Classcharge trolley for Ipads

[paulellam]

Would like to hear if anyone is using one of these and what they think?

[Brimstone]

My thoughts...

 

 

a) Expensive, you have to buy software licences for each iPad.

b) No real choice of case, in order to get wireless charging each iPad has to go into the specific case

c) There are no real time values given on how long it takes to charge a whole set of iPads.

d) iPads come with cables, why not use them?

[unixman_again]

We have this one Welcome to Compucharge but we didn't pay the price shown on the website (I can't remember were we bought it from.)

 

It's good because the iPads are locked away in the MFL classroom so the teacher doesn't have to drag them into the room. They stay charged (provided fast fingers doesn't unplug it). Ours are used for MFL listening - students supply their own headphones.

[Bev]

I don't t hink it's that expensive compared to what we paid for our trolley. At the time I wanted to be able to sync the whole set, so cables and the ability to connect the trolley to the Mac for adding apps etc was crucial, but I do all that wirelessly via Meraki now, so it's extremely rare that I physically attach the trolley to the mac these days.

 

We find the kids don't always plug the ipads in correctly (ours are ipad2, the newer chargers may be less problematic) so the idea of wireless charging would definitely appeal to me. The number one problem with have with both the ipads and laptops is that they aren't charged correctly.