Goal 4 – Teacher laptop replacement plan

Goal 4 – Research and develop a teacher laptop replacement plan for summer 2011.

ThinkPad X100e
ThinkPad X100e

It is amazing how fast 3 years go by!  Next summer, we will be looking at another teacher laptop refresh.  All of our teachers and administrators have had wirless laptops since the 2001!  Typically, in the past, we have provided ALL teachers with the same laptop. The laptop specifications were robust and I believe that the 50 or 60 percent of our staff do not come close to utilizing all the features of the systems.  (not official)  These systems were also more expensive.  Again, with the financial status of our district we need to be able to cut down on the spending to support this project for our 115+ users.  The last time we looked at systems there was no such thing as a netbook.  One laptop/netbook we are currently looking at is the X100e Lenovo Thinkpad.  It has a full keyboard, nice sturdy design, and has everything that low end or even mid end users would take advantage of.  Light, Mobile, Nice screen ratio! This next go around we may have a couple of options for staff to chose from based on computer usage and needs.

Stay tuned…more goals to follow!  I would love to hear feedback!

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