I’ve been following Asus since the launch of their Asus EEE PC 700 in 2007. The breadth and innovation of the company’s products underlines the ambitions of this company to reshape the PC (sans Apple) world by packaging the PC in a variety of new forms: UMPC, SETBOX style, Asus Radio, Video Gaming, …
While the video is in Chinese, you will get to see some great gadgets in the video: first up, of course, is the EBox. There isn’t the same level of interest in this device, but I believe it has a number of advantages that will see this become an extremely popular choice for all sorts of un (and under-) served markets: kids computing, older folks, family computing, simpler networking, classrooms, etc..
The price, the size, and the low power consumption make this a VERY attractive computer for the next generation of household computers. You could put one in EVERY classroom for a relatively inexpensive solution if you need a small language classroom with five or six of these machines; networked together, they’d be quite a cool and effective computer-skills teaching classroom.
Also, running Linux would make many aspects of maintenance relatively simple. Replacement would be the option in cases where the hard drive died, though! But at its current price, that might quite affordable!
Have you considered using an EBOX for your classroom?
These compositions were written and illustrated by students who are studying Parade V. Students were asked to write about places from their own experience. Both teachers think the students did a fantastic job!
Hungry Monster’s name is Andy.
Andy is very hungry.
He can eat apples, bananas, and many kinds of food.
On Monday, he ate one piece of bread.
But he was still hungry.
On Tuesday, he ate two pieces of banana.
But he was still hungry.
On Wednesday, he ate three hot dogs.
But he was still hungry.
On Thursday, he ate four strawberries.
But he was still hungry.
On Friday, he ate five elephants.
But he was still hungry.
On Saturday, he ate six apples.
But he was very big.
He is big. His stomach bursts out!
This story was created by a student based upon the “Hungry Caterpillar” and illustrated with his own drawings and some help from the teacher. It highlights a lot of creativity on the student’s part, and originality in the way he handled the ending!
