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Ms. Tom from New York, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tech Support, Please!

Help me give my students a user-friendly, glitch free, and versatile virtual learning experience!

  • $986 goal

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My Students

I am a Special Education teacher who works with students with disabilities from grades 1 through 5. My students are children with high needs and are at risk of falling behind grade-level standards. They are kids who need explicit instruction and modeling for their learning to thrive.

My Project

I have been struggling to level up my teaching online and am in desperate need of more user friendly technology for my classes. With an iPad and Apple Pencil, I will be able to share my feedback in real time and show my students firsthand how to use certain apps. I work with students who especially need extra help and the lack of technology is making everything exponentially harder to achieve.

With an iPad, I will be able to model how to access educational applications and platforms so that they can use the same programs as their general education peers.

Not only that, I will be able to model annotating texts, using digital manipulatives for phonics and math, and provide quicker feedback on submitted classwork. On a social emotional level, my students need to feel confident in what they are doing. The whole concept of virtual teaching and learning has taken a toll on them and they cannot be restricted in their learning anymore! Without these tools, my students are tuning out! Help me end that for them.

Ms. Tom PS 130 Hernando De Soto 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.

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New York, NY View local requests

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

15 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad Air with Wi-Fi - 256GB - Gold • Best Buy Education $649.99 1 $649.99
Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) • Best Buy Education $129.00 1 $129.00
SaharaCase - HD Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Apple� iPad� Pro 10.5'and iPad� Air 10.5'- Clear • Best Buy Education $16.83 1 $16.83

Materials cost

$795.82

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$837.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.84

Total project goal

$985.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$985.60

3 Donors

-$947.66

Donations toward project cost

-$837.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$109.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.94

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$0.00

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