Donors Choose Project from alumnus

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Going back to the old MMB, the owners/moderators have allowed me to post a Donors Choose project on here once a year. My project last year was not very successful, and this being an ASU athletics support site, I need to mention the Yosef Club.

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/lap ... a/1041638/

But if you have a few dollars to spare and would like to help an alumnus and his students please consider this as a worthy cause. This is not some high-powered laptop, but it will get the job done and last for many years. The laptop funded two years ago is still being used by students, and this is the case as recent as yesterday. When the MMB donated the most last time around I put a large block "A" on the laptop. I am willing to do the same if the MMB is the largest donor. Just mention MMB in the Donors Choose and I'll know.

Part of this request is hopefully going to be used to control a telescope on loan from Appalachian State Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. Astronomy is new to my school this year, and Appalachian is playing a part in that as well through the loan of two telescopes from a few years ago.

My computer technology at present in my room consists of a 1999 era iMac, a 2001 era ThinkPad, a 2001 era iBook, a 2004 era Dell desktop. I donated a 2009 era laptop with a monitor that is hanging by a thread but it works as long as the angle of the LCD monitor is not adjusted. I also have the laptop from two years ago from Donors Choose. It sounds like I have a lot, but some of this is as old as the high school students I teach. But I do want to mention I get every bit of use out of the technology that either I am able to donate or is donated to me. Also with some classes having enrollments of over 30 students that is not a great ratio for using probeware and such.

Finally and most importantly, Duke Energy is matching any funding dollar for dollar. This is effectively cutting the cost of the laptop in half. Even a small $5 donation to this project can get the project funded.

Thanks for any help and Go Apps!

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/lap ... a/1041638/

[JonW]

I attended NE Guilford and we really could have benefited from something like this in the past.

What is the remainder of the goal for this project?

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I attended NE Guilford and we really could have benefited from something like this in the past.

What is the remainder of the goal for this project?

When I looked earlier today it was $210

However Duke Energy is cutting that price in half it seems through matching funds as this is stem related and they are funding these sorts of things this year. I think the $210 left is after Duke has matched the funds.

Did you take Physics at NE?

Any help is appreciated - do know that.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Jerry S. thank you for the donation.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Within hours of the deadline approaching a few folks stepped up and finished off the funding.

For those that gave that are part of the extended Mountaineer family and the YC/MMB specifically I want to say thanks! The laptop will be used in an effective manner to teach 4 different science subjects this year alone.

[JCline0429]

Within hours of the deadline approaching a few folks stepped up and finished off the funding.

For those that gave that are part of the extended Mountaineer family and the YC/MMB specifically I want to say thanks! The laptop will be used in an effective manner to teach 4 different science subjects this year alone.

Are you on the block system or 5 periods a day?

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Within hours of the deadline approaching a few folks stepped up and finished off the funding.

For those that gave that are part of the extended Mountaineer family and the YC/MMB specifically I want to say thanks! The laptop will be used in an effective manner to teach 4 different science subjects this year alone.

Are you on the block system or 5 periods a day?

Block. One of the problems that I have at my school is not much Physics given the student population and with Astronomy being only one section I am getting hit with a lot of preps and entirely different subjects. Even next semester I have three different preps again if one does the two Chem classes as they should be since they are different levels. Not the complain, but it can be a bit much and I do not honestly do a great job at times because of all the preps, at least in my own view, but I do try.

Not sure if you have had a chance to get back to my Astronomy thread I had but Guilford County Schools has a youtube channel of their cable channel programs. I have a link to the video they produced about my Astronomy activity. Now some PR from the newspaper and internal GCS outreach.

[JCline0429]

Within hours of the deadline approaching a few folks stepped up and finished off the funding.

For those that gave that are part of the extended Mountaineer family and the YC/MMB specifically I want to say thanks! The laptop will be used in an effective manner to teach 4 different science subjects this year alone.

Are you on the block system or 5 periods a day?

Block. One of the problems that I have at my school is not much Physics given the student population and with Astronomy being only one section I am getting hit with a lot of preps and entirely different subjects. Even next semester I have three different preps again if one does the two Chem classes as they should be since they are different levels. Not the complain, but it can be a bit much and I do not honestly do a great job at times because of all the preps, at least in my own view, but I do try.

Not sure if you have had a chance to get back to my Astronomy thread I had but Guilford County Schools has a youtube channel of their cable channel programs. I have a link to the video they produced about my Astronomy activity. Now some PR from the newspaper and internal GCS outreach.

What I hated about the block is that you are basically teaching a lesson and a half per period. Students don't have a chance to absorb what was taught before they are moving on to another topic especially as far as reading assignments are concerned.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Within hours of the deadline approaching a few folks stepped up and finished off the funding.

For those that gave that are part of the extended Mountaineer family and the YC/MMB specifically I want to say thanks! The laptop will be used in an effective manner to teach 4 different science subjects this year alone.

Are you on the block system or 5 periods a day?

Block. One of the problems that I have at my school is not much Physics given the student population and with Astronomy being only one section I am getting hit with a lot of preps and entirely different subjects. Even next semester I have three different preps again if one does the two Chem classes as they should be since they are different levels. Not the complain, but it can be a bit much and I do not honestly do a great job at times because of all the preps, at least in my own view, but I do try.

Not sure if you have had a chance to get back to my Astronomy thread I had but Guilford County Schools has a youtube channel of their cable channel programs. I have a link to the video they produced about my Astronomy activity. Now some PR from the newspaper and internal GCS outreach.

Bad things about block from my experience - less contact time for each subject
Good Thing - more different subjects a year. 8 classes vs 6.

Bad thinkg - long classes
Good Think - long classes (for certain lab situations especially in Chemistry.)

Like anything in education and in life there is good and bad and nothing works for everyone. Overall I like it for the lab time, but it is hard to get all the material dealt with in 90 days minus testing days. I doubt I would care for it as a language or math teacher where slow and steady may be better.

What I hated about the block is that you are basically teaching a lesson and a half per period. Students don't have a chance to absorb what was taught before they are moving on to another topic especially as far as reading assignments are concerned.