The Challenge

Schools around the world are constantly striving to better engage and educate their students.  Innovative technology – including interactive whiteboards, projectors, and distance learning equipment – is being rapidly deployed in K-12 classrooms, college lecture halls, corporate training rooms, and other learning environments to make the educational mission more attainable.   

Outside of the classroom, schools and campuses are undergoing large technology transformations.  Digital signage, security cameras, emergency response systems, access control systems, and other communications technologies are being installed to improve the communication flow, safety and efficiency of school operations.

Within the classroom, educators, teachers, and the public want to know that technology is being used to drive student performance rather than simply entertain or distract students.

Billions of dollars are being spent on these innovative technologies.  Yet little focus is spent on providing instructional leaders, school administrators, IT staffs, and teachers with tools to cost-effectively manage and integrate these technologies.  That’s where Simtrol comes in.

The Solution

Simtrol’s Device Management Platform seamlessly integrates all technology deployed throughout a school or across a campus.

For instructional and professional development leaders, Simtrol's Device Management Platform ensures that classroom technology is being used to improve student achievement.  By providing visibility into how technology is being used in each classroom, leaders are able to optimize instructional strategies and tactics. 

Outside of the classroom, Simtrol’s Device Management Platform enables school administrators and IT organizations to centrally manage and maintain all devices deployed throughout a school, across a district, or around the world.  The solution offers the ability to report on the health, status, and use of devices; to schedule devices for routine activities (such as powering on a projector at 8 a.m. and powering off at 3:30 p.m.); and to proactively alert designated contacts when a device unexpectedly becomes non-operational.

Within the classroom, the Simtrol solution provides the ability to easily control all classroom devices via one easy-to-use touch screen that features a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI).  This advanced functionality enables an instructor to use technology to her advantage; by focusing on teaching, rather than toying with technology, learning improves.

The Benefits

Today, education budgets are under attack and every penny counts. Simtrol’s leading-edge Device Management Platform improves the return on technology investments by delivering the following benefits:

• Improve teacher performance by gaining visibility into the optimal ways of utilizing classroom technology
• Ensure that technology is being used to support the educational mission and improve student achievement 
• Reduce energy consumption and associated power costs by intelligently scheduling devices 
• Extend asset life through proactive maintenance and optimized device settings
• Increase device uptime and utilization with proactive alerting and remote diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Reduce operating costs by enabling centralized management of assets and simplifying technology support requirements