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They're very popular in education (http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/05/sixty_percent_of_us_chromebook_sales_are_for_education.html http://blog
by yoran 11y ago
They're very popular in education (http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/05/sixty_percent_of_us_chromebook_sales_are_for_education.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/05/sixty_...). Mainly because they are inexpensive, a lot more versatile and better suited than iPads, the previous hype in education (see for instance the LA iPad debacle http://www.wired.com/2015/05/los-angeles-edtech/ http://www.wired.com/2015/05/los-angeles-edtech/). Also, many schools are already using Google services: Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and now Google Classroom is becoming huge.
- MattSteelblade 11y agoNot that I agree with their use in education, but "a lot more versatile"? I can't think of anything that a chromebook can do that the iPad can't but I can vice versa. The only advantage I see to a chromebook is a built-in keyboard (and price)
- kps 11y agoApparently (I don't work in that space) it's very useful to system administrators that Chromebooks are essentially stateless and fungible.
- mintplant 11y agoA built-in keyboard is huge for the classroom. Chromebooks in classrooms end up being used largely for written work (typing long essays, creating presentations, etc.) that an iPad is less amenable to than a laptop.
- nsgi 11y agoiPads can use external keyboards, though.
- npunt 11y agoAnother thing to break or to lose, and to charge, and it adds to the cost. A $200 chromebook blows away a $600 ipad+keyboard combo for majority of education purposes. Google also has much better deployment & operations for devices & apps. Source: I know lots of people who deploy and manage these in schools.