. Hayes Lane Technical College Preparatory High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7-Inch Tablet, 8GB, White (SM-T230NZWAXAR) • Staples Advantage $179.99 4 $719.96

Materials cost

$719.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$760.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.25

Total project goal

$895.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $895.01

10 Donors

-$343.68

Donations toward project cost

-$299.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.04

Matching donations from our partners

-$542.49

Match offers toward project cost

-$461.12

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.84

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 $0.00

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