Digital Wish is a Public Charity with a Mission:
to modernize American classrooms and prepare students for tomorrow's workforce.
Preparing Tomorrow's Workforce
Funding for technology in the American K-12 school system has been declining for several years. A survey of 724 educators nationwide revealed that over 75% of schoolteachers classified themselves as "often in need" or "desperate for technology resources". Coast-to-coast, teachers report that their technology budgets have been reduced or eliminated altogether. There are at least 10 states that do not provide any state funding for technology, and K-12 schools are struggling to maintain technology within their educational programs.
At the same time technology is infiltrating nearly every niche of the workforce. It's now crucial for our schools to prepare learners with technical, scientific, and creative skills that will empower our future workforce to remain competitive in the ever-expanding global economy. Businesses, community members, and parents can band together to help!
About Digital Wish
Digital Wish is dedicated to helping schools gain technology access across all subject areas. Thousands of teachers are already using Digital Wish to find and share digital lesson plans. The site features a growing library of grants and fundraising ideas to help schools marshal community support. Like a wedding registry, teachers can create a "wish list" of needed technology products for their classrooms. Educators describe how each resource will be utilized, write project plans, and tell the story of their classroom. Their classroom stories are then posted online, for review by any donor.
Donors Contribute
Visiting donors can elect to buy items directly from the teacher's wish lists, or donate money directly to a school so that wish list items can be purchased. Resources ship directly to the schools, so there is virtually no risk that grant funds will ever be misallocated. Digital Wish matches every dollar with an automatic 2% - 10% rebate on every product purchase. There is never any cost associated with making donations and 102% - 110% of all donated funds benefit classroom teachers and their students.
Find Your Local School
It's easy to find your local school using the class locator. Parents can find their kid's classrooms and see what teachers have planned. Teachers can network with other educators and share ideas for technology usage. Community members can browse local teacher profiles, locate the most compelling classroom stories, then award a grant of "wish list" items directly to those classrooms. Donors can easily target underserved schools using a search by "Title 1" funding (poverty levels), county, or zip codes. Any number of cash donations and product purchases can be made for all the schools with one single transaction.
Corporate Giving
Corporate and foundational donors will find that Digital Wish makes it possible to easily select all of the schools in any county (or any local community where a corporation operates) and give grants to all the local schools with one single transaction. Digital Wish completely eliminates the cost of setting up and administering a grants program for local schools. With $0 administration cost, corporations can be certain that 102% - 110% (including rebates) of their philanthropic funding is passed through directly to schools in need.
Building Community
Digital Wish is fast-becoming a vibrant community destination where schools can network with their local community. There are scores of letter-writing templates that encourage local teachers to involve parents and community members in their quest for technology. Next month Digital Wish will be enhanced with community bulletin boards, a book review database, homework boards, and sporting scores for local outreach.
Make a Digital Wish come true!
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For more information, please contact:
Digital Wish
PO Box 1072
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255-1072
P: (802)375-6721 F: (802)375-6860
http://www.digitalwish.org
info@digitalwish.com
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