Dryden Art Students use Crowdfunding for iPads

Ever since Dryden's art program was awarded the second place prize of $5000 in the McGraw-Hill STEMie Awards in Oct. 2012 they have been actively seeking ways to provide a 1:1 iPad experience for students in the art room. The initial prize bought 8 iPads which means 1 iPad for every 3 students in a typical art class. This is far from practical for teaching purposes. The iPad can bring so many transformational experiences to the art room. Using these devices gives art students a chance to learn animation, movie-making, graphic design, advanced digital painting techniques, as well as the ability to curate their online digital art gallery on Artsonia. With this in mind, Mrs. Fuglestad and her students decided to aggressively seek ways to raise money, write grants, enter contests, and crowdfund the other 16 iPads.
Here are the results so far:
Won 2nd place Trend Micro Internet Safety Student Video Contest =1 iPad
Won a grant from the district's ABC/25 Foundation =1 iPad
Raised funds from purchases made via our Artsonia Gallery =1 iPad
Raised funds from 2 projects via Donor'sChoose.org =1 iPad and =2 iPads

Here is how you can help:
We are currently running a crowdfunding campaign through a D.C. education start up called, Edbacker.com:  https://edbacker.com/c/create They provide the platform for you to contribute a tax deductible gift towards purchasing iPads for our art students. Every little bit will help. As of today we have raised $800, enough for one and 1/2 iPads. The campaign ends at the end of the December. Please consider donating! Here is our 1 minute student made commercial so you can see who you are helping. iPads will not replace the wonderful hands on experiences we have with traditional media, instead they will serve to enlarge our art program and provide new and exciting opportunities for art creation. 

Donate here

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