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Mr. Tracey from Danbury CT is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Need Appropriate Technology for Stem Activities

My students need to use Chromebooks to participate in student-directed STEM activities.

  • $292 goal

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My Students

My students come from diverse backgrounds. Our school often has the greatest ethnic diversity of all the schools in the state. The majority of them receive free or reduced lunch. The school, especially the science department is very technology poor. There are 30 Chromebooks on a cart to share among 18+ teachers. Our students do not have readily assessable technology that allows them to engage in the STEM practices as they should.

My students need access to technology as a tool today so they will be prepared for tomorrow.

Each year an increasing number of my students are coming into class with personal laptops to use. Although this is great, it also has the effect of further separating achievement possibilities of those that have the technology from those that do not. This leaves a large portion of students who do not have the ability to personally access the resources they need.

My Project

The Next Generation Science Standards allows students to learn and study science while applying the ideas to real-world phenomena. Ideally, they will do this while using a three-dimensional learning process. This process involves focusing on the following three dimensions: Disciplinary Core Ideas, Cross-Cutting Concepts and Science and Engineering Practices.

This three-dimensional process really opens up the possibilities of creating STEM lessons and activities.

It also allows us as the teacher to develop activities that are much less teacher directed and more student directed. They can apply their learning in differentiated ways. They can make choices in how they learn as well as how they will demonstrate proficiency.

A missing key element in the classroom is access to technology. I am slowly working on getting a full class set of Chromebooks so all of my students will have the appropriate technology to use as a tool in this 21st-century environment. We are a Google school without enough device for all of our students. This Chromebook will be used by one student in each of my five classes on an almost daily basis. They will use the computer to view and create simulations, do research, access assignments and a myriad of other uses.

Mr. Tracey
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP ChromeBook 11 G4 EE: 11.6-inch (1366x768) | Intel Celeron N2840 2.16GHz | 16GB eMMC SSD | 4GB RAM | Chrome OS - Black • Amazon Business $188.88 1 $188.88
Google Chrome Management Console License • CDW-G $26.00 1 $26.00

Materials cost

$214.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$248.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.78

Total project goal

$291.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$291.88

2 Donors

-$95.36

Donations toward project cost

-$92.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.05

match offer

-$183.28

Match offer toward project cost

-$155.79

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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