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Ms. Fioramanti from Tucson, AZ is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Raise Your Voices!

Help me give my students a classroom laptop, microphones, and headphones so that they can produce podcasts and programs, thus reaching a wider audience with their unique voices and important narratives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fioramanti's classroom raised $986

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” - Audre Lorde

There are thousands of narratives inside each of my students and I want their stories to reach an audience.

They deserve an audience! It is imperative that we understand the lived experiences of my students and their families and the strength, humor, and growth that arise from these experiences. Their stories render the portrait of America more complete. And yet these voices are historically marginalized and underrepresented. We don't always hear them, but my students have a lot to say! I would like to make it easier for them to do just that.

My Project

From the very start of my current teaching position, I could tell that I had landed on something so very special. With each new day I was learning how to create a safe space in the classroom so that in turn, students would feel able to share their unique stories, perspectives, and experiences. I have been honored to be the audience for these beautiful and important narratives, but now I am compelled to help my students reach a wider audience with the addition of an audio station in my classroom.

Oral history and storytelling have proven to be powerful in celebrating metaphor as the way out of ourselves and into the "other;" in other words, empathy.

By having an audio station in my room, consisting of a reliable laptop, microphones, isolation shields, and noise-canceling headphones, I will be able to incorporate a living oral history in everything I do. Students can use the station individually and in groups. They can go out into the field to conduct interviews. With the exploding popularity of podcasts, we could explore the more formal production of a structured episode. This will have an impact on both listener and speaker, inviting the world into the classroom as well as ushering the classroom out into the world. Literacy and language will be enhanced, as well as confidence. And finally, students will be actively engaged in what Audre Lorde calls, the "transformation of silence into language and action."

Ms. Fioramanti Pueblo Magnet High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tucson, AZ View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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
Dell - Inspiron 15.6'FHD Touch Laptop -Intel Core i5-1035G1 - 8GB RAM - 256 GB SSD - Black • Best Buy Education $490.32 1 $490.32
JBL - TUNE 600BTNC Wireless Noise Cancelling On-Ear Headphones - Blue • Best Buy Education $58.82 2 $117.64
Blue Microphones - Snowball iCE USB Microphone • Best Buy Education $44.58 2 $89.16
Sonic Acoustics Professional Studio Recording Microphone Isolation Shield, Pop Filter, High Density Absorbent Foam Reflector for Any Condenser Microphone Recording Equipment Studio, Silver Grey • Amazon Business $22.99 2 $45.98

Materials cost

$743.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $53.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$837.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.77

Total project goal

$985.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $985.15

6 Donors

-$491.59

Donations toward project cost

-$419.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.06

match offer

-$491.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$417.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.97

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 $0.00

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