The Bee Gees talk Devices with old Monkey Boy.[/caption]It's probably a little late to be getting started on our Year 7 device rollout, but with everything else we've been asked to do, this is the absolute earliest we could expect to get things underway.
When I say "getting started" what I really mean is beginning the process of looking at devices, and as usual the first step is to work out what we want exactly, and get some quotes. That, followed by; seeing some physical machines, establishing a shortlist, showing off the options internally, then picking something is roughly the process we'll go through. It's worth sticking around to see that process, as over the years we've got it down to a fine art, particularly the part of assessing the candidate machines.
This time I've made one change though. We'll be producing a serious and complete Request for Quote document to lay our our requirements fully. One of the biggest problems we've encountered over the years is getting machines to meet a spec, a price, and receiving them on time. I will not haggle this time, nor will I accept delivery weeks late. I don't have that luxury when the program is being funded by parents who expect to get what they're paying for when we say they will. I expect resellers and manufacturers to put up there best most reliable option first and expect no second chances.
The process of arriving at a machine spec. is an interesting one, and can be difficult when the industry is in such a state of flux as it is now. Luckily we've been keeping a close eye on the Windows 8 device market since this time last year, and we now know what we can expect for roughly what sort of money. We used that knowledge plus input on preferred features from our teaching staff to arrive at this specification:
That probably lends itself to one or two types of machine, but if we're to get something that matches the above, we've got to work with that. Which we will do, I suspect I know what models the quotes are likely to bring, so it'll be interesting to see if I'm right.
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