In the classroom setting there are a few more reasons why they are appealing, relative to a computer they are less distracting (although there are still games f

In the classroom setting there are a few more reasons why they are appealing, relative to a computer they are less distracting (although there are still games for them) and they can be used in tests without to much fear of them being misused for teaching. They also allow a teacher to learn one tool and be able to help students rather than having to deal with varying hardware configurations and maths programs.