Help me give my students a screen to project our projects and presentations on, instead of having to erase our one whiteboard in order to project from the overhead for the classroom.
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My Students
Our students are a mix of middle schooler who have had the opportunity to be part of our Montessori Elementary program while others are transfers from local middle schools who found they did not fit at the larger population middle school. We have a collection of active, bright academically gifted individuals and active, bright academically discouraged individuals.
My goal, as a math teacher, is to create opportunities for all populations in our school to engage in learning opportunities that are invigorating.
Education is about more than concepts, it is also about inspiring hope and curiosity.
This looks like real world problem solving challenges that are important or may become important to the students, such as ASA Solve (https://asasolvetogether.org/home), Amazon Robotics Challenge (https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/CyberRobotics) and Computer Science (https://code.org/files/Code.orgOverview.pdf) in the classroom.
My Project
Working together on collaborative projects have strengthened students sense of normalcy and community. Students improve communication and problem solving skills working on group projects. They develop relationships and confidence when sharing their ideas with the group and as a group. We need a space to share presentation materials conveniently.
We only have one dry erase board in our classroom, class notes and discussions written every class period must be erased to use the projection system.
With a screen that can be raised and lowered, notes and directions can remain on the dry erase board for the class period because the retractable screen would be used for the presentation (both student and teacher) and retracted when complete.
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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