Digital signage has a lot of practical purposes for a high school but for private and technical high schools competing for top recruits one of the keys to success is making an exceptional first impression. To attract honor students private high schools need to provide state-of-the-art facilities and real-world experience to help their students get into top-notch colleges.
While we have seen many diverse uses of digital signage within education there appear to be four main areas that are emerging within private and technical high schools to help create “wow factor”:
Student Communication - Traditional bulletin boards and printed posters can’t keep up. A digital signage network instantly informs students of speakers, sporting events, honor student achievements and gracious donors. In times of crisis, these displays can be transformed into an emergency communication system, allowing staff to post visual alert messages quickly.
Digital Menu Boards – Whether the students are standing in line or sitting down to eat, digital signage is a great way to catch attention. In addition to the specials of the day users can post current local weather, stock market updates, or breaking headline news to help students stay informed on local and world events.
Financial Trading Lab - Establishing and promoting unique “centers of excellence” are vital to marketing schools, which draw many families and visitors to the school. For schools with a business focus one trend is to create mock trading rooms to simulate the stock markets and prepare business minded students for college?
Donor Walls – Every school has distinguished alumni, strategic business partners, and generous donors that help expand and improve the facility. Etched glass and wood plaques are nice, but a more advanced option is to build an interactive experience that tells a story. Donors can use pictures and video to share information about their donation, why they gave and how the money was used to better the institution. This can all be done in an interactive format on a large touch screen enabled display.
To compete with iPods, Twitter, text messages and the barrage of other messages hitting teenagers every minute, schools need to use vibrant and flashy technology to get noticed. What better way than digital signage?
