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Background: I teach Geometry exclusively to English Language Learner students in a Title I high school located in Immokalee, Florida, a poor farming community with a 44.8% poverty rate. Most of my students are recent immigrants to the United States and are below class level in their math skills, some as many as four grades below class level; my students are hungry to improve their learning but are shy to answer questions given their limited English language skills.
Need: I need a way to immediately see each student’s answer to questions posed during class. Using the on-line program Nearpod allows a teacher to immediately see each student’s answer to questions, a powerful tool to guide teacher decisions on the need for reteaching the whole class or differentiating by reteaching part of the class while providing a new challenge for the students that have already demonstrated understanding.

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$125 for Nearpod license

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School:
Immokalee High 
Subject:
Mathematics 
Teacher:
James Dixon 
Students Impacted:
80 
Grade:
9-12 
Date:
July 9, 2018

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Naples Luxury Builders, Inc. - $125.00

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Goal

Background: I teach Geometry exclusively to English Language Learner students in a Title I high school located in Immokalee, Florida, a poor farming community with a 44.8% poverty rate. Most of my students are recent immigrants to the United States and are below class level in their math skills, some as many as four grades below class level; my students are hungry to improve their learning but are shy to answer questions given their limited English language skills.
Need: I need a way to immediately see each student’s answer to questions posed during class. Using the on-line program Nearpod allows a teacher to immediately see each student’s answer to questions, a powerful tool to guide teacher decisions on the need for reteaching the whole class or differentiating by reteaching part of the class while providing a new challenge for the students that have already demonstrated understanding.
 

 

What will be done with my students

A teacher can check for understanding with Nearpod by sending out polls, quizzes, Collaborate! boards, and open-ended discussion questions. As soon as students submit their responses, a teacher will have an instant snapshot of their students’ understanding of a particular topic.
Curriculum Connection: This would allow students, who are just beginning to develop their English language skills, to demonstrate their understanding, and ultimately to keep up with the Geometry curriculum.
 

 

Benefits to my students

“Nearpod is a great tool to use in the classroom to get direct-specific feedback from the kids in real-time using the latest technologies... The platform is amazing for student engagement … and teacher guided lessons…!”
Sara Ray,
Palm Beach County’s 2018 Teacher of the Year

The benefit would be measured in the results students achieve on the assessments through the school year and ultimately on the Florida End of Course exam.
 

 

Budget Narrative

The proposed grant would buy a one year license for my classroom to the on-line program Nearpod. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 One year license for Nearpod $125.00
  Total: $125.00

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