1. Digital Signage for Schools

2. Options Paid Vendor Systems PowerPoint Open Source Systems Others????
$$$$
PowerPoint
Open Source Systems
Rise Vision
Digital Signage.com
Xibo
Others????

3. Hardware Flat Screen TV - $500 ish
Wake Up and Shutdown are nice options
TV Mount - $100
Media Player - Anything that will run Win 7 should be fine.
I currently use a ChromeBox! 
I used a 5 year old HP
Recommend Quad Core for HD Video

4. Digital signage vs. Kiosk
Digital Signage - No User Interaction
Entrance Displays, Athletics, Menu Boards...
Kiosk - Accepts user interaction
Can do both, show content until someone walks up
Maps, Directories, Video Library....

5. Delivery Methods IP Coax
Need a Media Player and Ethernet at each location
Each sign can be different
Coax
Centrally locate Media Player and use a digital channel modulator to send signal ~ $1000
All sign show same image

6. Powerpoint Pros Cons Simple to use with little or no training
Can add limited dynamic content
Live Web Content
Cons
Looks like Powerpoint!
Cumbersome to manage
edit doc, reboot or remote media player to update
I could not find a way to integrate live web using open office/Gdocs

7. Free vs. Paid How do they do it??? One Word - Quantity!!!
Actually they hope to sell add on Design Services, Premium Features and Hardware
What if they go Belly Up?
Monitors and Wiring can be reused, find a different provider and move on.
For this reason I would stay away from Proprietary hardware!

8. Open Source – Built on Google App Engine
Very little end user training – Drive content with Google Docs
Cloud based control – No Server Needed
Setup feels like Publisher – Box Based
Display devices
Windows 7
Unbuntu 12.10

9. Open Source – Built on an Apache Project
Feels like Video Editing – Timeline based
Windows, Mac, iPad and Android Clients
They also sell boxes from $100 to $600
All Content managed in Editor – End user training will be required.

10. Open Source – Company Backed
Feels Like Video editing – Timeline based
Windows Client/Server Based
Donations based
Can do iframes etc so it should work with Google Docs, but no direct integration

12. My Random Thoughts! We chose Rise Display for the following reasons:
FREE! DUH...
We can recycle existing hardware for media players
Simple to maintain content using GDocs for source
Lots of Gadgets and ability to write my own
Cloud based - Tired of patching servers!
Paid support is available if needed

13. Resources http://www.risevision.com/ http://www.digitalsignage.com/
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