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Ms. Amy from Immokalee, FL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Amy's classroom raised $279

Silicon Glades: Bridging AI, Robotics, and the Trades.

Help me give my students a LewanSoul 6DOF metal robotic arm to master precision industrial programming and secure the next generation of autonomous infrastructure.

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Ms. Amy Immokalee High School
Immokalee, FL Grades 9-12

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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 Project

Our school, Immokalee Technical College (iTECH), serves a unique, rural population in the heart of the Florida Everglades. My students are motivated high school juniors and seniors concurrently enrolled in Computer Systems Information Technology (CSIT) and Applied Cybersecurity. These pre-professionals are training for high-stakes tech careers while facing geographic and economic barriers to advanced technology. By bringing this equipment here, we are providing "innovation equity," ensuring our rural students have the same competitive edge as those in major tech hubs, empowering them to lead and secure the future of their own community.

In our CSIT and Cybersecurity programs, students master code and secure networks, but they need a physical "endpoint" to apply these skills.

This robotic arm will be that endpoint serving as the foundational building block of our brand-new iTech AI Innovation Lab. This lab is a collaborative hub for our entire campus. Our Machining and Manufacturing students will study precision automation; Transportation and Heavy Equipment students will explore autonomous diagnostics; and our Accounting students will analyze the efficiency data generated by AI workflows and inventory control systems. Students will treat this arm as a critical IoT device, practicing "system hardening" to protect industrial robotics from cyber threats. This project isn't just about moving a robotic arm; it’s about securing the automated infrastructure of tomorrow.

Your support fuels a cross-disciplinary revolution at iTech. By funding this foundational piece of the AI Innovation Lab, you are helping bridge the gap between theoretical cybersecurity and practical, hands-on engineering. My students will leave this program with a rare and high-demand skill set: the ability to both program and protect autonomous systems. Your donation doesn't just buy a kit; it builds the environment where the next generation of rural Florida’s security experts and AI developers will be forged.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Amy Immokalee High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Immokalee, FL 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

60 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LewanSoul Robotic Arm for Arduino Coding Programming 6DOF STEM Educational Building Robot Arm Kits, 6 AXIS Full Metal Robotic Arm Wireless Controller/PC/App/Mouse Control (Assembled) • Amazon Business $203.99 1 $203.99

Materials cost

$203.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$237.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.83

Total project goal

$278.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $278.88

3 Donors

-$139.43

Donations toward project cost

-$118.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.91

Matching donations from our partners

-$139.45

Match offers toward project cost

-$118.53

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.92

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 $0.00

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