Physical Computing for Primary-Aged Problem Solvers & Creators
My students need Raspberry Pi accessories to learn how physical computing can be used to innovate and solve problems.
$601 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Our students are diverse and eager learners, are motivated to learn the technology and computer science skills that will help them to be successful in a digital world. Although, our students live in the heart of Silicon Valley, many face personal and socioeconomic obstacles that prevent them from fully participating in our modern digital world. School is often the only place our students are exposed to computer science and programming, and for some, it is also the catalyst that reengages them in their education.
We are a Title I school, serving 500 students in grades K-5, about 90% of whom participate in the free and reduced lunch program.
75% of our students are English language learners, and 71% of those students speak Spanish as their first language. Although living just down the street from some of the wealthiest tech companies in the world, many of our students live in poverty and do not have access to the technology and training needed to prepare them for the jobs most available in their own neighborhood.
My Project
According to the World Economic Forum, about 65% of our elementary-aged students will work in jobs that do not yet exist, with about 2 million of those jobs being created in mathematics, engineering, and computer science fields. Early exposure to computer sciences helps foster longer-term interest in STEM fields and gives students opportunities to be empathetic problem-solvers of real-world problems. For many of our elementary school students, the classroom is the only place that they have computing access.
I want to bridge the digital divide for our students by providing them with access at school to physical computing materials and computer science instruction, and giving them opportunities to design and prototype creative digital solutions to real-world problems.
The Sense Hats, motion sensors, and motor drivers will allow students to further explore computer science and STEM concepts in relevant contexts by using our Raspberry Pi computers to design and build creative solutions to problems significant to their lives and communities.
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