[MishraArtificer]

I DO NOT recommend anything approaching a netbook. Netbooks do not yet have the processing power required to do much of anything in the classroom, or much anywhere else for that matter. They are also painfully small, and therefore very hard to work with/on. I can go get a used 5 year old Dell Latitude on Ebay (or even my own workplace) with more power and features than a netbook, and STILL save $200 bucks compared to a netbook.

NOW, that opinion may change with the advent of Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Fusion/Bulldozer chips, but until then, NO. Trust me, your IT department will thank you. Take that from a technician who works at a PC repair shop.