[Yr7-10it] RE: Yr7-10it Digest, Vol 56, Issue 29
Roland Gesthuizen
rgesthuizen at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 19:12:35 EST 2009
Kind of why it is worth going for a unit that is as cheap as you can.
Despite what computer vendors say or imply, netbooks are not mini-laptops .
They will depreciate fast in 3 years so we may expect a local cottage
industry to repair etc. My guess is we can expect even another revolution
about to wipe out the netbooks but i'll reserve my forecast for the VITTA
journal :-) Slightly off topic .. but did you know that a child can repair
an OLPC netbook with one screwdriver? Check this video out that Joel Stanley
published on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pus_fA1Tv9w
World deployment map (
http://maps.google.de/maps/ms?hl=de&gl=de&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114558805698125207804.000440a3d84313e9c1ecd&z=1
And Australia (missing some points :-(
http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&ll=-23.443089,134.472656&spn=28.82194,57.084961&z=5&msid=104569102456467337022.000459a5ebdf2f82145fb
I am working through an outline of a very different preconference workshop
for ACEC2010 http://www.acec2010.info next year based on these but have to
talk over the details with some friends first. :-)
Regards Roland
2009/10/31 Colin SYMONS <CSY at gwsc.vic.edu.au>
> We have purchased 3 of each type of Netbook on the list to try them out.
> Our Techies are creating an image for them at the moment so I can't give
> much detail about their pro's and con's or any difficulty with certain
> software, but shall keep people informed as the trial develops.
> At the moment it looks like we may phase them in at year 9 next year. We
> have a 2020 program where a quarter of our yr 9 students (78 kids)
> participate in a special 4 week program. As each house group starts the
> program, spread out over term 2-4, our current thinking is to provide them
> with a netbook for them to take home and keep. This would mean the issuing
> of 4 lots of 78 rather than one huge group of 312. A repeat of the procedure
> the following year as we try to reach the 1:1 9-12 ratio.
> Issues of what happens when they reach yr12 with a 4 year old machine, and
> of course most warranties/insurance cover 3 yrs?
>
> Colin Symons
> Glen Waverley SC
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> Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] Netbooks/Laptops/Notebooks program Year 7
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> NSW is going netbooks (Lenovo) for every teacher and yr 9-12 student with
> their DER funding : interesting to see how that goes
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> personally i'd think netbooks might be better suited to primary & early
> secondary like the Vic trials
>
> don't think the cost difference to a more powerful laptop is that much-
> i'd prefer to use something with higher specs and i think many senior
> students might as well - we'll see how it goes i guess
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> don't know about the video card issues; but i do performance becomes an
> issue on them using flash if trying anything too ambitious
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> cheers
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> Thanks Kevork for starting the discussion. We are also looking at it but
> having a great range of discussion as to what year level we give too. We
> can only fund one year level. Some have said that Year 10 would be
> better, I argue that year 7 because they may have been exposed to them
> in primary school. (Primary schools in our region were given netbooks
> for year 5s and some of the small schools bought them for year 6 also).
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> I have heard that the insurance is quite expensive.
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> Any input for other would be helpful. LWT suggested that you ensure you
> get one with a hard case.
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> Ian Clare
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> ICT Co-ordinator
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> Casterton Secondary College
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> Hi Folks,
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> Sorry for the cross posts.
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> We are at an important crossroad/milestone in our school regarding
> Netbooks/Laptops/Notebooks for Year 7 next year.
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> We are committed to introducing new Netbooks/Laptops/Notebooks in 2010
> which students keep, take home, are responsible for and need to manage.
> I know it sounds like horse before cart but we are determined to make it
> work.
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> We are keen hear from any other school expecially regarding any
> pitfalls, issues, preferred choices for brands, reliability, service,
> software and hardware, application installations, warranties etc etc.
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> I would say feel free to email me off list but I am sure others would
> like to hear about these experiences for their own research also.
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> With thanks
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> Kevork Krozian
> Digital Learning Manager
> Forest Hill College
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> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> Tel: 0419 356 034
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