I love being a business and technology teacher! My students participate in various hands-on activities such as creating real businesses, escape room games, and STEM challenges. My classroom remains well-organized and clean. We even have “unplugged” days to play board games that reinforce financial literacy skills. All of these opportunities have been made possible thanks to projects that came to life via DonorsChoose! I am infinitely thankful for the generous donors, special promotions, corporate sponsorships, and the Caring Classrooms community on DonorsChoose. My students know that we are very fortunate and remain thankful for these great additions to our classroom. HERE are the projects that have been funded for us, if you are curious.
Over the years, I also made donations to other teachers on the DonorsChoose site. I looked for a special way to “give back” several years ago. Each year, I donate to at least one teacher in every state. Some weeks my donations are smaller and some weeks they are bigger. I completed my 2019 goal on #GivingTuesday when all donations were doubled on DonorsChoose! My very last donation was to Mrs. Miller in Ohio, completing her project entitled Music Carpet for Safe and Interactive Learning. She had very little time left on the project. I didn’t want to see her project expire and her donations be returned to the donors. I was excited to swoop in and take care of the balance!
Without further ado, here are the projects that I helped in 2019:
- Alabama: Sensory Time!
- Alaska: Making & Coding For Social Good
- Arizona: Make Our Projects Pop!
- Arkansas: Science Fair Tables
- California: From STEM to STEAM, Pt. 2
- Colorado: Music Mixers!
- Connecticut: Kindergarten Yoga and Mindfulness
- Delaware: Mobility and Sensory in the Garden
- Florida: Well-Loved Books Need New Replacements
- Georgia: Flexible Seating for Future Leaders
- Hawaii: 4th Grade Library Organization
- Idaho: Adaptable Learning
- Illinois: We’ve Got Lots of Mail!
- Indiana: Financial Literacy
- Iowa: Keeping It Clean!
- Kansas: Rockin’ Recorders
- Kentucky: Learning at Its Best
- Louisiana: Keep Calm And Let the Counselor Handle It
- Maine: Cooking on the Top Burner!
- Maryland: Relaxing Our Brains!
- Massachusetts: Video Production in Middle School
- Michigan: Transport Us to Our Futures
- Minnesota: My Community!
- Mississippi: Flexible Seating to Help Students Enjoy Learning
- Missouri: LEGOs: A Tool for Building Effective Interpersonal and Communication
- Montana: Back to School with Breakout EDU
- Nebraska: Capture the Best Shot!
- Nevada: Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Help Us Hear!
- New Hampshire: Classroom Projector!
- New Jersey: Cultivating Kindness, Building Bridges to the World!
- New Mexico: Technology for Feedback and Modeling
- New York: Engineering With STEM Bins
- North Carolina: Creating is Learning
- North Dakota: Popular Book Clubs to Connect Families
- Ohio: Music Carpet for Safe and Interactive Learning
- Oklahoma: Sensational Seating Options
- Oregon: Clay Creations
- Pennsylvania: Writing Colorfully in Kindergarten
- Rhode Island: Legos 4 Learning
- South Carolina: A STEAM-tastic Place to Collaborate!
- South Dakota: Essential Supplies for Success!
- Tennessee: Everything Is Awesome With LEGO
- Texas: STEM Learning
- Utah: We Can Save the World! Can Flu?
- Vermont: Math Playground
- Virginia: Spheros To The Rescue!
- Washington: Book Bins for Storage Solution!
- West Virginia: Here’s The Spiel…Glockenspiel!
- Wisconsin: The Right Furniture Goes a Long Way!
- Wyoming: Combat Coding with Robots
If you are looking for a way to help out in your local community, check out DonorsChoose and do a search by zip code. See if there are any projects for local teachers in a nearby school. The impact your donation could have on a classroom is immeasurable. Thank you!