gsquaredmom
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 26, 2014 17:43:22 GMT
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jul 25, 2014 19:55:48 GMT
My son had a chromebook for his flipped math class. Hated it and thought the school was stupid to not spend a little more for a much more powerful device. His opinion was it was a waste of money.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 25, 2014 20:00:35 GMT
I believe Chrome books won't work if the school's server goes down....I could be wrong but I think that's what a friend told me when her school was debating their use.
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Post by snappinsami on Jul 25, 2014 20:01:01 GMT
First of all - Hack n Tosh! Love it!!! I was pushing to get DD a low-level laptop for DD (she'll be a HS freshman as well, although it's not required for school), but DH refused to do it. He wanted a solid performer. Not a high-end machine, but something that she wouldn't outgrow quickly and would last. We wound up getting her an Acer from Best Buy. It was less than $500 and is powerful enough to get her through high school. She oogles my MacBook Pro, but is perfectly happy with her laptop and uses it constantly.
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Post by hennybutton on Jul 25, 2014 20:05:33 GMT
I would opt to just get him his laptop now instead of waiting until his junior or senior year. My daughter is a teacher who's just changed schools. Here new school doesn't provide teachers with laptops, so she needs to buy one. I went to Best Buy with her last week. There are a lot of great laptops out there that are fairly reasonably priced. Some even convert into tablets. A new laptop now should last him through high school and he can replace it when he starts college. (Colleges bookstores usually offer great deals on computers for students.) Also, with a laptop, he won't need to go through that extra step of uploading.
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knotlazy
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Jun 26, 2014 18:00:51 GMT
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Post by knotlazy on Jul 25, 2014 20:09:00 GMT
Our school's don't provide devices. You have to purchase your own. Everyone has to have an Ipad or laptop. First year they are doing this. School pays nothing. It's been a while since my kids graduated from high school so I'm clueless about the topic but I can't imagine our district requiring every student to provide an ipad or laptop to bring to school. How does that work? How do they keep them from getting stolen? What if you are the child of a single parent who can't afford to provide one? Who pays for the wifi? Are you talking about public school or private? A lot has changed since my kids were in school.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 25, 2014 20:32:19 GMT
why not spend the extra $50 and get him a low end full functioning laptop. Best buy has them cheap. We bought laptop there for $350 in 2010 and it still works great. No it is not the best one in the world, no it is not the fastest. but for what I use it for it just fine. My daughter got the exact one at the same time as I got mine. She was a senior in high school. she has used it for high school and a 3 years of college with no problems.
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Oct 6, 2024 0:36:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2014 20:40:43 GMT
Woot had a refurb'd chrome book for cheap right now with free 4g for life. I'm not a fan but just a tip.
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Post by judy on Jul 25, 2014 21:25:02 GMT
What does your district do if a student can't afford to buy a device? I think it's great that they are moving to allow devices but it seems unfair if there are families that can't afford one.
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paget
Drama Llama
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Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
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Post by paget on Jul 25, 2014 21:30:12 GMT
Our middle schools and high schools provide netbooks.
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