Technology - iPads out at LAUSD

The Los Angeles Unified School District has capitulated on giving iPads to every student. It was a poor decision to begin with. First, iPads are too expensive. Second, students will hack them, steal them, and find some way to keep them. Third, the software that was provided for them is way too expensive. Fourth, the on going cost of using iPads was not sustainable. The district should have opted for Chromebooks. First, the cost would have been half (or more) than using iPads. Second, there would be little or no theft, hacking, or student shenanigans because Chromebooks are not "cool". Third, the software is free. Finally, there little to no on going costs to using a Chromebook.

Chromebooks are not all that great, but they are cheap to buy, cheap to use, and cheap to replace if needed. Chromebooks provide everything a student would need to use the internet and all the resources that are available through it. The goal should be to introduce every student to the digital world with a starter model, not provide them with a high end luxury model and bankrupt the system.

Chromebook - Pay Once And You're Done

After using just about every kind of device on the market (Windows laptop, Apple Mac Mini, iPad, Asus Android tablet) I have settled back into using my Chromebook. Why? because of the speed of which it turns on (less than 10 seconds), the speed it navigates the internet (even faster than my i7 Mac Mini), and the battery life (better than even my iPhone). Yes I wish I could write music on it and also use Office, but I can do that on another device and will just do all the basic things I do on my Chromebook. It is the best $200 I have ever spent. Also, I have not had to spend another penny to do everything I want to do. Maybe the new slogan for Chromebook should be "Pay once and you're done". I like that. Maybe Google can pay me for it?