|
|
|
The use of laptops is dictated by the classroom environment itself:
- Laptops are whisper quiet. Even with a classroom full of
laptops, you will not be able to hear them. The teacher can present the lesson
in a normal tone of voice. 24 laptops running at once are quieter than a
single desktop.
- Laptops take up negligible space. A typical desktop
monitor is 1.2 cubic feet; a typical tower case is 1.2 cubic feet. You can fit
24 of our laptops in this 2.4 cubic feet. That's your entire classroom full of
laptops in the space occupied by one desktop.
- All our laptops have wireless ethernet connectivity
(WiFi), so you don't have network wires running everywhere.
- Because laptops are battery powered and you have three hours worth of
battery life, you can do three hours worth of class-work without plugging them
in; they can be completely cordless.
- Even the mouse and keyboard are integral to the laptop itself, again
reducing cords and the desk space needed for those peripheral devices.
- With a classroom full of laptops, the teacher can quickly and
easily switch between computer teaching methods and
traditional teaching methods. It is also easy to tell when the laptops are
folded away and student's attention is back on the blackboard.
- With laptops, you can put the systems into any classroom
(or even move then from room to room in the course of the day), rather than
tying them to one specific "computer lab". So, you can now use computer tools
in rooms that would otherwise have trouble incorporating a desktop, like a
Physics or Chemistry Lab. (No cords to trip over.)
- If you want your students to be able to work on their computers at
home, working with the same software which they are using at school,
laptops allow them to do so. All they have to carry is a 3 pound system (which
is lighter than some school books.)
Several school systems have recently begun experimenting with laptops in the
classroom:
|
|
