[senit] Asus Mini Books

Those of us who are Clicker Centres had a preview last week - it is a
really exciting concept, incorporating Wordbar and prediction and can be
used at home or school- it looks as if it will be really useful in
secondary schools and a transition tool from y6 -7 - if you are at BETT
or the SEN Fringe you will be able to get to grips with it
Cheers
Judith

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Judith Stansfield
SEN ICT Consultant
BDANTC (Associate member)
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-----Original Message-----
From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of barry andrews
Sent: 08 December 2007 21:02
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: RE: [senit] Asus Mini Books

Ian

  I've tried to find info on Write online on the Crick Website but
there's nothing there - I did find some mentions on the Gaurdian website
that seem quite complimentary.

  Have you had a chance to look at it? or has anyone else?

  Barry

Ian Butterworth <ianb23 at btinternet.com> wrote:
  If you are going to the Fringe or BETT have a look at Write-Online by
Crick Software which is a web based word processor with prediction,
wordbars, speech and runs on the Asus mini book.

I have only had a very quick look but I was impressed by the apparent
build quality and variety of ports including 3 USB2, monitor, and
network plus wireless [although I'm not sure of the speed etc]. The
screen is clear although, not surprisingly given its small size, text
etc is quite small.

It certainly would make me think about buying a Neo again although the
Asus does have a lot more distractions.

Ian
Ian Butterworth
ACE Centre Advisory Trust

-----Original Message-----
From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of barry andrews
Sent: 07 December 2007 20:59
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senit] Asus Mini Books

I've been looking at the RM/Asus mini book. Has anyone used it. I was
thinking about using it with KS3 struggling/disaffected writers. They
look pretty cool and would have some street cred.

Is it right that you can't load any software on? I think something like
a prediction package (Cowriter/Penfriend) would be useful. Is it
possible to do this? What about battery life and the small screen?

Any advice appreciated.

Barry.

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