Thanks for this, Sandy! Very interesting. Check out this site, folks: http://awe-net.com/ --Holly
From: Sandy Ott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:16 PM To: Holly Gordon Subject: RE: [ctls-l] Computers for small children? We will purchase 2 Early Literacy Stations, one English, one Spanish language, by AWE with grant funds this year. They come fully loaded with learning games and stand-alone from our network. They are for children about age 2 to 4th grade. Website: awe-net.com They are great. My eight-year-old grandson was in the library when Brian Aerker, the salesman, showed them to us so we actually could see what a kid would do on them. We plan to have 8 in the future - 2 in the adult computer area to keep the children occupied while their parents are busy taking care of their business on the computer and 6 on a carrel in the children's area. Sandy Ott Library Director Elgin Public Library 404 North Main Street Elgin, Texas 78621 512.281.5678 512.285.3015 fax ------- Original Message ------- >From : Holly Gordon[mailto:[email protected]] Sent : 8/27/2009 2:11:25 PM To : [email protected] Cc : Subject : RE: [ctls-l] Computers for small children? We have a library that is considering computers for children (younger than 6th grade), but doesn't feel comfortable having children unsupervised on real computers. There was an excellent article touching on this last Sunday in the Austin American Statesman: http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/2009/08/23/0823 gadget.html But the computer it suggests for young users, PeeWee PC Pivot Tablet Laptop, is $500. Little Tikes products have also been suggested. I'm new at this -- could you folks share with the list computer ideas that have worked well in children's areas? Holly Gordon Technical Support & Network Systems Specialist Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78756 512-583-0704 ext.15 www.ctls.net
