If you are interested in helping me continue to grow this site and support my classroom please review the various options below. Any help is most appreciated!
Providing Experience/Critiques
One way teachers can really help me out is by providing reports on how the things from my site worked (and didn't work!) with their students. I am constantly updating and adjusting assignments based on how my students respond to them and I could improve them even more if I had other teachers providing comments as well. I would like to create a full, thoroughly tested curriculum that teachers can access at no cost. Too many people want money for something I feel should be free. Your help in providing critiques will ensure that free doesn't mean inferior!
Keep Visiting/Linking
Most people I hear from were directed to the site by another teacher. Keep it up! Any links to my site help me move up the rankings in Google and therefore sends me more traffic.
The added benefit is my continued enthusiasm. Every time I hear from someone who says I've given them new life as a teacher it just makes me want to do that much more. When I see over 500 visitors in a week that truly excites me. If people are interested, I'll keep creating!
Shopping Through Our Amazon Links
If you get to
Amazon.com by using one of the links on my unit pages anything you buy during your visit (not only linked items) gives me a small percentage returned. The "earnings" come to me as Amazon gift cards which I have so far used to buy 4 books for my classroom library. You can also use the link below.
Direct Donations
I do my donation requests through DonorChoose.org. I will try to keep one or more active projects going on the site at all times. Currently I am seeking donations for 5 internet-ready wireless devices for my classroom. My goal is to have a netbook or Ipod Touch for each of the 6 groups in my room.
Alternately, I have set up a page through Adopt-A-Classroom. It works similarly to Donorschoose except that no project is specified. Donations go into my account and supplies are purchased as I need them. Like Donorschoose though only approved school supply purchases are allowed.