My students need five digital drawing tablets to create original 2D/3D animated projects.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cusack's classroom raised $409
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.
My Students
My students live in a world that they wish to make better for themselves and for their families. This city challenges them each and everyday with countless challenges they individually face, holding them back from realizing their full potential. Low-income, single-parent, refugee, homeless... these are just some of the words that describe the vast majority of our student's backgrounds. Despite these challenges, they come to our school each and everyday with aspirations to become something more than what they see around them.
They are truly "Diamonds in the Rough": smart, savvy, and can achieve great things given the right opportunity.
In my after-school Technology Club, they find a world full of creativity, teamwork, and plenty of "redo's" to expand their creativity and develop the skills to succeed. I am blown away from the ideas that they come up with, the devices they create, the programs they develop, and the art that is created from it all. S.T.E.A.M. lives in this club and they are always craving for more opportunities to expand themselves even further.
My Project
The Wacom Intuos Tablets will be used as an instrumental tool for students to engage in creating digital art projects. Specifically, they will be used by students to create original 2D and 3D animation projects. In this way, they will be developing their art skills in an applied technology environment that are used by a wide-variety of professionals in fields including entertainment media (movies, video games, comics), marketing (concept art, product design), and technical & scientific fields (3D modeling, interactive simulations).
It is our goal to establish within the extracurricular club a student-driven team of digital animators that will serve to develop original works and new resources to assist teachers and enrich the education of their fellow students within the classroom environment.
On a higher scale, students will learn to work collaboratively and establish a simulated work-environment that develops responsibility, time-management skills, communication skills, and tenacity through the development process.
While our goals are set and the interest is strong, we are currently missing the key component to bring this project to life. The drawing tablets are essential to developing skills as professional animators. We appreciate all of your donations to help our students realize their S.T.E.A.M. dreams.
Nearly all 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
DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Cusack and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/steam-dreams-animated-by-hand/2324890/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":15,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Cusack","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-760335251","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Springfield","teachersOnPage":[4075641],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":2324890,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":53273,"schoolName":"Springfield Central High School","authorIds":{"4075641":{"owner":"Mr. Cusack","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2324890],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4075641_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1479502144975","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20878221,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NDAwMTAyNA==","NDA3NTY0MQ=="],"teacherId":4075641,"schoolCounty":"Hampden","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MA","name":"Massachusetts"}}
