Small size, small price, big impact
Small, cheap, tough and perfect. That’s how local school districts are describing netbooks for educational use.
Netbooks — small notebook computers with a 10-inch screen or smaller — are turning into the preferred method for school districts around Aurora to get more computers in more students’ hands.
Duran said APS students use the machines for word processing; however, web-based applications allow for the small books to venture into different applications such as photography and video applications. Many of the netbooks are equipped with built-in cameras for students to videoconference.
Netbooks at APS run on Linux Ubuntu, which is a free, open-source operating system distributed on the Internet. That helps keep costs down, Duran said, and the district mainly uses web applications that are freely distributed and require no licensing fees.
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