Updating Classroom to Bring Students Creativity to Life
Help me give my students an updated music classroom! I am personally purchasing a new Akai professional sampler for my students and need help acquiring the rest of this gear to complete a classroom update w podcast capabilities.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Mikula's classroom raised $1,232
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
I am a new music teacher in the Bridgeport school system. I am trying to assist our 7th and 8th grade students, and betond, with their creative process. I have brought in some updated equipment that I own and have purchased a new sampling device for the classroom. Our needs for headphones, microphones and the like will help us set up our creative labs and allow the students to focus on their own creations. This benefits the quiet students the most, and it is very important to me that their voices be heard. I feel setting up these labs in the classroom will help them with their creative output. The building of “beats” uses sampling if older music and leads to discourse about various genres of music, music artists and instruments. Recording techniques are some scientific topics we will discuss and practice. The Podcast option allows our more outgoing students an option to learn about podcasting and to build ideas for discourse with teachers and their peers. It is very important as theses students are forming their own identities that they are given a chance to use their voices. It is important that they have the opportunity to create using their own interests and to interact and cooperate with like minded classmates. I feel we will be very successful in theis endeavor once we have the proper tools in place.
Nearly all 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
Shure - MV7 Podcast Kit Microphone
• Best Buy Education
$198.78
2
$397.56
Akai Professional MPK225 25-Key Controller
• Woodwind and Brasswind
$269.00
1
$269.00
OneOdio Wired Headphones - Over Ear Headphones with Noise Isolation Dual Jack Professional Studio Monitor & Mixing Recording Headphones for Guitar Amp Drum Podcast Keyboard PC Computer
• Amazon Business
$33.29
8
$266.32
M-Audio M-Track Duo – USB Audio Interface for Recording, Streaming and Podcasting with Dual XLR, Line & DI Inputs, plus a Software Suite Included
• Amazon Business
$69.00
1
$69.00
Materials cost
$1,001.88
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$15.03
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,046.91
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$184.75
Total project goal
$1,231.66
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,231.66
4 Donors
-$815.83
Donations toward project cost
-$693.46
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$122.37
match offer
-$415.82
Match offer toward project cost
-$353.45
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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