Having spent the previous three posts musing on the destructive arguments of favouring one device over another, I thought I’d spend a few moments listing what I think are the pros of both iPads and Chromebooks.

Sorry no cons here.

iPads.

• So intuitive your granny could use one, and she probably already does.

• Brilliant at multimedia work – take photos, shoot videos, record sounds, apply green screen effects, mix, edit and publish – they’re all-in-one technology perfection.

• The app store increases flexibility no end – they can literally do nearly anything because of that saying “there’s an App for that”

• Robust and reliable – good build quality means they last well.

• Regularly updated – support for the operating system is excellent.

• Super fast – switch it on and it works within 8n seconds, taking minimal time from lessons

Chromebooks

• Cheap – chromebooks can be purchased for half the price of a laptop and with cloud servcies such as Google Apps can be just as productive.

• Flexible – the chrome webstore allows for a wide variety of apps to be used.

• Easily managed and controlled. With Chrome management, Chromebooks can be setup to suit the exact needs of the user who logs in.

• Multi-user – a Chromebook behaves according to the login credentials, making one device suit many students.

• Regularly updated – Chrome Os is updated frequently, meaning that it gets better over time.

• Super fast – switch it on and it works within 8 seconds, taking minimal time from lessons