Help me give my students the Technology support needed to learn coding and robotic skills.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. C's classroom raised $598
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 Students
We are a vibrant Special Education High School community with special needs students who have many physical disabilities. Students 12 to 21 years old and their families live in the Heart of Harlem New York or surrounding neighborhoods. Over half of the student population are English as New Learners (ENLs) and the entire population are Students with Disabilities.
One of our greatest challenges is providing access for our students who utilize wheelchairs for mobility.My goal is to insure every student is able to increase their independence regardless of handicapping conditions.
That is why our STEM Team needs robotic and coding equipment. We need to provide students with tools to transition successfully to the "real world" where they need to compete with ambulatory peers.
My Project
Robotic engineering provides disabled students access opportunities to communicate with the entire population . Our idea is to build a robotic component that allows our students to access materials independently allowing the expression of needs and wants increasing independent decisions. This process will build self-confidence and self-reliance in our students. Our students communicate in various modalities and part of their processing is to internalize their surroundings in terms of rhythm. The musical rhythm becomes a code for the students and a language they can understand. The robotics will serve as an access point building to increase communication as the students “code” their own language. The robotics and coding equipment will complement the Assistive devices now being utilized to propel us further into the 21st century applied sciences using STEM.
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
Simple And Motorized Mechanisms Base Set by LEGO
• Amazon Business
$199.75
1
$199.75
LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox 17101 Fun Robot Building Set and Educational Coding Kit for Kids, Award-Winning STEM Learning Toy (847 Pieces)
• Amazon Business
$159.95
1
$159.95
Wonder Workshop Dash – Coding Robot for Kids 6+ – Voice Activated – Navigates Objects – 5 Free Programming STEM Apps – Creating Confident Digital Citizens
• Amazon Business
$111.30
1
$111.30
Materials cost
$471.00
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.06
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$508.06
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$89.66
Total project goal
$597.72
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$597.72
3 Donors
-$397.30
Donations toward project cost
-$339.20
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$58.10
match offer
-$198.66
Match offer toward project cost
-$168.86
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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