Further to a post the other day about the borrowing of a tablet to test at school, I have been making interesting progress.
First off, I really like the windows 8 touch environment... on a tablet. I can see how it might be a distraction when using a desktop but this is a different issue.
The tablet arrived and I have been glued to it ever since. It is light, well put together and has a really good screen. I have also been impressed by the responsiveness and accuracy of the touchscreen panel.
I have written on here about my issues with tablet computers in the past. Primarily my issue lies in two areas, the lack of Flash player and the ease of integration with a Windows server network. Both of these issues have been cast aside with the use of a tablet that runs a full version of Windows 8.
I can access all the great sites that I have been recommending to other teachers, www.oxfordowl.co.uk, the BBC bitesize websites and many others. These were inaccessible in the past because I had no flash player to work with.
I have also talked to my Network managers and have come up with a shared folder on the network that can be mapped to the Asus device. This allows pupils to save the work to the server and then instantly access it from a wired, desktop PC in order to file in a safe place or for the teaching member of staff to review with the rest of the class. The best example of where this could be applied is, I guess, with Science where the teacher is looking at Mini Beasts. She can send a class out in the gardens to photo mini beasts, they can wirelessly upload their pictures to the server where the teacher can review as a class and then set work for other lessons where the pupils produce some work about these pictures and their exploration.
I am currently sold, I hope this first real love of my tablet life will continue and we will have a match for my school but I am going to continue to thoroughly test whilst looking into the cost of these items.
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