Top 3 Budget Tablets For Educators To Use In School And Child Care Classrooms

Documentation in the classroom is shifting from paper to digital and it is becoming increasingly affordable for educators to make the transition. From my experiences speaking with early childhood educators, there is a common misconception about the cost of tablets.

To set the record straight, we’ve done a review of tablets providing good value. Last year we did a post about choosing the right tablet for your child care and early learning programs that evaluated the criteria to look for in tablets and suggested some of the best choices in various price ranges. The iPad still seems to be the go-to choice for many educational programs, so this year we’ve decided to focus on alternatives.

This year’s review focuses on tablets in the sub $200 price range (a couple retailers sell models just above the $200 price point). Our analysis considered both critic reviews, as well as consumer ratings, and resulted in the following category winners: