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Ms. Gillespie from Washington DC is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Professional development

Teaching With Technology

I need a computer to enhance the making of graphic projects.

  • $1,679 goal

This project expired on September 21, 2023.

This project expired on September 21, 2023.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Having a computer to work on and teach with can make teaching so much easier. Being able to use a MacBook while teaching has a lot of great pros; some include its fast speed, powerful battery life, higher specification, better screen, and making work faster and simpler.

MacBook offers stable performance, making it more reliable than other operating systems.

With most of its apps being built within Apple, there are very few crashes. With students in my classroom equipped with iPads, having a Mac would make it a lot easier to create and distribute compatible lessons and media.

Ms. Gillespie
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MacBook Pro 13.3' Laptop - Apple M2 chip - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $1,299.00 1 $1,299.00

Materials cost

$1,299.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $77.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,426.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$251.72

Total project goal

$1,678.14

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