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Hi, my name is Kyle Weintraub. I am a seventh grader
at David Posnack Jewish Day School.
I really like going to school here.
Everyone is so nice, and school is a great learning environment.
At Posnack, one of the reasons why I like it so much is because the school and my teachers use technology in every class i have.
My Posnack experience is unique, because I school through a robot.
I am being treated for Lymphoma in Philadelphia
Arriving Visitor, Kyle is about to arrive.
Kyle: Without the robot, I would be in school without any interaction
I wouldn't see my friends. I wouldn't be doing much at all.
This robot is amazing.
At our school, technology is an integral part
of the learning experience. Our school is a One-to-One laptop school,
where all of our students in our Upper School have a laptop.
On that laptop, we have amazing technology that's called DyKnow,
which allows our teachers to send slide to interact with our students on an individual basis
and really differentiate instruction, which is the key to the emphasis of technology at our school.
All of our classrooms are interactive
and have BrightLink Epson software,
which turns all of our white boards into interactive boards,
which allows our teachers to really make learning come alive and really make it
an interactive experience for all our students.
When I discovered that there was a student at our school that was diagnosed with cancer,
I wanted to do something to help him stay a part of our Posnack family.
I would raise the money to get a robot
that would let him interact with his friends and still learn at our school.
I've been through a lot. This robot has really impacted me tremendously.
Without it, I would probably not be in school.
Without the robot, I would not have access to my old life, my friends, or my studies.
Life would be awful without the robot. I have infinite gratitude for it.
I can honestly say that I, I truly think that it's the VGo saving Kyle's life, because, if it wasn't for the VGo,
We, probably wouldn't have stayed here for treatment, and Kyle...
I don't know what would have happened. Umm, it really gave him
the security him in a sense of belonging and continuity that he needed.
Kyle has left the building!