This seems to be how a number of US school boards are heading... seems to be more concentrated on management to me but hey? + points Some nice class management features Simple to Use Cheap (in comparison to Apple) Would be much more academic focussed (takes away distraction in class possibly) - points Too US centric (curriculum etc) How easy to tailor make to your curriculum etc. Android v Apple apps, an issue

Has interesting chapter on Tablet Computing (page 15) with similar links to K12 report but does give an idea of where Higher Education is going. If we are trying to prepare students for the next stage of their education we should look at this. With their growing number of features, tablets give traction to other educational technologies - from facilitating the real-time data mining needed to support learning analytics to offering a plethora of game-based learning apps. Transitioning to tablets is relatively painless for students as they already use them or very similar devices outside of the classroom to download apps, connect to their social networks, and surf the web......." Also some idea in the chapter of usage of tablets in universities.

The US direction?