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Mrs. Dewey from Provo, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Tech Skills With Sphero Robots

My students need hands-on, skill building technology like this Sphero to attract them to coding careers.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dewey's classroom raised $191

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students live in a neighborhood afflicted by poverty. Parents work two to three jobs. Parents do all they can, but the demands of providing for housing and food often leave families strapped to provide the "extra enrichment" of zoo trips, new release books, educational camps or summer programs, or even after school activities. The students in my class face many harsh realities of a life of poverty. Despite the uncertainty of their home lives, the classroom provides them encouragement, stability, and crucial skills.

Students' natural curiosity will fade if they are not stimulated to untangle the marvels in the world around them through literature.

Research is documenting the hardship poverty creates in education. Over 51 percent of students in our school receive free or reduced meals and a third of them are native Spanish speakers. These are my students and they desire to build a better life for themselves.

In class we experience the wonder of nature, the motivating drive of curiosity, and the self-confidence of mastery. No one needs this kind of life changing, first-hand experience more than under-privileged students.

My Project

The jobs of the future don't exist yet today, but trends show that they are heading towards increasingly STEM-based careers. These seemingly simple Sphero robots masquerade as play but teach fundamental programming skills. Social interaction and group work are foundational skills for future work and enhanced learning. Programming a robot to complete an obstacle course or complete a task are the skills that win big funding and scholarships.

By working in groups to create tasks, program robots, trouble-shoot errors, and negotiate ideas, my students will be be inspired to reach for education in technology.

Students attending Title I schools don't have the same access to technological equipment as other financially stable families. This digitally fluent generation can rapidly grasp programming language and electronic interfaces.

Without hands-on, real world technology and horizon-widening experiences in school, these student risk ending up in the same low paying jobs as their parents. This kind of inquiry and exploration adds meaning to daily math, reading, and writing practice and directs student thinking towards future education. It creates a motivation to learn well and to seek out greater opportunities.

Mrs. Dewey Amelia Earhart Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sphero - SPRK+ - Blue • Best Buy Education $129.99 1 $129.99

Materials cost

$129.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.58

Total project goal

$190.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.52

1 Donor

-$95.26

Donations toward project cost

-$80.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.29

match offer

-$95.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.29

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 $0.00

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