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
Donate
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

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. McCaslin from Springdale, AR is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. McCaslin is requesting

Teaching Economics With Hands-On Technology

My students need an iPad to learn about Economics in their community.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. McCaslin's classroom raised $397

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are working on learning about economics in their community through hands-on learning with the use of an iPads. It is hard for you to get out in our community because of our special challenges, but when we use iPads we can explore a lot of economics area.

Technology makes learning fun!

Help me teach my students important economic concepts with iPads. My school is in a progressively growing rural community with a total enrollment, in kindergarten through 5th grade, of a little over 550 students. The town population is approximately 66,881, with 17 elementary schools in the district. The diversity at our school comes from the different economic levels with approximately 45% of our students receiving free and reduced price lunches. I teach a classroom of students with profound special needs and severe health conditions. They love to explore the world around them while in the process learning how to function in a world that is not always easy for them to deal with. My students love to learn hands-on with technology like iPads and computers.

My Project

My student will use the three iPads with cases as a form of technology to learn vocabulary and see the vocabulary come to life through real life experiences; from making a grocery list, to how to balance money. Student will gain awareness of how economics is in everything we do and that every decision has a cost.

The donation of the iPads with allow my students the chance to experience economics in their community hands-on through technology that they may not have the access to in the home or outside environment.

It is also very hard for my students to go out in the community as a field trip, but they can take virtual field trips with the help of the iPads. So my students can gain the visual, vocabulary, and understanding of banks, markets, and other economic agencies in their community.

Mrs. McCaslin Willis Shaw Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Springdale, AR View local requests

More than a third 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

6 students impacted 3donors

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. McCaslin is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

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

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad 2 MC979LL/A 2nd Generation Tablet (16GB, Wifi, White) (Certified Refurbished) • Amazon $264.99 1 $264.99
New Hot Item Ipad 2/3/4 Case Winpartner Travellor Silicone Plastic Dual Protective Back Cover Kid Proof Extreme Duty Case Standing Case for Ipad,ipad 4,ipad 3,ipad 2 Rainproof Sandproof Dirtproof Shockproof- Multiple Color Options (EVA-IPAD 234:PINK) • Amazon $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$279.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$337.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.52

Total project goal

$396.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $396.80

1 Donor

-$198.40

Donations toward project cost

-$168.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.76

match offer

-$198.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$168.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

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 Mrs. McCaslin and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"AR","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/teaching-economics-with-hands-on-technol/1538723/","mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":6,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. McCaslin","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"95117370","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Springdale","teachersOnPage":[1999156],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":1538723,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":94216,"schoolName":"Willis Shaw Elementary School","authorIds":{"1999156":{"owner":"Mrs. McCaslin","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1538723],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1999156_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y504&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1716316030661","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":354025,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTQ5NDE4Ng==","MjM2NDY3NA=="],"teacherId":1999156,"schoolCounty":"Washington","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"AR","name":"Arkansas"}}