You may have read coverage of this year's muted-by-recession Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, perhaps most notable for its lack of mind-blowing new technologies that many expect every year at this time. But, one release highly anticipated for some time was the next-generation Intel Classmate PC, an elementary student-focused netbook. This is the design that MPC used for their new TXTbook that they sent me, and I have really enjoyed using. This new generation, however, adds convertible tablet functionality so students can write on the screen with a stylus. As Intel describes:
"Built on Intel® architecture and powered by the Intel® Atom™ processor, these purpose-built netbooks provide an affordable and functional PC to support a wide variety of classroom applications and activities. Designed with students in mind, the classmate PC is small and light enough for a child to easily carry. Equipped with a water-resistant keyboard, the classmate PC is also "backpack friendly" – able to withstand bumping in a backpack and accidental drops by students. In tablet mode, the convertible classmate PC screen has a "palm rejection" feature that is designed to allow the child to write more naturally by resting their palm on the touch screen. It also includes education-oriented software and applications from software and content vendors in the Intel Learning Series."
You can view a cool video about the Classmate here.
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