Thanks
Rahel Rosner
Chief Operating Officer
Solomon Schechter School of Westchester
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Van Dyk
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:26 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Displays in School Foyers
This may be off the mark, but have you looked at page flakes?
(http://www.pageflakes.com) You would still need hardware to show the
website, but with page flakes you should be able to aggregate at least
some
of the desired news and events on to one page for display.=20
Steve
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Arvind Grover
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:14 AM
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Subject: Re: Displays in School Foyers
Chris, we use an expensive, but decent product by Aavelin
(http://tinyurl.com/2rfwfa). There is a video server behind each plasma
screen and using a PC and the Aavelin software you can set up what you
want to appear on the screen; the software connects to the video server
over the network (and can be accessed remotely if needed). It basically
works like Powerpoint but has options for news and weather feeds and
video depending on which product you buy.
We like it because we don't need a lot of support to run it. You can
certainly do it for cheaper stringing together different things from
Powerpoint to Filemaker Slideshows to Keynote, etc.
Happy to answer questions off or on list,
arvind
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arvind s grover
Director of Technology
The Hewitt School
45 East 75th St
New York, NY 10021
T. (212) 994-2613
F. (212) 639-9366
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 12:12 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Displays in School Foyers
I've recently received the following request from a school ...
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"Our school is on three campuses .... in the foyer area of each we want
to
put plasma screens displaying a variety of pieces of information for
children and parents.=20
What I have in mind is something like a CNN or Sky News screen with
perhaps
three or four different things going on together on the screen."
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Anyone have any hardware or software solutions that you've seen working
in
schools or tried yourselves?
I intend to make them aware of the online websites that now allow a
school
to run a TV or Radio station ... (lists on Shambles) ... but I don't
think I
have a split screen (LAN) solution ...=20
Appreciated ...=20
Many thanks
Chris
ePortfolio www.shambles.net/csmith
w-shops www.shambles.net/csmith/workshops
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Chris Smith : email: csmith@csmith.info=20
Based in Thailand, working across S.E.Asia
The Education Project Asia www.shambles.net
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Support for ICT across the Curriculum (consultancy)=20
'It's out there somewhere, the trick is finding it'
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