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Mrs. Summers-Lyons from Memphis TN is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Technology For The Tech-less

Help me give my students access to technology! Your very generous donation of 6 tablets, would help my students.

  • $416 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

We are the Chiefs! My Students are inquisitive but many lack the resources to stay connected to the world. We are a 6th-8th grade school, with approximately 550 students in a low-income community. I teach 8th grade social studies and have approximately 90 students.

My students are very diverse.

My 8th graders are eager to learn and discover their world! They could get so much from our state curriculum

If they were given the opportunity to have technology included in their daily lessons.

My students are bright and resilient. My students have a passion to learn, but I know they could do so much more with better resources.

My Project

My students can use these tablets in so many ways. We could take virtual field trips and engage with the content through more than just text. Having technology opens up my classroom to so many options. My students can use these tablets for research and I can use tools like Kahoot.it to check for understanding. You will be giving a middle school child an experience that they wouldn't have had before. My students will get to learn how to be fluent in technology, and I will be able to design more engaging and rigorous lessons.

Mrs. Summers-Lyons
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon - Fire 7 2019 release - 7'- Tablet - 16GB - Black • Best Buy Education $53.08 6 $318.48

Materials cost

$318.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.34

Total project goal

$415.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $415.60

5 Donors

-$220.29

Donations toward project cost

-$187.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.04

Matching donations from our partners

-$195.31

Match offers toward project cost

-$166.01

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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