Devices and desires - e-readers in a learning enviroment?

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

Many of us have worked for a number of years in a corporate environment, and are used to creating, sending and receiving digital documents.  But at what point should this start?

I’m going to ask you to think back a few years, and imagine yourself (or your children) at school – should they have an e-reader, and if so what format?  Orewa College is requiring all year 9 students to possess a one-to one computer device for use in the classrooms.  The School preference is an iPad 2, although other devices may be used.


Setting aside the issue of whether the school should be introducing this, what are the options?  If you were a parent, what would you be purchasing for your child?

To help you decide, I’m going to look at some of the differences between the equipment available and their advantages and limitations.  I’m also trying something a little different, an embedded presentation.  This is a way of sharing content, using Googledocs.












Please let me know if this works for you, and what other areas you'd like me to cover in the next few blogs.




Sources:
Slide 1 Image
Other image sources  and technical specifications taken from the Dick Smith's Website