The Fizzbook Spin was always going to be a hit with teachers and particularly pupils

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Water and drop resistant, versatility as a laptop, eBook or tablet and with the best classroom software suite ever seen for a classroom.

The latest version FizzBook Spin 10.1 eliminates all of the remaining concerns. The price is reasonable and starts at £369 up to about £489 for the professional version with a 3 year warranty (www.fizzbooks.co.uk/products).

The FizzBook is from Zoostorm computers and is packed ‘inside and out’ with features designed to revolutionize the classroom in much the same way as the Interactive Whiteboard. It will allow the power of a computer to combine with the enormous potential of the web by allowing easy, safe and robust access for pupils. Yes is has all the latest gizmos with a built in camera for social media, conferencing and field trips, Wi-fi for connecting to the web and intranet, touch screen technology for ease of use. The design is cool, “I think it’s good because it’s a normal computer but then it’s more because you can drop it and spill stuff on it and can still do loads of cool stuff” (Jack aged 12). It comes with Microsoft Works and Windows Starter or Professional but that’s only the start. The amazing part is what it allows the teacher to see and use with the pupils… See my next blog to find out more.

So what’s the catch? Well the only one I’ve found is that it’s not available until October 2010. Even then the demand has been so high that back orders exhaust most of the stock for this initial batch so you might be too late.