One of the great benefits of digital signage, educational or otherwise, is how quickly you can change playlists, put in slideshows, or add new photos.
This gives you room to plan strategically based on your curriculum and daily learning goals, but also allows you to change content when needed. Big open house coming up? Switch the screen to the highlight with just a few clicks.
This also doubles as a real-time security board. In an emergency, staff are able to quickly communicate with every area of the school and campus. After the Virginia Tech massacre, West Virginia University installed 120 digital screens to help protect students, faculty and staff during a campus emergency. In everyday life, the network will be used for regular communications, but in an emergency, campus staff have useful tools to quickly spread news or safety information.
It also creates moments of connection after a major event or natural disaster, allowing you to spread hope and encouragement throughout your school.
The beauty of having a digital network that works for you is that you can use it to change the way you’ve always done things at no extra cost. On the first day of school, why not create a digital signage scavenger hunt to educate new students about their surroundings? This involved teamwork from the start and was more memorable than a printed map.
On a day-to-day basis, digital signage display can provide welcome information, wayfinding and maps to help guide students to places of interest or new buildings.
“In the English department, for example, we have a screen that shows what’s going on in the department, mixed with general news from around the world, sparking debate and topical discussion in class. Our students stop to read the screen, and the crowding in the corridors shows that They’re paying attention to what’s there! Literacy leaders then use the screens to advertise reading clubs, book clubs, literacy programs and all kinds of things.”
This is just one example of how your digital screens can support what’s happening in the classroom by giving students access to the latest information.
One of the amazing effects of digital signage in schools on students is that they become proficient at absorbing information in digital format.
Younger students also begin to learn to retrieve information from digital screens and comprehend it on their own.
Installing digital signage within your school infrastructure can add a digital presence to your school and thus improve your hospitality.
Schools, colleges and universities are now adopting technology to make their infrastructure compatible with the contemporary world.
Therefore, displaying digital signage throughout the education system can enhance the digitalization of a school, college or university.
