The first DonorsChoose that I will talk about is the "Technology for Students with Special Needs Who Need Extra Love." I thought the teacher did a very good job of listing the technology and how she would use the technology for the benefit of the students. She also did a really good job at briefly and concisely explaining why the students need what she is asking for (in this case technology such as tablets) and how the students would specifically benefit from it.
I learned a little bit about how certain types of uses of technology can help certain types of disabilities. Some of the language such as "enable flipped curriculum and assistive technology," means nothing to the average person so they could either explain what those are briefly or they can just avoid using this type terminology in general.
The second DonorsChoose application that I will critique is "The Circle of Life!" application. The biggest drawback with this application is that it is not 100 percent clear how or what the donations are for and how they are helping the students specifically. The application simply states that it is for the ability to incubate eggs. The teacher does a good job of appealing to donor by explaining that the students have never done anything hands on like this before, and they have also never had any class pets throughout their education. I think this project in general is really cool and important because hands on experience is extremely pivotal for students.
The final DonorsChoose application that I looked over and reviewed is the "Snacks Around Town: Keeping Bellies Full During School Closure!" With everything that is going on and happening because of the Covid-19. It is important that we as a society do what we can in order to help each other out when possible. I think the message and how the teacher links this project with her curriculum is really cool. Teaching students to be "Great Changers" will help change the world into a better place. I think the application could have been much more concise, but I did not mind it too much since the message was really good.
I learned a little bit about how certain types of uses of technology can help certain types of disabilities. Some of the language such as "enable flipped curriculum and assistive technology," means nothing to the average person so they could either explain what those are briefly or they can just avoid using this type terminology in general.
The second DonorsChoose application that I will critique is "The Circle of Life!" application. The biggest drawback with this application is that it is not 100 percent clear how or what the donations are for and how they are helping the students specifically. The application simply states that it is for the ability to incubate eggs. The teacher does a good job of appealing to donor by explaining that the students have never done anything hands on like this before, and they have also never had any class pets throughout their education. I think this project in general is really cool and important because hands on experience is extremely pivotal for students.
The final DonorsChoose application that I looked over and reviewed is the "Snacks Around Town: Keeping Bellies Full During School Closure!" With everything that is going on and happening because of the Covid-19. It is important that we as a society do what we can in order to help each other out when possible. I think the message and how the teacher links this project with her curriculum is really cool. Teaching students to be "Great Changers" will help change the world into a better place. I think the application could have been much more concise, but I did not mind it too much since the message was really good.