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Coll Storm · 03-16-2004, 06:54 PM

I'm not sure where to put this post. I hope this is the correct place, but if not please correct me on where to put it.

Here's my situation and maybe one of you would know how I should go about getting information off the internet or some other resource.

I work for a non-profit organization and work in the childcare department. More importantly to me is that I'm a kindergarten teacher, and when I say teacher, I mean teacher.

I don't just have them color, finger paint, and play with games all day.

My children come in the afternoon and eat lunch. We then go straight into lessons. This usually consists of Month/Dates, Learning our letter of the week, some Spanish, and American Sign Language.

Over the next month we are going to be learning about the Ides of March, and then Roman & Greek Mythology and how they are different/the same as each other. This is on top of reading/writing/arithmetic/arts.

Now that I explained what I do each day with my children, I'll come down to the question.

The one thing that we do have that I'm not happy with is our computers. They are old ( about five years ) and basically don't work. I can't add or remove programs and they just don't work. I would love nothing more than for my kids to get on a computer for fifteen minutes each day, just to get used to the typing aspect of the keyboard and to have basic learning games on there. Like Reader Rabbit, Math Blasters, ect., ect..

My question is this....

How do I go about getting a company to donate a computer to my classroom, other than knocking on their front door? I woulnd't even know who I would go about contacting for such information. I really would love my kids to be able to get some time on computers, but the paperweights that we have just aren't cutting it.

Anyone have any advice for me on this subject?

Thanks!

03-16-2004, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Coll Storm Crazy Location: Boston	A question about getting stuff donated to a non-profit organization. I'm not sure where to put this post. I hope this is the correct place, but if not please correct me on where to put it. Here's my situation and maybe one of you would know how I should go about getting information off the internet or some other resource. I work for a non-profit organization and work in the childcare department. More importantly to me is that I'm a kindergarten teacher, and when I say teacher, I mean teacher. I don't just have them color, finger paint, and play with games all day. My children come in the afternoon and eat lunch. We then go straight into lessons. This usually consists of Month/Dates, Learning our letter of the week, some Spanish, and American Sign Language. Over the next month we are going to be learning about the Ides of March, and then Roman & Greek Mythology and how they are different/the same as each other. This is on top of reading/writing/arithmetic/arts. Now that I explained what I do each day with my children, I'll come down to the question. The one thing that we do have that I'm not happy with is our computers. They are old ( about five years ) and basically don't work. I can't add or remove programs and they just don't work. I would love nothing more than for my kids to get on a computer for fifteen minutes each day, just to get used to the typing aspect of the keyboard and to have basic learning games on there. Like Reader Rabbit, Math Blasters, ect., ect.. My question is this.... How do I go about getting a company to donate a computer to my classroom, other than knocking on their front door? I woulnd't even know who I would go about contacting for such information. I really would love my kids to be able to get some time on computers, but the paperweights that we have just aren't cutting it. Anyone have any advice for me on this subject? Thanks!