Team+Scenario

**__Module 7__** Team Scenario

//(5 x $470)// || (3 x $10) || (5 x $25) ||
 * **This budget is for a 3rd Grade Math class**
 * //Class size is 25 students.//
 * //There is one new computer on teacher's desk//
 * //One TV w/DVD player in the room.//
 * //There are currently 5 outdated computers in the classroom.//
 * //The school has been wired for Internet connection and all computers in the class are connected.//
 * //We have $6,000 at hand//
 * ==**Item**== || ==**Price**== ||
 * Five 20" Apple iMac Computers (www.newegg.com) || $2350
 * Refurbished **SMART Board** Interactive Whiteboard 680 - Touch-screen, stylus - Wired - USB || $1350 ||
 * Kidspiration || $310 ||
 * Clue Finders - 3rd grade edition || $30
 * Doc Cam/ Projector || $850 ||
 * Elementary Advantage 2012 || $125
 * "Mathematical Reasoning for Elementary School Teachers" textbook + matching MathXL software 12 month teacher's license || $60 ||
 * SMART Board Lessons: Math Word Problems || $8 ||
 * 25 2GB Flash Drives || $200 ||
 * Early Reading Booster-Licence for five computers || $700 ||
 * MathNotes Elementary Math Graphing Paper || $3 ||
 * Addition Bingo Game || $7 ||
 * Subtraction Bingo Game || $7 ||
 * TOTAL || $6,000 ||

__Summary__
Since the computers in the classroom were outdated, we would like to use the allowance to put five new Apple iMac Computers in the 3rd Grade Math Classroom for the great price of $470 each from newegg.com. At this point, we had spent $2350 dollars and had $3650 left to spend. We decided to include software programs that would enhance the students' math experience along with the computers. Kidspiration, Elementary Advantage 2012, and Clue Finders are all great for inspiring kids that math can be fun and interesting. The three software programs amounted to $466. There was $3184 remaining. Since many of our colleagues and the teachers at this school agree that document cameras enhance lessons and lectures we chose to add that to the list. This Document Camera/Projector will be helpful in teaching our mathematics course. We'll be able to zoom in on textbooks and keep the students interested by providing a better view to the teacher's table or display. We know that //Mathematical Reasoning for Elementary School Teachers// will provide a solid ground for what we teach. Up to this point our total had been at $904, leaving us with $2280. With this amount left we considered buying an Interactive Whiteboard but thought it would be too expensive. After doing some research we found a great deal on a refurbished SMART Board, the Interactive Whiteboard 680 with touch-screen and stylus. It can by connected to a computer via USB. All of this is included for the price of $1346 so we reconsidered and found that this was a reasonable price. It will benefit the student's enough to spend that much. We invested $8 into a SMART Board lesson software for word problems. These are definitely great tools to have in the classroom, especially since technology is quickly advancing everyday. We also decided to buy 25 2GB Flash drives for the class in order to save each students individual work. After buying flash drives, we had a total of $724 left to spend. We added an Early Reading Booster for the five classroom computers to help the students with reading comprehension. This brought our total to $5,975 so finally we added one subtraction and one addition bingo game and graphing paper designed especially for Elementary Math. After coming to the grand total of $6000, we are all very grateful for the grant you've allowed us and we hope to put all these resources to their best possible use, helping the third grade children of our school to learn! Thank you for your consideration. //Team One Teachers//