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Mrs. Stewart from Winston Salem, NC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Virtual Reality to Reality

Help me give my students the opportunity to engage in practicing social skills and social-emotional learning through real-life practices, virtually!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Stewart's classroom raised $530

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My Project

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the way children and adults acquire knowledge and skills that impact their ability to manage emotions, set and achieve goals, and manage behavior. Integrating SEL strategies can support instruction and have a positive impact on academic achievement.

Social-emotional learning (SEL) focuses on students' fundamental needs for motivation, social connectedness, and self-regulation as prerequisites for learning.

SEL describes the mindsets, skills, attitudes, and feelings that help students succeed in school, career, and life.

I want my students to be able to experience exploration, exercise, and meditation virtually with the help of this device, which will in turn provide them with the experience and skills in real life. With your help, my students will have the opportunity to escape their everyday lives and to have unique experiences that are only capable through the virtual reality device.

The virtual reality headset will help students engage in social skills through real-life practices. These lessons will include peer interactions, appropriate and effective communication, and responding appropriately to social cues. Virtual reality lessons will also make it easier for students with disabilities such as autism, who may struggle to interpret nonverbal cues or to focus on a skill the teacher may teach in a lesson. Virtual headsets will provide scholars with an opportunity to take a guided mental break to relax, calm down and even move their bodies if desired. This time can be used to meditate, practice mindfulness and breathing techniques, and even practice yoga. In addition to using the virtual reality headset for calming techniques, they can also be used to go on virtual field trips to explore nature, and even participate in physical activity to get moving around.

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Winston Salem, NC
Grades 3-5
Social Emotional Learning
Students with Disabilities
Traditional School
Instructional Technology
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Stewart Speas Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Winston Salem, NC View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 800 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Meta - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128GB • Best Buy Education $306.20 1 $306.20

Anker - Charging Dock with Rechargeable Batteries for Meta Quest 2 VR Headset and Controllers - White • Best Buy Education $78.27 1 $78.27

Materials cost			$384.47
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$29.99
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.77
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$450.23
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$79.45
Total project goal			$529.68
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$529.68
3 Donors			-$260.43
Donations toward project cost			-$228.87
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$31.56
match offer			-$260.42
Match offer toward project cost			-$221.36
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$39.06
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$8.83
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Virtual Reality to Reality

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