Comments on: Netbooks – Ready for Education Prime-Time? http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/ Musings on Maths, education, teaching and technology. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: psikeyhackr http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-322 psikeyhackr Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:06:50 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-322 Computer labs are obsolete for high schools.  We just aren't getting good benchmarks that help people understand how powerful netbooks really are. http://www.netbookation.com/netbkbnch.htm Computer labs are obsolete for high schools.  We just aren’t getting good benchmarks that help people understand how powerful netbooks really are.

http://www.netbookation.com/netbkbnch.htm

]]> By: Simon http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Simon Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:44:34 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-279 Unclear as yet, there is supposed to be training (there needs to be substantial training for it to be effective) but I don't know how much will happen. Unclear as yet, there is supposed to be training (there needs to be substantial training for it to be effective) but I don’t know how much will happen.

]]> By: MrStucke http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-277 MrStucke Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:13:20 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-277 It'll be fascinating to see how that goes Simon, has the state given training / suggested use or are they trusting individuals to innovate? It’ll be fascinating to see how that goes Simon, has the state given training / suggested use or are they trusting individuals to innovate?

]]> By: Simon http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Simon Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:44:07 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-274 You might be interested to know that the state of NSW in Australia is about to roll out 267,000 Lenovo S10e's to students and staff. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/announcements/yr2009/apr/laptops.php You might be interested to know that the state of NSW in Australia is about to roll out 267,000 Lenovo S10e’s to students and staff.

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/announcements/yr2009/apr/laptops.php

]]> By: MrStucke http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-271 MrStucke Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:40:34 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-271 Look forward to hearing how your 1-to-1 goes, and also to some quality rants on the inevitable teething troubles getting 6th formers to use their new machines :) Look forward to hearing how your 1-to-1 goes, and also to some quality rants on the inevitable teething troubles getting 6th formers to use their new machines :)

]]> By: AngryTechnician http://www.mrstucke.com/2009/06/03/netbooks-ready-for-education-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-268 AngryTechnician Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:01:50 +0000 http://www.mrstucke.com/?p=323#comment-268 Well, since your post set my ears burning, I should probably let you know our experience so far. We've already replaced our existing classroom sets of laptops with Samsung NC-10 netbooks, and have met with success even running Vista on them as domain workstations. Our latest upgrades are running the WIndows 7 RC as a trial, and are performing excellently. We consider classroom sets to be complementary to IT labs rather than a replacement. Certainly having class sets means you can have <em>fewer</em> labs, but I don't think you should do away with them altogether. Our new sixth form entry in September are getting '1-to-1' netbooks, again the NC-10; last year they had laptops that proved inconvenient due to, you guessed it, their shorter battery life and larger size. I would love to be issuing the Dell L2100 to them, but sadly they were released too late for our purchasing as we had to get the machines in early. I will considering them very strongly for my next purchase. Well, since your post set my ears burning, I should probably let you know our experience so far.

We’ve already replaced our existing classroom sets of laptops with Samsung NC-10 netbooks, and have met with success even running Vista on them as domain workstations. Our latest upgrades are running the WIndows 7 RC as a trial, and are performing excellently. We consider classroom sets to be complementary to IT labs rather than a replacement. Certainly having class sets means you can have fewer labs, but I don’t think you should do away with them altogether.

Our new sixth form entry in September are getting ‘1-to-1′ netbooks, again the NC-10; last year they had laptops that proved inconvenient due to, you guessed it, their shorter battery life and larger size. I would love to be issuing the Dell L2100 to them, but sadly they were released too late for our purchasing as we had to get the machines in early. I will considering them very strongly for my next purchase.

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