Netbooks vs. Laptops in Elementary Setting

Looking for advice on whether to get netbooks for elementary schools. Have had wireless laptop labs for several years but struggling with battery life issues.

Pros and cons of netbooks with this age group?

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Permalink Reply by Kathryn Sasson on August 3, 2009 at 5:13pm
I think the majority of students in elementary school need to learn the basics first. Computers can be available to them in the classroom.
Permalink Reply by Janet Chow on August 14, 2009 at 11:09am
Netbooks are definitely a cheaper way to go given the economic situation of the world. Our district has some laptop carts (housing 15 per cart) in some of our schools and they work well most of the time. Between classes they are recharged.
We're presently testing some now (I've just done Lenovos, acer, toshiba and dell) and there are certain pros and cons. You definitely need one with an internal hardrive and long battery length for the classrooms. I think the overall view is that it goes back to what you want to use the tool for. Wouldn't want to see elementary trying to learn keyboarding on it. However the flexibility of it as a classroom tool especially for 'just in time' learning is pretty phenomenal and one that we've seen with the laptop carts. The portability factor also helps to avoid the notion of the 'we do computers at 10am'.

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