Center for Early Education — Digital Signage
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As students are becoming increasingly accustomed to interacting with technology on a day to day basis, going digital has become an indispensable transition for modern educational institutions.
Digital Signage is one of the many modern technologies that have been changing the face of education by becoming an integral part of educational institutions. It is a powerful visual communication tool. On getting integrated with the right set of application tools, digital signage takes messages to the targeted audience with impact and ease at cost effective rates.
Digital Signage Display is a sort of electronic display for communicating information, advertising and other messages using dynamic full-motion graphics. Digital signage displays may be LCD, LED boards, plasma screens, Organic LED screens, projection screens or other emerging display types like interactive whiteboards.
More and more educational establishments have been embracing digital signage as an effective way to communicate information across the students. Establishments are using to display up-to-the-minute information in a compelling way. The authorities, for instance, can communicate vital information in no time telling students where to gather. As digital signages are mostly installed at various places of the wide campuses of schools, colleges and universities, vital information can reach students immediately.
In an emergency state of affairs, students as well as staff require to be informed quickly and told where to go, and what to do, no matter where they are. Digital signage proves very helpful in such situations. Thus gone are days when a person had to ring different departments one by one to deliver the urgent message.
A digital signage system is equipment where multiple displays share the same messaging. A centralized platform allows single signage player feed numerous displays across different departments and campuses. Thus, a digital signage system not only saves time, but also is very cost-effective.
Digital signage is capable of interacting with mobile phones, which means networks can increase the interactivity of the audience through Bluetooth and SMS messaging. Bluetooth lets people to interact straight with what they see on screen, while SMS messaging can be used to post messages on to the displays. Now-a-days several networks are making use of technology that integrates social media interactivity, which enables users to post messages from the social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to the digital signage displays. Some digital signage use 3D displays that let viewers to see a 3D image without wearing special glasses.
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BETHLEHEM, PA (PRWEB) February 05, 2013
Leading software provider, SunGard K-12 Education has selected One Call Now as its premier solutions provider for mass communications. The alliance between the two companies integrates SunGard K-12 Education’s PLUS 360 software solutions with the enhanced mass messaging capabilities provided by One Call Now, which claims to be America’s largest message notification provider. School districts with SunGard K-12 Education’s solutions will now be able to keep parents and guardians informed about their students’ performance and quickly communicate in emergency situations.
SunGard K-12 Education’s eSchoolPLUS, an industry-recognized student information system, helps educational stakeholders—students, school administrators, district staff, teachers, parents, and board members—easily manage and immediately access the summary and detailed student information they need, when they need it. The system also can help educators manage their time and make it easier for them to communicate with district staff, parents, and guardians.
Thanks to the new alliance with One Call Now, SunGard K-12 Education is extending the notification capabilities available in eSchoolPLUS to address important concerns for districts, as school budgets tighten and scrutiny of school security increases.
One Call Now offers cloud-based mass notification systems. By making it easy to quickly communicate via voice, text message, e-mail, and social media, One Call Now can help schools communicate efficiently and effectively with their constituencies. As a result of a seamless integration between the two software solutions, districts can quickly send mass electronic communications—reducing paper, printing costs, and postage. And, the mass notification system can help increase parental involvement and improve the timeliness of emergency communications.
Brian Ferrar, One Call Now chief marketing officer, believes the alliance will support student achievement. “The integration of One Call Now notification services into the SunGard PLUS 360 suite will help students, parents, and school staff members communicate quickly and more effectively,” says Ferrar. “Administrators and teachers using SunGard K-12 Education’s systems to manage, track, and help students will have additional ways to connect with parents and students to help improve student performance.”
Through its Strategic Alliance Program, SunGard K-12 Education collaborates with trusted third-party providers to help school districts find quality software solutions for their needs. “As a result of our new collaboration with One Call Now, SunGard K-12 Education is enabling our client school districts to quickly and affordably connect educational stakeholders with information that can help improve school performance,” says Joel Hames, SunGard K-12 Education’s senior product manager.
Current SunGard K-12 Education customer, Christopher Passarge—who is chief operations officer of Lakota Local School District in Liberty, Ohio—has been pleased with the capabilities and customer service provided by One Call Now. “One Call Now tech support responds to our requests in a timely manner,” he says. “When we’ve started using a new feature they are also extremely supportive and even provide instruction material to distribute to our users. The material was very user-friendly, and they were available to troubleshoot any issues that came up. Tech Support also created a daily transmission of updated student data that has allowed our calls to be more accurate.”
About SunGard K-12 Education
SunGard K-12 Education offers software solutions designed to help teachers, administrators, and parents support student achievement. The company’s PLUS 360 products are a single integrated suite of software solutions for the management of student information, assessment and curriculum, special education, and financial and human resources. The suite—which provides anytime, anywhere access to important student information—can be deployed to work together to help meet educational goals and requirements or implemented as stand-alone systems. For more information, visit SunGard K-12 Education at http://www.sungard.com/K12.
About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 17,000 employees and serves approximately 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education, and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services, and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $ 4.5 billion, SunGard is the largest privately held software and services company and is ranked 480 on the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit http://www.sungard.com.
About One Call Now
One Call Now is America’s largest message notification provider, with 20 percent of American households—55 million Americans—depending on the company for messages that protect, inform, and engage. Schools nationwide use One Call Now’s high-speed, fully redundant service to quickly and easily send messages to thousands of staff and parents simultaneously. Founded in 2002, One Call Now was recently named as a District Administration Top 100 Product for Schools and to Inc. Magazine’s Honor Roll, having made its list of the fastest growing privately held companies in America for five consecutive years. One Call Now is proud to support the Mission of Educators through partnerships with anti-bullying organization Olweus, sponsorship of The Million T-Shirt March Against Bullying, free levy calls for schools, and KidsReadNow.org, One Call Now’s national summer reading program designed to stop the summer reading slide in elementary schools. For more information, please visit http://www.onecallnow.com.
Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, PLUS 360, and eSchoolPLUS are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Orlando, FL (PRWEB) October 01, 2014
As part of its long-standing commitment to simplify technology management in higher education, HARMAN’s AMX introduced two new resources for university decision makers – the new AMX Campus Explorer Education App and a completely redesigned AMX Education Website – both being demonstrated in Booth #139 at this year’s EDUCAUSE 2014 Annual Conference in Orlando.
Reactions to the ease of use and immediate understandability of the new AMX Campus Explorer App have been consistent: “truly interactive”, “extremely engaging”, “anyone can use it”, “great way to imagine the possibilities”. The Campus Explorer App was built to give higher education decision makers real-world examples of the many ways that automation and control technologies can enhance the ever growing use of technology in the classroom and other higher education facilities. From being able to see how a professor might screen mirror a video from her mobile device to the projection screen of modern lecture theater to being able to interact with the technology inside a university dental school’s applied learning space; no facility, application or use of technology was overlooked in the development of this App.
Using the Campus Explorer App, users are able to experience technology management firsthand from traditional and collaborative learning facilities to wider reaching campus venues like sporting complexes, student housing and administration buildings. The App integrates precision-illustrated, cutaway views and click, touch, swipe and gesture navigation to create a simple understanding of how technology is controlled/automated, media is distributed and resources are managed. Users can choose from a variety of components and systems to customize a technology management solution for each location and a range of user interfaces to make managing the experience simple. The Campus Explorer App is available to support online users in via the AMX Education Website as well as offline planning via a new iPad App.
To further support the needs of the higher education community, the AMX Education Website was completely redesigned from the ground up. The new website further assists university administrators and IT and AV managers in the time-consuming task of researching and understanding how technology can best be used and most easily managed in the university setting. The new website is segmented into four sections that offer a very easily traversed, non-technical pathway for users of all backgrounds to discover the possibilities and understand the process of purchasing technology management solutions, tailored to the needs of higher education.
The ‘LEARN’ section of the new Website includes helpful white papers, solution guides, case studies, videos and other resources, designed to illustrate and explain exactly what’s possible when beginning the purchase process. Once a user has a good understanding of what’s possible, the “PLAN” section goes deeper to give them an opportunity to see and experience how each component of technology management can specifically benefit their campus, including the ability to customize rooms and facilities with technology and user interfaces.
“We believe the new App and Website offer higher ed decision makers a level of resources and planning tools they’ve never had in one place before,” said Sarah Kinard, AMX by HARMAN Education Marketing Manager. “Illustrating the possibilities of these solutions can often be one of the lengthiest steps in the purchasing process. Demonstrative resources like these eliminate this hurdle by providing a richly engaging experience and an App-based platform has allowed us the flexibility to continually support the needs of our users on an ongoing basis.”
Additional Details
•Experience the new Campus Explorer Education App:
ONLINE in the PLAN section of the AMX Education Website
OFFLINE for Download via the Apple App Store
•Visit the new AMX Education Website
LEARN Section – Learn tracks, white papers, solutions guides, videos
PLAN Section – Planning tools, quality assurance, case studies
About AMX by HARMAN
Founded in 1982 and acquired by HARMAN in 2014, AMX® (http://www.amx.com) is dedicated to integrating AV solutions for an IT World. AMX solves the complexity of managing technology with reliable, consistent and scalable systems comprising control and automation, system-wide switching and AV signal distribution, digital signage and technology management. AMX systems are deployed worldwide in conference rooms, homes, classrooms, network operation/command centers, hotels, entertainment venues and broadcast facilities, among others.
About HARMAN
HARMAN (http://www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets premier audio, visual, infotainment and integrated control solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson ®, the Company is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 16,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia and reported sales of $ 5.3 billion for the twelve months ended June 30, 2014.
For more Information contact:
Sarah Kinard
AMX by HARMAN Education Solutions
469.624.7739
sarah.kinard(AT)amx.com
Lane Shannon
AMX by HARMAN Public Relations
469.624.6569
lane.shannon@amx.com
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