Jackie
We have phone and Intercom connected so that you can here announcements
both in hallway and classrooms.
The phone are Comdial
Brent Hilton
Technology Coordinator
Armstrong-Ringsted Schools
Armstrong, Iowa 50514
712-868-3542/3542
From: Jackie
Jackie,
I think part of is the key. It is tough to rely on the phone system alone as
an intercom because it does not cover the halls and rooms without phones. That
said, you can easily tie most phone systems to an paging amp to get the best of
both using paging groups. You will want to
Pros. It works well.
Cons. From an IT standpoint, none.
-Original Message-
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us on behalf of Jackie Fonley
Sent: Mon 2/1/2010 4:20 PM
To: Info Tech
Subject: [info-tech] phones/intercom
Anyone using phones in the classroom as a part of the intercom
Jackie,
We use a hybrid. The phones do not have very good volume and teachers were
adjusting speakerphone so it was comfortable while they sat at their
desks.
Secondly, the phones are not in the hallways and thus we were unable to
get the announcements in the halls.
So we use phones and