[ISLMA-Share] Chromebooks vs Touchscreen Chromebooks

Wed Nov 16 12:34:12 CST 2016

Our district went 1:1 in 4-12th grade and all of our Chromebooks are
touchscreens.  They are more expensive, but we have found the touch to be
very beneficial with all grade levels.  Our math and fine arts teachers
really like the touch screen for their projects.  Our students have come to
depend on them!   Our 4-8 students leave them at school, but our 9-12 take
them home.  We were afraid that the touch screen would be more likely to
break.  However, we have only had 3 broken screens (out of 400 high school
devices) since August.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Our students have Chromebooks with touchscreens. I’ve never heard students
> complain about them, and I see them use the trackpad and touchscreen both
> all the time. The screens of the Chromebooks our students have are
> reflective like windows; the glare can make it hard for me to look over
> their shoulder and help them, but that’s a minor inconvenience.
>
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> Kate Rogers
>
> Downers Grove South High School
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> Oops...that sentence should read..."After a year of observation, we have
> learned that at first this is true, but as the students become more
> comfortable with using trackpads and keyboard, they are MUCH more likely to
> use the trackpad and keyboard, NOT the touchscreen."
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> Michelle Harris
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> My elementary school went with one cart of Touchscreen chromebooks for the
> Kindergarten because we felt perhaps 5 year olds who couldn't read would be
> more likely to be able to manipulate a touchscreen.  After a year of
> observation, we have learned that at first this is true, but as the
> students become more comfortable with using trackpads and keyboard, they
> are MUCH more likely to use the touchscreen.  By the end of Kindergarten,
> they rarely use it much at all.  We've determined that we'll never buy
> another touchscreen Chrome. The initial benefits don't last and aren't, in
> the long run, worth the extra $$$.
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>
> One other drawback is that students who use both (touchscreen and
> non-touch) spend a lot of time being reminded "don't touch the screen! this
> one you're using today isn't a touchscreen!"
>
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> I can only imagine that this would be greatly magnified at the HS level.
> Most of the programs, apps, extensions, and add-ons do not REQUIRE touch,
> so most students have no NEED for it. Since it isn't faster, it isn't used.
>   The one thing we did learn with older students and Chromebooks is that
> many needed initial lessons in how to effectively use a trackpad (like the
> two-finger-touch since you can't "right-click").  Students who got used to
> a trackpad tend to prefer them, others couldn't get used to them and bought
> themselves a wireless mouse.
>
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>
> Hope this helps.
>
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>
> Michelle Harris
>
> District Librarian
>
> Heyworth CUSD #4
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> My high school is looking into the possibility of adding another
> Chromebook Cart into circulation and we have the option to go with the
> standard Dell Chromebook like we already have or upgrade to Touchscreen
> Chromebooks (for an additional price of course). I was just curious if
> anyone else has purchased or uses the Touchscreen Chromebook and if anyone
> has found advantages/disadvantages between the two. Thanks for the feedback!
>
> Staci Thompson
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