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Ms. Moore from Norfolk VA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Trying to Stay Connected

Help me give my students a more pleasant learning experience with faster downloads and better connection to their teacher and get rid of the old outdated laptop from my district since we are 100% virtual learning!

  • $637 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The school looks much different this year. My students are coming to class ready to learn and are eager to try new things! However, our school is a Title I inner-city school, and most of our students are relying on the teacher to show them how to navigate this new learning environment. While I am excited about being able to teach my students, I am nervous about the new challenges we are facing with distance learning. With our return to the building nowhere in sight, we will be 100% virtual for at least the first semester if not the whole year. As of today, we will not be able to teach from our classrooms, which means I will share my home with 150 eager children.

One thing we will be heavily relying on is technology!

Unfortunately, my school laptop is outdated and unable to support our new way of learning.

My Project

Each day, the students and I are online during our normal school hours. That’s 7.5 hours a day! We use Zoom meetings, Canvas, Google Classroom, and various online websites to guide our instruction. This laptop has a camera and microphone which will make all of those things possible! Now my students will be able to see and hear our lessons without a problem!

Once we return to the classroom, I will still have a group of students I will be teaching virtually who will continue to rely on our Zoom meetings and online sources for their education.

This device will serve as a lifeline of communication between my students, their families, and myself. This year, their education will be right at my fingertips.

Ms. Moore
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP - 15.6'Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 12GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Natural Silver • Best Buy Education $503.30 1 $503.30

Materials cost

$503.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$540.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.44

Total project goal

$636.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.29

1 Donor

-$540.85

Donations toward project cost

-$540.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$95.44

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 $0.00

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