Pennies For Japan

 

Pennies for Japan!

I am so lucky to teach such wonderful students! When I presented the idea of doing something for the people of Japan in light of the recent tragic earthquake and tsunami, my students jumped at the chance!  So pennies for Japan was born! Here is how it works. The boys and girls in my homeroom are collecting pennies from home and working extra chores to earn some change. In class, we are collecting and counting the change. Meanwhile, the students are developing quizzes about Japan. These quizzes will be posted daily on my website. For each visitor to the site who answers the quiz, we will donate $0.02 ($0.05 if you live in another country!). The students have also researched and learned about 4 different charities to donate the money to. When you are done taking the quiz, you get to vote where you would like us to send the pennies to. The charity with the most votes wins! The students will be learning not only new computer skills (like designing an online quiz - including research, embedding html code, Google Docs, and following Google Analytics about the visitors to our site!) and counting numerous coins, but they will be gaining an experience that books cannot teach-the feeling of doing something nice for others. They are learning that doing something small CAN make a big difference!

PLEASE CLICK HERE to go to my website and take our quiz on Japan. Come back daily since a new kid created quiz will be posted each weekday. Please forward this to your friends and family - we have a goal of 5,000 visitors!