The latest hot thing in computing, theyre flying out of the London-area public school boards virtual store.

Almost 1,000 Chromebooks at $250 a pop have been sold since the fall, a favourite among teachers who use them for collaborative learning and cloud-based projects in their classrooms.

Its affordable, its mobile and it allows for flexible use within and between classrooms, said Kenji Takahashi, a learning technologies co-ordinator with the Thames Valley District school board.

The London District Catholic board, on the other hand, is practicing device agnosticism.

It doesnt matter what the device is as long as it does what you want it to do, said Catholic school board superintendent John Mombourquette.

Most Catholic schools use iPads or iPad minis, Surface tablets or Microsoft-compatible tablets with Windows installed.

The Thames Valley board made the Chromebooks which blend tablet and laptop technology available for teachers and schools to buy for class use in the fall.

Since then, 895 have been sold.

Chromebooks are so named because they dont have any software and operate in the cloud on the Google-owned Chrome browser, using apps and online tools.

Theyre a great way to augment whats on the cloud, said Takashashi, who works with schools to help with their technology use.

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