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Mr. Thuente from Saint Paul, MN is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Virtual Reality Creation

Help me give my students the opportunity to experience VR and bring their creations to life.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Thuente's classroom raised $524

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My students are creative, clever and very spontaneous.

They like to move, they love to read and love lots of positive attention. I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

We have students designing virtual environments in our engineering class and have seen how connected they are to their virtual creations. By using the VR headset system, we would have the ability to have the students experience what it is like to be immersed in the Co-Space's model they have created.

Virtual reality brings our students creations to life.

We have had them work on redesigning enclosures for animals at the Minnesota Zoo and look to have the students expand their engineering work into architecture. We know that our students need exposure to positive technology experiences.

Mr. Thuente Crossroads Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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

500 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oculus - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 256GB • Best Buy Education $408.61 1 $408.61

Materials cost

$408.61

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$444.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.48

Total project goal

$523.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$523.22

1 Donor

-$523.22

Donations toward project cost

-$444.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.48

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$0.00

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