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Mrs. Bussendorf from Melbourne FL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Love Technology!

My students need access to technology in the classroom. More than 65% of my students do not have access to computers at home. We are requesting an iPad for our classroom.

  • $513 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

How can students who don't have access to the latest technology be better prepared for high school and college? I would love to better prepare my students for high school and college by having them practice making presentations from pictures they take using an iPad.

My students are fun and curious, and love to explore.

Our school is high poverty, so many of the students don't have a computer, much less have access to the Internet, at home. They are so far behind students in our area as far as working with technology. I want to change that! I want them to be able to use technology so they are better prepared when they leave elementary school. One iPad would make such a difference because I could allow students to work in groups to take pictures and build presentations.

My Project

We are getting ready to go to Kennedy Space Center for a field trip, and my students making a presentation to culminate what they saw and learned would be such a great experience. This would be the first of many ways we would use the iPad in the classroom.

Donations would improve my classroom because students will be more engaged and want to learn.

Most of my students do not have motivation to come to school. I want to make school an exciting, yet challenging place to be, and make learning seem like "child's play".

Mrs. Bussendorf
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad 2 MC769LL/A Tablet (16GB, WiFi, Black) 2nd Generation • Amazon $399.95 1 $399.95

Materials cost

$399.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.93

Total project goal

$512.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$512.88

3 Donors

-$256.43

Donations toward project cost

-$217.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.46

match offer

-$256.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$217.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.47

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$0.00

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