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Your Best Summer Ever: 4 Projects to Inspire the Vacation of Your (Teacher) Dreams

June 3, 2016 Emilia Murphy Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

Your Best Summer Ever: 4 Projects to Inspire the Vacation of Your (Teacher) Dreams

"Being a teacher is easy. I mean, you get the whole summer off!" I know, I know. Try not to throw things. No matter how you spend your summer—working a second job, attending workshops, teaching summer school, getting healthy [Read More...]

Tagged With: advice from teachers, project ideas

Why You Post: 8 Reasons Teachers Use DonorsChoose.org

December 15, 2015 Emilia Murphy Project Inspiration

Why You Post: 8 Reasons Teachers Use DonorsChoose.org

We make creating a project on DonorsChoose.org as easy as possible, but we know it takes a motivated teacher to carve out the time. According to our teachers—it's worth it. Here's why. The opportunity to share what’s happening in [Read More...]

Tagged With: advice from teachers

What the Student Architects of Tomorrow Are Building Today

October 26, 2015 Emilia Murphy Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

What the Student Architects of Tomorrow Are Building Today

That floating city that showed up in the skies of China may have been a mirage, but the cities of the future are coming, and the architects who will build them are sitting in class right now. These students are making very real [Read More...]

Tagged With: project ideas

How Teachers Can Help Send Their Students to Mars

October 9, 2015 Katie Vallas Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

How Teachers Can Help Send Their Students to Mars

The surface of Mars is freezing, rocky, volcanic, and often beset with storms that can envelop the entire planet. And right now, there’s a brave, curious 15-year-old sitting in a high school classroom who could be the first [Read More...]

Tagged With: lesson plans, project ideas

Teaming up: DICK’S Sporting Goods is Now a Vendor on DonorsChoose.org

October 5, 2015 Dan Blum Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

Teaming up: DICK’S Sporting Goods is Now a Vendor on DonorsChoose.org

You can now shop for your projects from a wide range of sports gear, equipment and apparel at DICK'S Sporting Goods!  DICK'S carries supplies for a wide range of sports, including baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, [Read More...]

Tagged With: partnerships, project ideas, site updates

5 Awesome, Autumnal Videos Students Can Fall in Love With

September 23, 2015 Eric Vilas-Boas Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

5 Awesome, Autumnal Videos Students Can Fall in Love With

Attention, teachers, fall has officially arrived! You may have already seen leaves changing and students rushing back to school in flannel and sweaters, so, in honor of the season, we've gathered a list of five engaging [Read More...]

Tagged With: back to school, lesson plans, project ideas, video

5 Activities to Bring Your Students (Closer) Together

September 21, 2015 Emilia Murphy Just for Teachers/ Project Inspiration

5 Activities to Bring Your Students (Closer) Together

We asked DonorsChoose.org teachers for activities that make students feel welcome in the classroom. They shared enough ideas for a whole school year’s worth of warm fuzzies. Here are five of our favorites: The icebreaker that [Read More...]

Tagged With: advice from teachers, project ideas

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