[elearning] Ipads ... the nitty gritty

Fri Nov 11 12:02:17 EST 2011

I have an Iconia which I have been quite impressed with. We are buying our VCAL students one each as a trial for next year. Will be interesting.

David Eddie
VCAL Co-ordinator / eLearning Co-ordinator
St Joseph's College

From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Dunlop, Susan M
Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 10:51 AM
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I have also just got an android - Acer Iconia  complete with micro sd slot, but more importantly a usb port.  I am yet to find something on the ipad that my colleagues use that the Android cannot do without iTunes!  Early days yet but so far I am most impressed.
Sue

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Yeah I like the docs app... and coming from a photography background I love the SD card reader and USB port... even one of my dyed in the wool mac users was swayed when I told her about the sd card slot.
Thanks Gavin
Suz

From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au]<mailto:[mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au]> On Behalf Of Gavin Ferrier
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2011 9:00 PM
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All of the usual Android apps are available. I do know that it comes with a docs app that has an equivalent to word, powerpoint and excel. It also runs flash which can come in handy.

I tried one from Network Neighborhood. Andrew Collins there has been spending a fair bit of time working on them. Phone him if you have questions about the apps store etc.

Gavin

From: ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com<mailto:kenjprice at gmail.com>>
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:52:58 +1100
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Subject: Re: [elearning] Ipads ... the nitty gritty

Thanks Suzanne

Can we get an idea of the apps available for the Lenovo, compared to the Apple collection?

ken
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Arnott, Suzanne S <arnott.suzanne.s at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:arnott.suzanne.s at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
Yes we are trialling some tablets too...the Lenovo ones....
Ahhh sensational... I have been trying to work out how the apps would work on the tablet.... That seems really good...
Will have to give Lenovo a call
cheers

From: elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:elearning-bounces at edulists.com.au>] On Behalf Of Gavin Ferrier
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2011 7:56 PM
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Have you looked at the Lenovo Tablets?????

Even though I am a Mac user, I think they will work better in the classroom. They have gorilla glass which is extremely strong and scratch resistant. Also, Lenovo will image them with your apps before they arrive. They will also do a 3 year drop and throw type of warranty on them for the same price as the laptop warranty. Lats of all, you can set up a school app store through Lenovo, so that students can all download the apps that you have purchased as a school.

Check it out, I know I was impressed, and I love my iPad, and have done a trial at our school.

Hope this helps.

Gavin Ferrier
Heathmont College

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