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Mr. Liang from South Boston, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tech for the 21st Century - Mobile Lab for Our School!

My students need 30 computers to replace aging laptop carts. These will be travel from classroom to classroom as teachers need them.

  • $21,530 goal

This project expired on January 18, 2014.

This project expired on January 18, 2014.

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Mr. Liang Excel High School
South Boston, MA Grades 9-12

My Students

Computers are the way of the future. Unfortunately, the computers at our school are decidedly from the past. Most of the computers are aging laptops that were purchased over seven years ago. Many are missing keys, most are unable to connect to the Internet, and all are on their last legs.

This is in sharp contrast to our young, bright students.

Our students number over 600, and most come from high-needs backgrounds, which is why our school is able to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students. Our students are also diverse, representing over 17 different nationalities and ethnicity. Most importantly, our students are hungry for technology and technology-based education. The students at our school are hip to the latest technology, and understand how integrated technology will be to their future lives. As such, they desire to learn more and more about both consuming content and creating content in the digital realm. This is our first year offering Advanced Placement Computer Science, and the class roster filled up within two days of the course offering being sent out.

My Project

We are asking for 30 Acer Aspire touch screen laptops to be a traveling computer lab at our school. The reasons we picked these specific computers are five-fold: (1) Access: These computers are incredibly easy-to-use, and as such will be accessible for our entire range of students. Specifically, the touchscreen capabilities will help our students with multiple modalities of learning access content. (2) Support: These computers are easy to image and reset whenever we encounter problems. (3) Durable: These computers are solidly constructed, with minimal plastic components. This ensures that they will survive in multiple classrooms across multiple years. (4) Reasonable Pricing: If we had purchased computers through our district's purchasing programs, we would have had to spend substantially more money for inferior products. (5) Multi-functional: Since these will be in a cart, they can be used in all subjects, from programming AP Computer Science to English Language Arts.

Our workforce is being required to be increasingly competent in technology.

As someone who is deeply invested in urban education, it pains me to see bright students unable to compete with their peers because of their lack of technological prowess. It is absolutely vital for our students to understand that computers are not a toy to use occasionally, but a tool to accomplish their goals. The first step is actually getting the computers. Join us on our students first steps.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

600 students impacted
Mr. Liang Excel High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

South Boston, MA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

600 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Acer Aspire V5-571P-6642 15.6-Inch Touch Screen Laptop (Silky Silver) • Amazon $599.99 30 $17,999.70

Materials cost

$17,999.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$270.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$18,299.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$3,229.36

Total project goal

$21,529.06

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