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Beacons, a.k.a. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Bluetooth Smart: What do they look like?

Beacons make it possible to deliver educational content to specific areas or learning zones within a classroom, enabling a new level of personalized education.

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Combine beacons with apps for wayfinding and campus tours. Printed maps are becoming a thing of the past.

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With beacons, students can automatically check in at events.

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Beacons make it possible to provide electronic coupons for discounts on food and drink at specific locations, such as dining areas.

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In the bookstore, use beacons to: • Trigger notifications for

discounts on merchandise or special events

• Notify in-range students of the current wait time for the book buy-back line.

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With beacons, schools can eliminate badge readers for granting building access to students.

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Beacons can be used to set up scavenger hunts for students, with badges or prizes for completion.

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Beacons can provide information on key landmarks, trees in an arboretum, or museum artwork to create augmented spaces or extended classrooms, when students use their smartphones closeby.

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9Beacons can be used to deliver electronic agendas and meeting materials to students in the classroom.

With their accurate position capabilities, beacons can take the burden out of tracking class attendance.

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Beacons can be used to restrict device access at locations. When a teacher with a beacon enters the classroom, all student devices with Mobile Device Management (MDM) are restricted to textbook app access only.

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Beacons provide directions and rotating special content to students within a museum or library, replacing signs and printed programs.

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Mass-produced paper programs are no longer necessary at sporting events, where beacons enable virtual athletic programs that describe the players and activity.

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Beacons notify campus administrators of the accurate locations of students during campus emergencies, setting a new standard in campus safety.

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Schools can use the location-sensing ability of beacons to better understand the flow of students and staff throughout the campus. This can help optimize scheduling and campus design, and remove bottlenecks.

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Special thanks to: Brian Rellinger and Bob Nilsson, with contributions from David Soliday, Joe Peterson, and Cheryl Pearl.