I have been working on a grant (still in rough draft form) to make my class a 1:1 laptop room(due this week!). I am really questioning some of my writing, and especially my choice of laptops(at this point Macbooks). They would be used for blogging, podcasting, working our our wiki, streaming video, video conferencing, making movies, that sort of stuff. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone could help me with. Some might overlap.
If you had $16,000 and twenty-five kids what kind of laptops would you buy?
Buy “bigger” laptops and make the class a 1:2, or buy smaller ones(Asus or Mini Note) and make the class a 1:1?
Buy or lease?
Get more laptops with the basic warranty, or buy fewer and buy the extended warranty?
Thank you so much for any opinions and help!
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Our Asus laptops are doing fine. We have had no technical trouble with them o any kind. They are sturdy, very portable, and easy to use. They do have limitations. While they have webcams, the harddrives are so small that you can’t install any editing software. They have an audio recorder, but no editor. To solve both of these problems we have moved online to sites like jaycut.com, an online video editor. Overall, I have been very pleased with these machines. A little creativity goes a long ways.
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