Amplify Tablet
| Developer | Amplify |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | ECS |
| Type | Tablet |
| Operating system | Android 4.2 |
| CPU | 2.0 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Processor Z2580 |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| Display |
10.1" IPS |
| Graphics | PowerVR SGX 544 MP2 |
| Sound | speaker, microphone, headset jack |
| Input | Multi-touch screen, compass, GPS, Ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer-gyroscope |
| Camera | Front: 1.3 MP fixed focus. |
| Connectivity |
802.11 a/b/g/n |
| Online services | Amplify |
| Website | Official website |
10.1" IPS
Capacitive multi-touch
1280 × 800 WXGA
802.11 a/b/g/n
2.4 and 5 GHz
The Amplify Tablet is an Android-based tablet. The Amplify Tablet is bundled with custom software designed to enable a "personalized" learning experience for students, allowing them to manage classwork, access online resources, and interact with class assignments or other students. A new version of the tablet was released in 2014 in order to contend with problems its predecessor had encountered in the classroom environment.
The Amplify Tablet was developed by Amplify Education—the education subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, in conjunction with its Common Core-based digital curriculum products. Amplify's CEO Joel Klein stated that the goal of the device was to help "to transform the way teachers teach and students learn." The device emphasizes a "blended learning" model built around the "language of the web", which combines digital means of teaching with traditional means inside and outside a classroom. Amplify began trialing the platform at schools in November 2012, before its general launch at SXSWedu on March 6, 2013. Guilford County Schools became the first school board to officially deploy Amplify, with the announcement that it would distribute 15,450 Amplify Tablets to the students and staff of its middle schools for the 2013-14 school year.
Intel Education designed the current version of the Amplify Tablet, which connects to the Internet through a dual-band dual-antenna WiFi radio, added to help with general connectivity challenges in school environments. It comes with a dual-core Intel Atom Processor Z2580 running at 2.0 GHz with Android 4.2 according to Intel. The devices also come with Bluetooth and a battery charge that lasts the length of the school day. It is also equipped with two cameras, a 1.3 mp camera on the front and 5mp camera on the back. Entering the 2014 school year, devices are leased to schools on a three-year contract. It comes pre-loaded with educational material from publishers like Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Dictionary, in addition to apps like Desmos Graphic Calculator and StudyBlue.
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