Tablets

=__**Tablets in the library**__= Buyers guide for touch tablets - published in //Learning & Leading with Technology Feb 2012//

**iPads**
Mobilary - ipads is a wiki that has librarians documenting their use of iPads - GREAT resource __Pros__
 * very easy to use
 * 10 hour battery life (good for school day)
 * built in speaker/microphone
 * has App store
 * supports 3rd party apps? not sure if it will support Android or just google type apps

__Cons__
 * not a domain device - means it will not be able to connect to existing school networks to access student home drives (will still filter through the school internet )
 * No Flash
 * No camera? not sure if this is needed.
 * no SD card - not sure if needed
 * USBs?
 * will need a 'dongle' to connect to projectors
 * teachers will need a training session
 * Will need to purchase a 'syncing' cart to make sure iPads are all correctly synced. If an initiative were to go grade wide, not sure how feasible this would be.
 * How much time would be involved in downloading/uploading an app? For example: if a teacher wants "Beware Mme la Guillotine, A Revolutionary Tour of Paris" for teaching the French Revolution, how would this work? who would do it?

__Pros__ __Cons__
 * __Android tablet__**
 * not a domain device - means it will not be able to connect to existing school networks to access student home drives (will still filter through the school internet ) Windows 7 operating system will allow to connect to service, but that is pricey.