Jamestown, New York, is investing in its youth and planning for the future by modernizing the Jamestown Public School District with new LG CreateBoard smart boards that provide better learning opportunities, greater engagement, and direct relevance to daily life and the community. of students' abilities. District officials and technology providers have equipped all classrooms in the district's ten K-12 schools with 86-inch LG CreateBoards, offering teachers and students greater access to popular digital learning tools while simplifying technology management through LG's centralized platforms.
When recent school funding initiatives made it possible for the municipality to invest in educational improvements, Chuck Marzec, the district's chief technology officer, turned to Larry Meister, president of the IT solutions provider. Mercury networks. Meister, who has worked with the district for more than a decade, collaborated with Marzec to determine which products and solutions would maximize learning benefits for the most students. Considering the timing, price, and available funding, they concluded that LG CreateBoards could transform every student's experiences and deliver forward-thinking classrooms that prepare students for a technology-filled world and job market. .
The district last updated its projection-based classroom systems in 2012, before the explosion of new touch-sensitive smart boards that are sweeping the educational landscape. Attractive pricing helped convince the district that smartboards would be the most impactful, sustainable and widely deployable solution, offering greater capabilities than existing systems while standardizing each classroom to simplify daily administration and long-term maintenance. term.
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“LG's easy-to-use CreateBoard interactive whiteboards are an incredible value, making them the best choice for Jamestown Public Schools. The district initially considered equipping about half of its classrooms with a LG product. competition at twice the price. With CreateBoard, they are essentially doubling their investment, creating optimized experiences for staff and students in every classroom and school,” Meister explained. “The district's previous projection systems were single-room solutions that lacked meaningful communication options and new advances in interactivity or cloud-based learning tools. Now, with LG CreateBoards, they have a unified network of more than 500 displays which can be monitored, managed and used to distribute content from a single location for morning announcements or emergencies. Additionally, the ability to set automatic on and off times ensures no energy is wasted, eliminating a task for operators. busy teachers today.
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