SCHOOL SYNOPSIS:
Established in 1956, The Chartiers Valley School District, made up of two boroughs and two townships, is located southwest of Pittsburgh in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The western Pennsylvania school district has approximately 3,400 students and over 250 teachers. The district includes a high school, middle school, intermediate school, and elementary school.

HOW DID CHARTIERS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FIND ITSENCLOSURES:
A social studies teacher/department head at the high school discovered ITSENCLOSURES by performing a Google search for an outdoor, digital touchscreen kiosk. The teacher oversaw a project to organize and install a Vietnam War Memorial for former students who died in battle. The teacher downloaded the ViewStation brochure and was contacted directly by ITSENCLOSURES to learn more information regarding the outdoor digital kiosk application.

PROJECT:
Eight high school students were given a class project to create a Vietnam War memorial kiosk for Chartiers Valley students that lost their lives in the line of duty. In addition to a Vietnam War plaque displayed next to World War II and Korean War plaques, the students wished to deploy a digital sign to display pictures and biographies of war heroes. The students wanted the digital signage kiosk to be touchscreen enabled for visitors to easily scroll through pictures of the seven fallen soldiers and read more about their biographies. Students raised funds and with the help of the school district, created a budget to fund the project.

CHALLENGES:
A few issues arose during the planning phase, including the fact that Chartiers Valley was concerned with students vandalizing or sitting on the kiosk glass and cracking the touchscreen. The kiosk would also reside near to the football field and ran the risk of becoming damaged during sporting events/gym class. Weather conditions in the Pittsburgh area were also an area of concern, because of cold, harsh winters and hot, sunny summers. For this reason, thermal management was discussed at length, including the customer filling out a thermal management worksheet for a recommendation. The LCD enclosure was required to be operational 365 days a year.

SOLUTION:
After discussing a few options with ITSENCLOSURES, Chartiers Valley S.D. chose a pulpit style, wayfinding outdoor kiosk with projected capacitive touch foil featuring an NEC 46” high bright monitor, and a thermal management system to guarantee operation in direct sunlight. The touch screen glass is constructed out of heavy-duty, laminated safety glass to combat vandalism or destruction of property. The kiosk is installed next to a brick wall near various war memorial plaques. With the digital signage, students, teachers, and the local community have a permanent memorial to remember those that were lost. It serves as a constant reminder of the sacrifice of 7 hometown heroes.

SUMMARY OF PROJECT:
To defray some of the costs associated with the digital signage solution, ITSENCLOSURES made a generous donation to the school district. The Vietnam War memorial digital signage kiosk and plaque were dedicated on the campus of the school on May 27, 2016 – the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. The memorial serves to preserve the legacy of the seven men who died serving the United States during the war in Vietnam.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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Mt. Pleasant, PA (May 31, 2017) – For over three decades, ITSENCLOSURES (Integration Technology Systems) has been engineering and manufacturing digital signage enclosures for customers. ITSENCLOSURES is excited to introduce the latest revolution in touchscreen kiosk technology, the ‘InfoStation’ Interactive Touchscreen Kiosk. The heavy-duty kiosk solution is meant for indoor use and features a free-standing base.

From wayfinding, to directories, to up-to-the-minute social media, to functional web pages, the InfoStation interactive digital signage is a versatile tool to bring information to consumers.

The InfoStation touchscreen kiosk package includes an ADA compliant kiosk with a heavy-duty base, a Windows based media player with wireless web for real-time data, a 42-inch ELO projected capacitive touchscreen, interactive digital signage software provided by ConnectedSign – a digital signage content provider, and a one year annual maintenance and software support system.

JT Spangler, President of ITSENCLOSURES, explains the importance of kiosks in the marketplace, “The InfoStation includes a freestanding kiosk with an interactive touchscreen to enhance a company’s overall marketing and data portfolio. It is slick. With our digital kiosk, a company can update content easily and quickly, and keep information fresh and interesting to users. Animations, videos, imagery, and colorful graphics will make your company stand out from the crowd. Deploying the InfoStation kiosk in a lobby or meeting room will quickly illustrate that the company is at the cutting edge of technology.”

The InfoStation is sturdy and is constructed of welded steel with a black powder coat finish. The rear panel can be effortlessly removed to access the media player, which resides on an internal shelf in the kiosk pedestal base. Cable exit holes are included in the bottom rear for easy cable management. The base and pedestal are coupled together with a 6” by 6” mounting pattern.

This modern, digital marketing display is easily applied to a multitude of applications including museums, restaurants, gas stations, casinos, convention centers, airports, hospitals, shopping malls, train stations, classrooms, libraries, theaters, conference rooms, schools, universities, hotels and resorts.

Mr. Spangler concluded, “We are very proud of this digital signage solution. The new InfoStation kiosk can be used in an endless array of industries and companies. I look forward to seeing this product deployed all over the country.”

Additional customization is available, including custom colors from the RAL color chart and logo branding for a small charge.

To learn more about ITSENCLOSURES, please contact: Jennifer Bissell, Director of Sales & Marketing, 1-800-423-9911 –or– info@itsenclosures.com

Visit the InfoStation product page: Click Here

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