The choice of PC, Laptop orTablets in the Classroom and for remote learning is really still a matter of horses for courses
PCs are now very different in physical size and abilities to their predecessors and with small sze and plenty of memory they can be fitted behind a monitor, they can be fitted with adequate processor power and storage and can be configured for the most complex needs of the most taxing subjects like drawings, video creation and engineering design etc with hardly any limitations. They are also fixed with cabling normally so are secure, non portable and able to be connected to a secure and wired network without communication failures seen with WiFi
Laptops are less powerful usually but have most of the features of PCs with the advantage of being portable and can be connected using WiFi in a host of situations where PCs might be limited due to non-portability
Tablets especially with keyboards are an ideal solution in Primary schools where the power of a PC or Laptop is not needed, young users especially are usually familiar with the Android or iPad operating systems having experienced them at home and can very quickly enjoy learning from an intuitive, familiar and low cost device.
Security is a difficulty with portable devices but they do lend themselves for remote learning in the current situation with Covid virus and tablets are a very low cost way to provide remote learning at home for those unable to afford laptops or PCs
For a much fuller description of the Pros and Cons of these grat learning platforms see the article here by The Stone Group
Written by David Edis-Bates C.Eng MIET Dip Couns
See also our article on Beating Covid by Remote Learning