It wasn't the device that excited me when I wrote Move Over iPad! Google Chrome Notebooks are Going to Be the Game Changer in Education. Instead it was the the way in which they were selling it to schools. The reality that I've witnessed as I've watched and supported one-to-one laptop rollouts in schools is that in many cases there are issues with internet access and device repair. Unless devices can be counted on to work all the time and instantly replaced if they don't, hopes for such programs often dissipate quickly. If done right, the rumored plan could solve some major problems with how we use technology for learning in schools including:
1) Internet access at school
2) Internet access at home
3) Equipment repair and replacement
4) Imaging and reimaging
5) A way to purchase more devices with yearly school funding allocations
6) Students won't lose their work