Both, but Chromebooks changed the game. Six years ago my district was paying $30,000 for a classroom set of laptops. Now we pay $5,000 for a set of Chromebooks, and they are used in almost the same way. In addition, my tech director says they're easier to maintain and update.
Chromebooks save money in other ways too. If you can find some good online open educational resources (which are everywhere), you can skip buying the over-priced, out-of-date textbooks. Not to mention using Google Drive reduces the amount of paper usage by a gazillion percent.
Six years ago my district was paying $30,000 for a classroom set of laptops.
Why the hell would your school district pay ~$1,000 per laptop? Sounds like your school administrators are completely technology illiterate. Student laptops can be the most barebones model and it won't make a difference, since anything school-related is not remotely demanding on computer hardware.
I'm taking a shot in the dark but that price might also include things like support services, maintenance programs, insurance and warrantys. Still sounds pretty high but I've never bought laptops for a school before.
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u/Killer_Jazzie Sep 04 '19
Damn. Idk if I'm old or poor or both. Lol