Netablets in the Classroom - 15 views

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  #1 Thomas Nicholas on 13 Feb 09

   

  I caught Tami's review of the new Classmate Convertible on the Tech4Teaching Blog and was interested to see that she gave it quite high marks.
  
  It seems like lower-powered, passive-digitizer tablets are going be the next big thing... we have the Classmate, of course, the Asus EEE T91, Fujitsu's new P1930, Gigabyte's m912, etc. Lots of other netbook makers are making noise about their future lightweight, low-powered tablet.
  
  Obviously, these are going to be of interest to schools with tight budgets as they generally cost a fair bit less than the usual Lenovos or Toshibas we're using. What I'm curious about is the benefits or drawbacks of these over the usual fair. I'm thinking that the passive digitizer and less-powerful process (either Atom or in the case of Fujitsu, a slower dual core) are the key drawbacks, but maybe there are lots of positives too.
  
  Anyone with experience with any of these in the classroom want to add some comments? Tami, anything else you're thinking about the Classmate? Thanks!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I caught Tami's review of the new Classmate Convertible on the Tech4Teaching Blog and was interested to see that she gave it quite high marks. <br /> <br /> It seems like lower-powered, passive-digitizer tablets are going be the next big thing... we have the Classmate, of course, the Asus EEE T91, Fujitsu's new P1930, Gigabyte's m912, etc. Lots of other netbook makers are making noise about their future lightweight, low-powered tablet. <br /> <br /> Obviously, these are going to be of interest to schools with tight budgets as they generally cost a fair bit less than the usual Lenovos or Toshibas we're using. What I'm curious about is the benefits or drawbacks of these over the usual fair. I'm thinking that the passive digitizer and less-powerful process (either Atom or in the case of Fujitsu, a slower dual core) are the key drawbacks, but maybe there are lots of positives too. <br /> <br /> Anyone with experience with any of these in the classroom want to add some comments? Tami, anything else you're thinking about the Classmate? Thanks!</div>

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