{"id":2093,"date":"2015-09-30T11:22:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learning.richmond.edu\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2015-09-30T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:22:58","slug":"surface-pro-3-for-faculty-check-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/2015\/09\/30\/surface-pro-3-for-faculty-check-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Pro 3 for Faculty Check Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last ten years, hardware and software advances have made doing high level\u00a0computing increasingly possible while on the go. A highly successful product of this mobile revolution is\u00a0Apple&#8217;s iPad. While a terrific product, many Windows users balk at the thought of learning a new ecosystem. On top of this reluctance, the usefulness of the iPad in an educational setting has been questioned by some because of\u00a0the lack of a fully supported stylus (this will change when the newly announced iPad Pro is released in November). For these reasons, Microsoft&#8217;s\u00a0Surface Pro serves as\u00a0a worthy alternative.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2101 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/learning.ryanbrazell.net\/files\/2015\/09\/FullSizeRender-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nThe Surface Pro is a tablet with a stylus and detachable keyboard. It runs the full desktop Windows operating system\u00a0so all the applications Windows users are used to running will be able for the Surface Pro. For a review of the device visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/surface-pro-3-review-the-greatest-laptop-tablet-hybrid-1581896186\" target=\"_blank\">Gizmodo<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe CTLT has a Surface Pro 3 that is available to faculty interested in testing the functionality and capability of the device. Now is a great time to explore the tablet as Windows 10 has recently been released and provides a good experience on\u00a0the tablet\/laptop (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/7\/28\/9045331\/microsoft-windows-10-review\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for &#8220;The Verge&#8221;\u00a0Windows 10 review). To reserve the Surface Pro 3, contact science liaison <a href=\"mailto:abell4@richmond.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Bell<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last ten years, hardware and software advances have made doing high level\u00a0computing increasingly possible while on the go. A highly successful product of this mobile revolution is\u00a0Apple&#8217;s iPad. While a terrific product, many Windows users balk at the thought of learning a new ecosystem. On top of this reluctance, the usefulness of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2092,"featured_media":2100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86542,86546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-learning","category-teaching-and-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}