Airtame brings collaboration and digital signage to the educational environment

The platform Airtame Enables wireless display sharing and digital signage in 1.200 TVs 28 schools and 7 Warren District Non-Educational Facilities in Kentucky.

Airtame Turn any connected display into a mirror, while enabling centralized digital signage features for entire campuses. Warren County Public Schools in Kentucky (WCPS) has invested in this collaboration technology to help teachers simplify classwork and increase student engagement.

With funding programmes aimed at helping schools invest in new technologies, WCPS found it could help teachers simplify classwork and increase student engagement using the Airtame SaaS platform for screen sharing.

According to WCPS Instructional Technology Coordinator, Matt Kresslein, the Airtame platform, Hardware-enabled Airtame 2, Enables wireless display sharing and digital signage in, approximately, 1.200 TVs in the 28 schools and 7 Non-educational facilities of the district.

"We have gone from interactive whiteboards located at the front of each room to televisions with the Airtame platform., which has freed up our educators to move around the classroom while delivering classes wirelessly from mobile devices. This has proven to be far more impactful than standing in front of the room while students use their Chromebooks", comments Kresslein.

With rooms built with the same technological design, Teachers can go to any of them, Connect your laptop or mobile device to the screen and start sharing information. Teachers can even designate a 'favorite Airtame' that keeps the chosen Airtame and TV at the top of their connection list so there are no complications or barriers to presenting wirelessly.

One of the great advantages of using Airtame is that the platform protects and prioritizes teachers' wireless connections., Strengthening Your Classroom Control. The whiteboard solution they previously had allowed any wireless device to override teacher connections, which presented an opportunity for students to interrupt lessons and class.

"Thanks to the incorporation of Airtame in every classroom, all Warren County Public Schools televisions are scheduled to turn on and off at specific times and during holiday days, so teachers don't have to worry about it. This saves electricity and time, allowing teachers to focus on their lessons and students rather than solving technological problems or procedures.".

Unlike independently operated whiteboards, Airtame platform allows administrators at the school or district level to treat each TV as an endpoint in a consolidated digital signage network.

They can present messages, announcements, Notes of recognition and other information in specific classrooms or schools, or district-wide. Beyond the classroom, This has allowed the school to easily implement digital menu boards for cafeterias., among other usage scenarios.

Spaces with multiple TVs with Airtame technology also offer teachers the option to stream, simultaneously to multiple displays, What was not possible before.

"Student access to wireless sharing is decided at the school level, and Airtame's device agnostic experience makes connecting a breeze, whether users connect from our Chromebooks or a smaller number of iPads, MacBooks and PCs located in different locations. Having centralized control of the configuration of all devices allows us to quickly perform software updates and identify any issues.", says Kresslein.

It was important that the school's new technology solution was compatible with all existing functions., including annotation apps teachers currently use on their Chromebooks.

Since Airtame wirelessly mirrors the entire user's screen and does not require the use of a specific app or device, Teachers can use content from a wide variety of sources without changing settings or remembering any specific procedures. The new system also eliminates the need for teachers to register..

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