You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Mrs. Adams from Mesa AZ is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student-led project

Seeing The World Through Technology!

We need 9 iPod Touch Devices to bring and enhance technology to the S.T.E.M. Lab for K-6th grade students!

  • $2,336 goal

This project expired on February 12, 2018.

This project expired on February 12, 2018.

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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.

About My Students

Our High School offers Career and Technology electives for students and I have the privilege of teaching the Teacher Training Program and the Student Teacher Experience. Both of these courses are filled with 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students who are seriously considering careers in education. These students are hard working, extremely caring, and have a desire to meet the needs of others!

Grace, Erica, Dana, Melissa, Angelina, and Jessica are students in my Student Teaching Experience class. They have the desire to execute a service project that will impact the community through Porter Elementary School. There are 40 other students participating in this service project under the leadership of these 6 juniors and seniors.

There are numerous skills that my students will learn through executing this service project. Academically, my students are gaining organizational, research, and leadership skills as they imagine what they could do to serve the community. They've researched S.T.E.M. to gain an understanding of how S.T.E.M. disciplines are springboards for many careers in today's world and they desire to bring quality materials to the local elementary's S.T.E.M. Lab in a sustainable way that will enhance the elementary students' academic achievement. My students will then be writing and implementing lesson plans using this technology and Lab.

Emotionally, my students are brainstorming, problem-solving, and utilizing teamwork in order to execute this service project for Porter Elementary successfully.

In Their Own Words

The goals that we are trying to accomplish with this project will affect two groups of students: Mesa High Educators Rising Students and Porter Elementary (K-6th) students.

Every year, we have the chance to compete at the Educators Rising State Leadership Conference. Last year was our first year attending and we had outstanding presentations and even had both state and national award winners! Our program has grasped the attention of students and our district which has opened their mindsets about possibly choosing a career in education. This attention has caused our program to double in size! This year when we compete at the State Leadership Conference, we want to go BIG and benefit not only ourselves, but our community by creating and carrying out this service project.

Porter Elementary students will benefit by this project because unfortunately, their lab is missing the T. in S.T.E.M. which is technology.

We, as high school students, have come to the conclusion that we need to take matters into our own hands! We want to impact the lives of these 500+ students by giving them unforgettable experiences that will potentially open future career paths through the S.T.E.M. Lab. Our leadership skills are growing by taking this step and getting out of our comfort zones. We have never been a part of something this big, let alone, be the ones in control.

If this project is funded, the iPods will be delivered to and belong to our local elementary school. We will demonstrate leadership by creating lesson plans and instructing KIndergarten through 6th grade children on different places around the world. For example, if students learn about China, we will be able to take them to the Great Wall of China through a virtual field trip. We will be able to connect technology to the learning that is happening in their classrooms every day! This will definitely impact students for years to come!

Mrs. Adams
Grades 9-12

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Adams is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPod touch� 32GB MP3 Player - Blue • Best Buy Education $199.99 9 $1,799.91

Materials cost

$1,799.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$128.69

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,985.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$350.40

Total project goal

$2,336.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Mesa","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[4995389],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"AZ","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":2952589,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":2336,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/seeing-the-world-through-technology/2952589/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":600,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Adams","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"4995389":{"owner":"Mrs. Adams","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2952589],"proposalHash":"480458632","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4995389_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1512585861410","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":21047873,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":4995389,"schoolCounty":"Maricopa","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":true,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"AZ","name":"Arizona"}}