Family tech updates help?

[doberbrat]

for kids working on school projects I'd go for a chromebook. Cheap and will likely be what they use at school. Our classes start a technology block with computers in 3rd grade. starts at 1-2x a week and increases to daily by 5th. In 6th grade each child is issued a chromebook.

Using it is pretty easy. Works mostly like a regular laptop with a smaller keyboard/screen

[mm123]

for kids working on school projects I'd go for a chromebook. Cheap and will likely be what they use at school. Our classes start a technology block with computers in 3rd grade. starts at 1-2x a week and increases to daily by 5th. In 6th grade each child is issued a chromebook.

Using it is pretty easy. Works mostly like a regular laptop with a smaller keyboard/screen

My kids are 9 and 11 (grades 4 and 6). Up until a few months ago, all we had in our house was a family iPad, and 2 work-issued laptops for me and DH. The girls were doing their school stuff on our work laptops, and that was NOT working well. I started looking into getting a family computer, and the kids convinced me to get a chrome book instead . It was about the best $300 we’ve spent. It was inexpensive, it’s super easy to use, resistant to viruses, and the kids use it all the time, since it’s what they use at school.

[specialp]

It doesn't seem like you use your laptop a lot so can't help with that (I'd be lost without mine), but I agree with the Chromebook for kids. We bought one last year around Black Friday for $200 and it is used exclusively for kids stuff which, at this age, is math and geography games and google docs for fun. It stays in my office.