[techedguy]

What better place to ask students about what technology THEY would like to use in the classroom and why its important.

I am part of a statewide task force investigating best/next practices, hardware, and policies for implementing a statewide 1 to 1 computing device rollout. We have to report to the state legislature by January, so feedback now is IMPORTANT - so little to do, so much time...I know there is a survey they are going to run past IT folks and teachers who respond in the summer, but I wanted to get some STUDENT feedback.

Anyhow, my main questions are, as students, what device features would be most important knowing that there is a limited budget and you'd be using it for daily school work as well as online course access. (No, we're not getting a 17"+ display with quad core anything :-) Don't spec a system out for me, but think more along the lines of:

Display Size (minimum)
Tablets vs. Netbooks vs. laptops
Expansion Ports?
Ipads...Androids...Ipods...
You get the idea.

Thank you all for your input, it will all be considered and discussed in committee in early July at our state capitol!