Comfy Ears 2.0

School:: Manatee Middle
Subject:: Language Arts
Teacher:: Susan Geiger-Steinke
Students Impacted:: 55
Grade:: 7
Date:: August 28, 2019

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Harlan & Heather Dam - $269.46

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 55

My students are enjoying their new headphones. They feel like they are special and that the headphones were a gift for them to enjoy every day. They are able to work without distraction and without constantly having to start and then restart their reading program because of headphone malfunctions. Their stress level is way down. The sound is very clear as are the recordings in the fluency portion of the reading program. They are also working longer as the headphones are comfortable. I am looking forward to seeing the impact on their grades in my class and on future District and State testing.

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

My goal is to obtain a class set of 9 comfortable and reliable headphones with noise cancellation features that will enable my students to make the most of their time while using our classroom computers. We will be able to incorporate reading fluency into our student’s daily activities. We will have students record their voices and then listen to themselves. This will allow them to identify where they can make improvements on their reading. Also, students will be able to listen to their Read180 program with more comfortable and more reliable headphones.

What will be done with my students

Students will benefit from listening through headphones that have noise cancellation features and the ability to create crisp and clear voice recordings. Students will be able to use reading and fluency programs. In addition, students will be able to further develop their creative side as they will work on a variety of projects that allow them to practice their fluency while creating audio/video projects.

Benefits to my students

Students will greatly benefit from the use of these headphones as they will have fewer distractions. The benefit of having headphones that are noise cancelling is that students will be more engaged as they will be spending less time trouble shooting the headphones they currently use. As a result, more classwork will get done. Students will also benefit from learning from each other as they will be able to listen to their fluency and compare it to their peers.

Budget Narrative

We will be buying Logitech headphones.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Logitech G430	$29.94
2	Logitech G430	$29.94
3	Logitech G430	$29.94
4	Logitech G430	$29.94
5	Logitech G430	$29.94
6	Logitech G430	$29.94
7	Logitech G430	$29.94
8	Logitech G430	$29.94
9	Logitech G430	$29.94
	Total:	$269.46

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