With these funds, I will purchase Osmos and Kindles for centers in the media center. Students come to the media center each week to have a lesson, story time, centers, and check out books. As part of center time, I like to have some sort of technology for them to explore. I have one personally purchased Osmo available and would like to expand that center so that more students could be involved. I teach in a Title I school that has a high percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. I try to raise money by doing book fairs and writing grants to help supplement materials in the media center without a lot of success. I want to give our kids the experiences they need to be able to keep up in a technologically driven world. Every piece of technology I can expose them to will be beneficial. I know the Osmos need iPads. I have a few of those to use with proposed Osmos. I would like a few Kindles for reading centers. They are cheaper and I feel more comfortable handing them out to students to use in the media center. I have not purchased eBooks because we have had tremendous network problems in the past 3 years. Hopefully, that is being addressed so I would like to have devices available for students to use in the media center.

3 Osmo Genius Kits $99.00 each  https://www.playosmo.com/en/order/?cc=us

5 Kindle Fire Kids Edition $99.00 each http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Kids-Display-Wi-Fi-Kid-Proof/dp/B00YYZEQ1G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454213495&sr=8-1&keywords=kindle+fire+kids

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