VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 11 | 01.23.2015 Contributors: Janice Hirst
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Craig Canterbury Brandon Anderson Ripley High School
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DONORS CHOOSE: SUPPORTING EDUCATORS NATIONWIDE Do you have a special project that you would like to implement with your students but don’t have the funding? Then you might want to check out Donors Choose. Donors Choose (www.donorschoose.org) is an online charity that matches donors with K-12 students and schools in need. Teachers create a free account and post the project(s) that they would like to do with their students on the Donors Choose web site. On the proposal form the teacher lists the exact supplies or
equipment that is needed and tells how it will benefit the students. Donors are able to contribute $1 or more to projects that interest them. If your project is fully funded within the time limits, then DonorsChoose.org buys the supplies or equipment. They are then shipped directly to your school. Teachers and classrooms whose projects are funded send thank you letters to their donors as well as photographs of the project implementation. West Virginia teachers and students
SIMPLYCIRCLE SimplyCircle (www.simplycircle.com) is a web site that can be used to improve communication between teachers and parents. Signup is free for both teachers and parents. Teachers can post messages, upload documents such as permission slips, create events, ask for volunteers, share photos, etc. The teacher can communicate simultaneously with all parents on the class roster or message an individual parent for a private conversation.
Features included are morning reminders, Daily Digest Email, and weekly planners. Creation of an account is free and secure. Cut and paste parent email addresses and invite them to join your circle. Once they join, their email addresses are hidden to everyone but you unless you designate homeroom parents as administrators.
have benefited immensely from this worthwhile endeavor. West Virginia teachers and schools have had almost 2,000 projects funded and received nearly $890,000.00 in equipment and supplies! So, get your technology project needs and ideas in mind and focus on how they will improve education for our students and check out Donors Choose today!
This issue contains a number of free (or very nearly free) resources, including:
Source: http://simplycircle.com
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