Emily Walker
I am the chosen educational technology representative for third grade at this school. I am pleased to be part of a progressive school that is willing to budget for new classroom electronics. I have compiled a carefully thought-out list of the items that I feel would truly benefit our classroom. I can assure you that I spent care and time in choosing the items on my list.
The first item I chose is, in my opinion, the most important. This item is a desk top PC computer. I chose a package that includes an HP Desktop PC plus monitor. The monitor that comes with this computer is a 22” widescreen, full HD 1080p LED monitor. It has an AMD Quad-Core pantheon processor and includes a mouse, as well as built-in speakers. The computer has 6 GB of RAM and can expand to 16 GB. The hard drive size is 1 TB. Memory shouldn't be much of a concern - but if we need more we can always purchase USB external harddrives which currently cost around $75 per TB increment. The total for all of this is just $757.94 with free shipping on Amazon.com. Our class could benefit in countless ways from this computer. We will be able to bring the world to the classroom. We can introduce the 3rd grade to many important programs that they will continue to use throughout their educational and professional careers. We want them to be prepared for the future and be on par or even ahead of other districts. I chose a PC computer as opposed to a Mac simply because of budgetary concerns, and because currently most people (ie, our children's parents) are using PCs and this will be most familiar to the students - enabling them to bring what they learn here into their homes for maximum benefit.
The next item I have chosen is an All-In-One Printer. I chose the Epson Workforce 630 Color Inkjet All-In-One Printer. The cost of the computer is just $79.99. I feel that for the money this is a great printer, scanner and fax machine. We can use this in the classroom for a variety of purposes. We will be able to print hand-outs for the children to take home. I will also be able to scan items from the textbook for presentations, etc.
The next item I chose is the Flip Mino 8GB – 2 Hour Video Camera for only $88.19. This camera would be wonderful to use for presentations, for recording our plays, etc. This could be a tool for improvement as they can watch their performances as well as give them something tangible to take from the lessons. I have created a few small group lesson plans with this camera in mind. Because some children have different learning styles , devices like this can be very beneficial.
The final item on my wish list for our 3rd grade classrooms an Epson Power Lite Multi-media Projector for $399.00. The projector is HD TV compatible and can also connect to the computer or camera through a USB port. All of the items on my list are reciprocal. This last item will tie everything together for our purposes. We will be able to project everything that we want to teach to the class through this projector. This will really help to hold the short attention span of today's 7 and 8 year olds. The bulbs on this projector are easily replaced and each bulb has a 5000 hour life and the replacements cost around $100 each.
Those are the items that I would love to be able to utilize to teach the 3rd graders at this school. I implore you to carefully consider this list. I feel that in order to provide a comprehensive and valuable education to these children, they must be working with technology from the beginning of their educational careers. Thank you for your consideration. Below you will find the itemized list with price and quantity that we are requesting for each 3rd grade classroom.
| Item | Quantity | Price |
|---|---|---|
| HP PC Computer | 1 | $757.94 |
| Epson All-In-One Printer | 1 | $79.99 |
| Flip Mino Video Camera | 1 | $88.19 |
| Epson Multimedia Projector | 1 | $399.00 |
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| 4 Items per classroom | Total Cost: $1,325.12 |
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