Another loss for Apple in education, win for Chromebooks

[bazookaman]

jdc wrote:
Cant argue with the cost.

Seems like everytime theres a budget crisis the first things people say are going to get cut are 'schools, fire and police" -- its never "the senators special interest groups" or "the new football stadium"

No kidding.

[Sam3]

bazookaman wrote:
[quote=jdc]
Cant argue with the cost.

Seems like everytime theres a budget crisis the first things people say are going to get cut are 'schools, fire and police" -- its never "the senators special interest groups" or "the new football stadium"

No kidding.
Within that, when the schools cuts do happen, arts are the first to get cut... "we don't need no mamby-pamby art or music or theater stuff... "

[Ombligo]

Sam3 wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
[quote=jdc]
Cant argue with the cost.

Seems like everytime theres a budget crisis the first things people say are going to get cut are 'schools, fire and police" -- its never "the senators special interest groups" or "the new football stadium"

No kidding.
Within that, when the schools cuts do happen, arts are the first to get cut... "we don't need no mamby-pamby art or music or theater stuff... "
Despite the Arts being where every discipline taught is used. A properly taught Arts curriculum will have students using critical thinking skills and applying core curriculum in practical ways. A decent Art teacher can teach math, history, science, and english in ways that students don't even realize that they are learning.

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sekker wrote:
[quote=btfc]
It seems like a loss for the students to me!

Not at all. The google software suite is preferred by many, many students over Apple and iCloud. My two high school/college kids are good examples. They love their Macs, but they are far more loyal to google.

My daughter has been wondering about getting a Chromebook in addition to her older Mac - let the Mac stay in her dorm room, only bring the Chromebook to classes.
I wonder why…

[sekker]

Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=sekker]
[quote=btfc]
It seems like a loss for the students to me!

Not at all. The google software suite is preferred by many, many students over Apple and iCloud. My two high school/college kids are good examples. They love their Macs, but they are far more loyal to google.

My daughter has been wondering about getting a Chromebook in addition to her older Mac - let the Mac stay in her dorm room, only bring the Chromebook to classes.
I wonder why…
Not sure what you are fishing for, so I will answer seriously:
1) She has a white unibody MacBook (with an SSD of course!) and an iPad3 with a Logitech KB. She uses both everyday (she is my star academic, taking all-AP classes this year and has been at college last summer). She finds the Macbook far better to write/compose than the iPad/Kb combo. She finds the iPad far better to take notes in class using a stylus.

2) She is about to go to college this fall, and we are discussing her tech needs. My initial thought was to get her an updated Mac with all-day battery life like her brother who has a 2013 MBA, and an iPad mini. But she suggested that maybe it'd be just better to get a flip chromebook that serves as a tablet for in-class notetaking, has the built-in keyboard, and all-day battery life. She can use her Macbook at home for serious writing in her dorm room. She will use the cloud to sync all of her files, which is how she syncs between her Mac and iPad now.

I do not know what we will decide to do, but a sub-$300 chromebook is far cheaper solution than a new Mac!

[bwicklander]

"And teachers and students already use Google education applications, which are compatible with the Google-run Chromebooks" - from the article.

At my school I use my Chromebook to access my School Google account, which in the Google environment is a logical choice. We do use iPads (we have 5 for student use) in our classroom, but they don't play well with the Google environment due to the restrictive IT policies.

I have no problem using the Office365 on my chromebook for our other department that chose to support a microsoft environment.

All 3 players (Apple, Google and Microsoft) have roles in our education.

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sekker wrote:
[quote=Article Accelerator]
[quote=sekker]
[quote=btfc]
It seems like a loss for the students to me!

Not at all. The google software suite is preferred by many, many students over Apple and iCloud. My two high school/college kids are good examples. They love their Macs, but they are far more loyal to google.

My daughter has been wondering about getting a Chromebook in addition to her older Mac - let the Mac stay in her dorm room, only bring the Chromebook to classes.
I wonder why…
Not sure what you are fishing for, so I will answer seriously:
1) She has a white unibody MacBook (with an SSD of course!) and an iPad3 with a Logitech KB. She uses both everyday (she is my star academic, taking all-AP classes this year and has been at college last summer). She finds the Macbook far better to write/compose than the iPad/Kb combo. She finds the iPad far better to take notes in class using a stylus.

2) She is about to go to college this fall, and we are discussing her tech needs. My initial thought was to get her an updated Mac with all-day battery life like her brother who has a 2013 MBA, and an iPad mini. But she suggested that maybe it'd be just better to get a flip chromebook that serves as a tablet for in-class notetaking, has the built-in keyboard, and all-day battery life. She can use her Macbook at home for serious writing in her dorm room. She will use the cloud to sync all of her files, which is how she syncs between her Mac and iPad now.

I do not know what we will decide to do, but a sub-$300 chromebook is far cheaper solution than a new Mac!
Thanks for the reply, sekker. My thought was that she may want the Chromebook for its social networking chops.