Over the summer, schools in Tampa Bay reassessed their speaker and zone controller needs and installed Wahsega Labs’ Two-Classroom 2x2 Ceiling Speaker. These cost-effective speakers integrate with InformaCast to provide a secure learning environment.
Attendees will hear from leading safety and security experts, develop strategies and tactics to reduce risk and improve response and learn first-hand about best practices and procedures for emergency response.
This article in EdTech magazine discusses how using InformaCast's 911 call alerting and mobile notifications together can provide a powerful safety boost to your school.
In the demonstration, Cisco illustrates how connected systems make it easy for front desk personnel to assess situations and ask for assistance if they feel there is an issue.
InformaCast helps you address the challenges of running a school with minimal disruption, making for easier days, safer students, and increased peace-of-mind.
"We'd like to think it won't happen, but there has certainly been enough of those events that have happened in our country so we can't ignore that," Finnemore said. "We have to do what we can to be prepared."
…It provides a consistent means of communicating and informing regarding an incident to, not just our first responders in those multiple agencies, but also to our staff and parents who are in multiple buildings, and our students in multiple buildings.
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— Tom Wohlleber, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, MCPASD —
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… InformaCast is really the glue for our notification - it can pull in email, our phone system, our speaker system, our visible security system, locks, and make it all work together.
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— Shandor Simon, Director of Information Technology, Latin School of Chicago —
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What I like most is the usability of InformaCast. It has a simple user interface and works without complications.
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— Kris Saylor, Director of Technology, Necedah Area School District —
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The fact that we can use [InformaCast] for both audio alerting and visual alerting, that was great.
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— Dan Carrion, Senior Voice Engineer, JOY Global —
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[InformaCast] is one of our most critical services. Bells and paging are one of the most important things for schools.
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— David Massaro, Coordinator of Technology Services, Redlands Unified School District —
