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Mrs. Ranalli from Columbus OH is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

On Our Way to Becoming Problem-Solvers, Entrepreneurs, Scientists, Inventors, and Engineers!

My students need four Chromebooks to be placed in a learning station to become more technologically savvy and to complete required research.

  • $870 goal

This project expired on July 1, 2017.

This project expired on July 1, 2017.

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

I am a fourth grade teacher in a large urban district just a few miles from the heart of downtown. 100% of my students receive free breakfast and lunch. In spite of the many challenges that my students face due to poverty, they come to school eager to learn, work hard, and often cite science as their favorite subject. I always say, "That's a good thing since I'm your science teacher and science is my favorite, too!" I'm always hopeful that my enthusiasm is contagious!

My students love to read, write, and especially participate in hands-on science experiments and engineering design challenges.

We are a STEAM School, meaning that our focus is on science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. English/Language Arts Common Core standards are woven and integrated throughout our lessons in all subject areas. For example, my class just participated in an Invention Convention project that is sponsored by the school district. Part of the requirements for the project asked students to do research on patents and marketability of their proposed projects. This was difficult to accomplish without adequate technological resources.

My Project

If we had a set of four Chromebooks at a learning station in our classroom, a small group of students could collaborate to complete research-based science projects, like Invention Convention. I was reading an article in the New York Times recently and it stated the top five skills desired by Fortune 500 companies. In order of importance they were: teamwork, problem-solving, interpersonal skills, oral communication, and listening. I want my students to be lifelong learners and lovers of learning for the rest of their lives. The management and practice of these skills are a constant goal in my teaching practice.

A small set of Chromebooks will help my students become more technologically literate and to become better consumers and producers of technology.

The Chromebooks will help me assist my students with research to build and present their knowledge and would be used daily in the classroom.

Mrs. Ranalli
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP - 11.6'Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - Black • Best Buy Education $174.70 4 $698.80

Materials cost

$698.80

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$739.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.46

Total project goal

$869.74

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