Not at our school. Mostly desktops because of price and reliability. Mike Lampson Rowva Cusd 208
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Michael Bendorf <[email protected]>wrote: > In the last two and a half years I have bought 11 desktop-type > computers, received ~100 desktop type computers via donation, bought 24 > laptops, and bought 72 netbooks. We are not 1-1 but have found it less > expensive and much easier to buy "mobile cart netbooks" then to re-wire more > space for a stationary lab. We have our same stationary labs as before and > they are and will be replaced with desktop-type machines (most likely via > donations such as computersforlearning) but any expansion will be via > laptops and netbooks. We are integrating more and more "technology" and "lab > time" into our curriculum and the netbooks make that much easy. It will also > make for a much smoother transition to 1-1 when we get threre (next couple > years I'm sure.) > > > That said, I'd love to stand up some decent workstations for CAD and 3-D > drafting, but that hasn't happened yet either - we just use the P4 machines > we have available. > > --Michael T. Bendorf-- > Technology Administrator > A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 > 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 > DID #: 217.476.6019 > Cellular: 217.306.6824 > > "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during > your lectures so that I do not need you any more." > > A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for > others. > > "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the > enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers > using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." > > - Alan Kay > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Dana Fellows > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> For School Administrators = Yes >> For Teachers = some but not all >> For labs, students, etc... = NO >> >> Dana Fellows >> Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator >> Whiteside Area Career Center >> 1608 Fifth Avenue >> Sterling, IL 61081 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, www.wacc.cc >> Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 >> Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time >> >> MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW >> AAS - Network Administration >> BA - Information Systems >> MS - Instructional Technology >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jesse >> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:52 AM >> To: tech-geeks >> Subject: [tech-geeks] Quick Poll - Laptops >> >> Just gathering fellow geek opinions on the following statement made by >> a board member... >> >> "Most schools are buying laptops now instead of desktops" >> >> Agree? >> Disagree? >> Comments? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Jesse >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- Michael Lampson Rowva CUSD 208 335 N Joy Street Oneida, IL 61467
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