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Goal

Impact:

This camera will be used daily in our third-grade classrooms throughout the year, reaching 94 third grade students, and will directly support learning across math, reading, and science:

Goals/Outcomes (if your application has a separate section for this):

Increase student participation in peer-to-peer sharing during math, reading, and science instruction
Improve student ability to explain their reasoning/strategy verbally and in writing
Support growth on end-of 

 

Category

Electronics - WCSD Approved Electronics 

 

What will be done with my students

Right now, sharing work means walking papers to the front of the room or having a student awkwardly hold their notebook up for classmates to squint at. This slows down our math workshop and discourages quieter students from volunteering to share.
A wireless document camera would let any third grader display their work, and it normalizes sharing work that isn't perfect yet, encourages students to explain their thinking out loud, and helps the whole class see that there's more than one way to solve a problem.
Math: Students will share and compare problem-solving strategies in real time during math workshop, deepening conceptual understanding rather than just procedural fluency — a key driver of stronger performance on math assessments.
Reading: Students can display annotated texts, graphic organizers, and written responses to model close-reading strategies and text evidence for their peers, reinforcing comprehension skills tested on reading assessments.
Science: Students can share observations, diagrams, and data from hands-on investigations with the whole class, strengthening scientific reasoning and vocabulary.

By making peer explanation and discussion a daily habit across all three subjects, this tool supports the kind of deeper conceptual understanding that translates into stronger performance on end-of-year assessments — not just isolated test-prep, but genuine mastery of the underlying concepts.

 

 

Benefits to my Students

With this tool, I can:
• Compare multiple third graders' strategies for the same math problem side by side
• Let students lead short "teach the class" moments from their seats, building confidence
• Instantly project work samples for whole-class discussion and peer feedback
• Keep momentum during math workshop and writing share time, instead of losing minutes to walking around the room
 

 

Budget Narrative

Materials Requested:
4 AVerVision M15W Wireless Document Camera — 4K output, wireless connection to our classroom display, and lightweight enough to move between student desks easily.
Impact:
This camera will be used daily in our third-grade classrooms throughout the year, reaching 90+ third grade students, with particular impact during math workshop, and in reading and science writing share sessions where peer-to-peer explanation is central to how students learn.
 

 

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