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Mrs. Desjardins from Ware MA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Technology Inspiring Young Learners

My students need eleven basic refurbished laptops to inspire their written work.

  • $2,308 goal

This project expired on October 17, 2018.

This project expired on October 17, 2018.

My Students

My students are extremely inquisitive learners who find their day in the computer lab exciting. However, once a week for 50 minutes is just not enough time to finish writing drafts and editing final copies. One student enjoyed typing his final draft of a "Time Machine to Bora Bora" story and got extremely disheartened when the year ran out and his story never got fully typed, so he took home what was typed and his hand written copy. I just get crushed when there is not enough technology to go around.

My students come from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds, but the majority of them have no access to technology at home and our town library is lacking in funds as well.

My students are inquisitive and fascinated that they get to enjoy a variety of websites our computer teacher has shown them, and I would love to foster that every day in my classroom of 25. One week the students enjoyed a program that taught them the parts of a plant and an animal cell, and I could have continued the lesson, but waiting a week for our next turn in the lab doesn't work well with young learners.

My Project

The laptop computers that I've chosen would allow my students to bridge their written work into finished type-written projects as well as make them feel comfortable using technology. The practice they would have on a day to day basis, rather than once a week for 50 minutes, would ensure the basic skills needed for a middle school environment.

These would become an integral part of their daily routine, rather than a special once-a-week class.

The students would use these laptops during center time rotation, the beginning of math to practice math fact fluency and during writing to put the finishing touches on special assignments.

Mrs. Desjardins
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Refurbished HP Elitebook 2570P Laptop Intel Core i5 3320M 2.6GHz 4GB 320GB Drive DVD-Rom 12.5" Screen Windows 10 Pro • Staples Advantage $172.99 11 $1,902.89

Materials cost

$1,902.89

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$28.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,961.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$346.13

Total project goal

$2,307.56

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