14 DAY TRIAL // The Surface Pro 3 tablet which Microsoft introduced last month is already gaining ground in the enterprise sector and after several large corporations adopted it for their employees, yet another organization is planning to make the move to the new device.
The Cincinnati Country Day School (or CCDS) announces that it plans to make the transition to Surface Pro 3 tablets instead of any other device for students and teachers despite the hefty price that comes with Microsoft's new product.
To refresh your memory, the Surface Pro 3 costs no less than $2,000 (€1,500) for the top configuration, which includes an i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage space.
Asked why they decided to go for the Surface Pro 3 instead of a more affordable device, or any other laptop or tablet that could help them get things done within their organization, the IT Director, Rob Baker, pointed to three different criteria that Microsoft's unit meets, namely reading & writing, creativity and versatility.
“With the 3:2 aspect ratio and the big beautiful screen, the Surface Pro 3 is the first tablet PC that has a useable portrait mode for students to read and annotate naturally like they would a textbook or a piece of paper,” Baker said.
As far as versatility is concerned, the IT expert says that the digital pen played a key role when he decided to buy the Surface Pro 3 because it provides teachers and students with more power over their lessons.
“Any device that lacks an active digitizer, and thus true pen on paper inking is too limiting in functionality. In a school, you want to empower your teachers and students with the ability to annotate, sketch, draw, show process and highlight anytime and anywhere they need to. Whether the students were typing, writing with the pen, using touch, reading or any combination of these: the focus was on the task at hand, not on the technology,” he continued.