My children recently
received the Acer Iconia Tablet for their birthday. This is the first
technological device that has entered our house other than our Dell computer
and basic cell phones. So we were very excited to actually hold one of these
magnificent icons of technology. We found ourselves starring at it like it was
foreign, and in many ways, it was. We looked through the book hoping to
magically become totally enlightened about everything thing this device was
capable of doing. Unfortunately, we were greatly disappointed. So over the next
few days we spent time exploring and researching the tablet online. This is
truly a great machine. Our children have had learned so much playing the many
games available for the Android based tablet.
If you are thinking
about getting a tablet and don’t want to sink a whole lot of money into one and
want a great product. I suggest the Acer tablet. It is very light weight and
smaller than a magazine. It is not as big as an iPad, but some reviews have
stated that people that have had both prefer to carry the Acer with them on
trips because it isn’t as big and bulky as the iPad. The graphics are amazing.
It has rear facing and front facing cameras that take great pictures. It also
has a SD card slot to expand its memory. It has 8GB of flash memory and the
battery life is pretty good. There are thousands of apps that can be downloaded
from the app store. Over all I would say the Acer Iconia Tablet is a great
product for the money.
I think this is a great idea-especially for a classroom. This may help teachers get tablets into the classroom. Let me know how your kids enjoy it, it may be worth investing in another to have at school.
ReplyDeleteThe kids love it so far. They've been able to do pretty much everything that can be done on the iPad. There are thousands of apps for it. The kids are on it all the time. The battery life is pretty good. They usually charge them over night and they are good for the next day. If they stay on them constantly they may have to recharge them for a while during the afternoon. Other than that, they are great!
DeleteWhere did you get yours from? How would you compare this tablet to an iPad or Kindle? Thanks Carlla!
ReplyDeleteBecky, they got them from Best Buy. I believe they were around $200. I think this is a great price especially compared to the iPad. They are well worth the money. They are smaller than the iPad, but has two cameras, great speakers and graphics, and there are thousands of apps for it. We compared it to the kindle, I believe it had more features than the Kindle. Over all it is a great value, especailly if you are having to stretch school funds to purchase a class set.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great alternative to ipads. Do you know if droid tablets have any way to manage apps for a classroom implementation? Do they synch to a laptop?
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