10/17/11

I am really excited about  using the laptops. I don’t have my personal laptop at home. I think that it is really cool that I will be using this for school. Before, at my old school, we used laptops sometimes, but they were not efficient and I did not learn anything from it. I hope to use the apps and software. I never expected that Durham Academy would give us this privilege. I am a little bit worried about how I will be able to handle the responsibilities that come with this privilege. Personally, I think iPads are cooler than laptops, but laptops are 100 times more useful because they are faster and have more space. Also I never use Apple laptops, so I will be able to explore the settings and apps more. I am extremely pleased about this privilege and hope everyone will someday be able to have laptops or some other technology to use for school.

11/8/11

After being able to take my laptop home for about two weeks I am going to be sad when I have to give up my laptop. My laptop is extremely useful for what I thought it would be useful for. I have used my laptop for homework especially, but I have also used it for things like printing papers, doing projects, and taking notes. I think that Durham Academy should definitely follow through on this laptop program and I hope nobody ruins it.

I have had some issues with my laptop. I am actually using a substitute computer because I have had kernel panics. The substitute computer had a kernel panic yesterday and I will have it looked at after class.