I think that you are right that curriculum is moving VLE/Online - but there are still lots of times when students don't have wireless access - either in rooms in school that are not wireless equipped, or at home. This gives teachers a problem.
Luckily (in the absence so far of much linux based mainstream non-generic educational software) there is a lot of scope for instantly available locally installed educational software with the ASUS eeePC - because it has Flash installed in Firefox 'out of the box'. While our stuff runs on VLEs, we have already produced a locally installed version to be run from SD card. I'm sure lots of others will follow.
It certainly is a fantastic machine.
David
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