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Mrs. Nix from Utica, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wireless Mice are Nice

Help me give my students wireless mice so they can easily work on their Chromebooks.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Nix's classroom raised $189

This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach in an urban, diverse school of 3,000+ students in the heart of Central New York. A typical classroom can have students from Myanmar, Somalia, Bosnia, and Belarus learning side-by-side with students who have never left the state. It makes for quite an interesting teaching and learning experience!

It is my goal to make my classroom a safe and versatile space where students can reach their fullest potential!

Our school is, even by our state's own calculations, drastically underfunded. We are a refugee relocation city, and many of our students are the sons and daughters of newly arrived immigrants. Built for 2,000 students, our school is incredibly overcrowded. Teachers share classrooms, students share textbooks, and space is at a premium. Students often do not have access to even the most basic of learning materials, and teachers either pay for it out of their own pockets or the students go without.

My Project

Hurrah for having students back in the classroom for an entire marking period so far. While we are indeed in person, this does not mean that we aren't using technology. Our classroom uses Chromebooks on a daily basis. While trackpads and even touchscreens are nice, some students just really prefer a good old-fashioned mouse.

I am hoping to have a set of wireless mice that students can elect to use when using a Chromebook.

By giving students the option to use a wireless mouse while working gives them a bit more control of how they learn and use technology. Some may never use it, so I hope to have 15 sets that students can sign out if/when they need them.

Mrs. Nix Thomas R Proctor High School Grades 9-12

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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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wireless Mouse, seenda 2.4G Wireless Computer Mouse with Nano Receiver 3 Adjustable DPI Levels, Portable Mobile Optical Mice for Laptop, PC, Chromebook, Computer, Notebook (Red & Black) • Amazon Business $8.54 15 $128.10

Materials cost

$128.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$160.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.24

Total project goal

$188.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$188.26

1 Donor

-$125.51

Donations toward project cost

-$106.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.83

match offer

-$62.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$53.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.41

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$0.00

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