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Mr. Smith from Suitland MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Raspberry Pi 4 for Coding and Graphics!

Help me give my students opportunities to learn coding, graphic design, and other forms of computer science using the Raspberry Pi!

  • $187 goal

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My Students

I teach Technology and Media Arts to K-8 students in a Creative & Performing Arts Academy. Our K-5th grade students learn a variety of art disciplines, including Dance, Drama, Visual Art, Music, and (Digital) Media Arts. Our 6th-8th grade students select a major to focus on for three years, where they routinely complete college level assignments.

The goal of my curriculum is to place real-world creative skills in the hands of my students.

We are a public school, but a magnet program. K-5 students are selected via a lottery. 6th-8th grade students audition for placement into their major.

My Project

I teach some level of coding, graphic design, audio editing, and video creation with all of my K-8 students, but some of our computers are not well equipped to handle all of these activities.

The Raspberry Pi 4 is a super inexpensive but robust platform, with access to free programs that work with every part of my curriculum.

This will not be a device that is used for a single lesson before being packed away until next year. Rather, it will be used every day as my students gain more technology management knowledge and skills. The included software is simple enough that even my Kindergarten students will be able to make some use of it using services like Code.org, though it will be my older students who are able to learn audio editing with Audacity, graphic design with Inkscape, video editing with OpenShot, and coding with the Raspberry Pi edition of Minecraft.

Mr. Smith
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CANAKIT RASPBERRY PI • Best Buy Education $105.72 1 $105.72
4XEM - video converter - white • Best Buy Education $13.91 1 $13.91

Materials cost

$119.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$158.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.99

Total project goal

$186.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $186.59

6 Donors

-$186.59

Donations toward project cost

-$158.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.99

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