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Next year, we're buying MacBook Air 11" laptops for the 3rd grade and 6th graders. Kids keep the same machine for three year until they graduate to a new model in 6th grade (or simply graduate from the school after 8th grade). The kids in K-2 have an iPad assigned to them. Up until now, we've provided MacBooks and Always-on Cases from InfoCase for the students. In preparation for next year, Don Buckley and I ordered a bunch of different cases from Amazon.

My favorites: 

CaseCrown faux leather book cover clip on case for $18.18 (it'san always on case with a snap closure)

Belkin MacBook Air vertical sleeve with shoulder strap for $14.99 (slim profile and cross-body carry strap)

Flort shoulder bag for $9.99 (I've always been intrigued by this IKEA bag...)

The others:

Acase faux leather book cover clip on case for $14.95 (same exact design as the CaseCrown but it doesn't have a snap closure)

Hard Candy Cases convertible case for $36.99 is ok but pricey [RETURNED]

Gumdrop cases surf convertible case for $37.35 is the same as the Hard Candy design but pricier [RETURNED]

InCase perforated hardshell for $45 looks cool, is super expensive, and the bottom didn't stay attached [RETURNED]

Red mCover hard shell cover case for $19.99 is overpriced considering the next item is...

Slim Crystal hard cover case for $12.99 is totally reasonable

Thanks to Fred Bartels (@fredbartels) for sharing a link about P5JSSketch (@P5JSSketch) for iPhone on the NYCIST listserv this morning.

P5JSSketch is a tiny code editor for Processing.js. Write and run your code anywhere you are.

Features:
- Syntax highlighting
- Auto indentation
- Code assistance
- Additional keys
- Undo/Redo
- Import/export files via iTunes File Sharing
- Load multipull pde files
- Load JavaScript libraries (e.g. toxiclib.js)
- In app preview

About Processing.js >> http://processingjs.org/
See also Processing >> http://processing.org/

Erik Neumann (@openblackboard) mentioned that P5JSSketch is much better than pjs4ipad which offers "offline Processing.js web clip apps with built-in code editing."

pjs4iPad lets you create Processing.js apps that can be run and edited directly in HTML5 browsers and will run offline. Currently tested with Mobile Safari (iPad, iPhone, Android 2.1, iPod touch, Chrome).

P5JSSketch is a tiny code editor for Processing.js. Write and run your code anywhere you are.

Features:
- Syntax highlighting
- Auto indentation
- Code assistance
- Additional keys
- Undo/Redo
- Import/export files via iTunes File Sharing
- Load multipull pde files
- Load JavaScript libraries (e.g. toxiclib.js)
- In app preview

About Processing.js >> http://processingjs.org/
See also Processing >> http://processing.org/

Erik Neumann mentioned that is much better than pjs4ipad which offers "offline Processing.js web clip apps with built-in code editing."

pjs4iPad lets you create Processing.js apps that can be run and edited directly in HTML5 browsers and will run offline. Currently tested with Mobile Safari (iPad, iPhone, Android 2.1, iPod touch, Chrome).