The Changing Landscape of Classroom Audio-Visual Equipment

The Latest Technology Creates Engagement and Retainment

How we learn and engage in the classroom has changed dramatically over the last few years. No longer limited to static textbooks, routine memorization, and dusty chalkboards, today’s learning environment engages the senses, helping students get excited and, in the process, become lifelong learners. 

Supporting this changing landscape is the latest classroom audio-visual equipment. Here, we’ll explore the technology supporting learning in San Jose, CA, and today’s AV solutions for school theater halls and stadiums. It’s a new world students live in, and audio-visual systems are leading the way.

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The Classroom Experience

Today’s classrooms are becoming dynamic environments where students are engaged, and teachers are taking advantage of the latest technology. One of the audio-visual aids that’s gaining traction is the digital, interactive whiteboard. These displays are touch-sensitive screens that act like large tablets. Teachers can annotate documents, incorporate multimedia presentations, integrate educational apps, and project lessons directly onto the board, including collaborative activities. Students can draw on the screen and collaborate with classmates.

Wireless presentation systems enable students and teachers to share their work directly from their tablets or laptops onto the main display. No more frustrating cables or static presentations. This dynamic learning environment keeps students engaged, an essential ingredient to retained learning.

Assistive listening devices are another feature commonly integrated into classrooms to create an inclusive learning environment. These devices include microphone arrays and headphones that help students with impaired hearing, enabling them to actively participate.

Higher Education Lecture Theaters

In higher education, large lecture theaters or halls can accommodate hundreds of students. Creating an engaging, inclusive environment in this setting can be challenging at best. Some of the critical AV equipment transforming the experience include large high-definition display screens that optimize viewing. This also enables teachers to incorporate multimedia content, engaging all aspects of the brain and promoting retention. 

AV equipment also enables schools to record an instructor’s presentation, allowing the students to look at it later and revisit topics that they find challenging. High-quality sound systems are also essential, ensuring everyone can hear, and the background noise and echo are kept to a minimum.  

The School Stadium

Sports venues are being transformed with LED scoreboards, digital signage, and sound systems. The latter may incorporate several components, including weatherproof horn speakers, channel mixers that control playback, and dual-impedance power amps. Distributed sound systems allow for even coverage of large spaces, so everyone in the stadium stays engaged.

Continuing Support

At PCD, we’ve been supporting schools in integrating the latest AV technology for decades. From the design phase to support and maintenance plans, we’ll help you create a customized system that aligns with your budget and is designed to last. To this end, we also supply AV tune-ups.

Our support program includes remote monitoring, enabling us to correct issues often before staff even knows there is one. If the system can’t be fixed remotely, we’ll schedule an onsite technician within two business days.

To learn more about classroom audio-visual equipment or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact PCD today.