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2009 ASTech Awards
Presented by The Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation (ASTech)
SMART Technologies was honored at 2009 ASTech Awards. The prestigious awards recognize leadership and excellence in science and technology innovation. SMART was awarded in the Innovation in Information and Communications Technology category for its invention of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and was noted for inspiring the next generation of innovation.
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2009 Top Training & Simulation Companies
Presented by Military Training Technology magazine to SMART for its contribution to military training excellence
SMART has been recognized for the sixth time by Military Training Technology magazine as one of world's top training and simulation companies. The award recognizes the world's best companies that have made a significant impact in advancing military training through technology and innovation. The companies were judged by an impartial panel and selected based on various criteria including total military sales, innovations and program effectiveness. SMART also received the award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
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2009 Tech & Learning Award of Excellence
Presented by Tech & Learning magazine for SMART Classroom Suite and SMART Notebook SE
The Tech & Learning Award of Excellence recognizes the best K-12 classroom technology products from 2009. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested more than 100 entries across the country, chose the winning products. SMART Classroom Suite and SMART Notebook SE were recognized after receiving excellent ratings in the following areas: Quality and Effectiveness, Ease of Use, Creative Use of Computer Technology, Suitability for Use in a School Environment, and Overall Rating.
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2009 Teachers' Choice Awards
Presented by Learning magazine for SMART Notebook 10
Recognizing content-rich products designed to encourage interactivity in the classroom, SMART Notebook 10 software was awarded in the Education Software category. The Teachers' Choice Awards are held annually and judged entirely by educators who have classroom-tested and recommended each winner. The judges place a high degree of emphasis on quality, instructional value, ease of use, innovation and relevance to the curriculum.
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2009 TechRev Innovators – Leadership award
Presented by TechRev
SMART was honored at the first annual TechRev Innovators Award event and received the Leadership Award. Each year, TechRev will recognize technology companies with standout accomplishments that represent the most forward looking, viable technology ventures.
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The 2009 Venture 100
Presented by Alberta Venture
SMART has been recognized as one of the largest grossing organizations in Alberta, Canada. The annual survey is completed by Alberta Venture and the list on 100 top ranked companies is published in Alberta Venture Magazine.
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2009 EdNET Pioneer Award
Presented by Market Data Retrieval (MDR)
The Pioneer Award is given annually to an organization that significantly contributes to the growth of the education market over the year. The panel recognized SMART for creating a new product category with its invention of the SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard in 1991 and being the leading provider of interactive whiteboards in the United States.
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2009 Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES)
Presented by The ComputED Gazette for SMART Notebook SE, SMART Notebook Math and SMART Classroom Suite.
The award recognizes innovative and content-rich programs and websites which provide parents and teachers with the technology tools to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected from titles submitted by publishers around the world. SMART Notebook SE won in the Interactive Learning Tool category, SMART Notebook Math won in the Math category, and SMART Classroom Suite was awarded in the Teacher Tools: Classroom Management category. This is the sixth consecutive year SMART has been recognized by the EDDIE Awards.
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Buckaroo Award - Best of InfoComm
Presented by Pacific Media Associates for the ultra-short-throw UX60 widescreen projector
SMART received a Buckaroo Award for Best of Show at InfoComm 2009 for the ultra-short-throw UX60 widescreen projector integrated with the new SMART Board 685ix interactive whiteboard system. The award recognizes the leading front projector products exhibited at InfoComm 2009. The UX60 was judged on how well it projects images in a broad range of situations.
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Comenius EduMedia Signet 2009 Award
Presented by the Society for Pedagogy and Information for a German-language CD-ROM and SMART Exchange
SMART has won the prestigious Comenius Award for the fourth time. The Comenius EduMedia Medal was awarded for a German-language CD-ROM designed with elementary school teachers that provides more than 1,500 interactive lessons for use with Notebook software. SMART also received the Comenius EduMedia Seal for the German-language version of SMART Exchange, an online community for educators who use SMART products and want to share tips and success stories on the subject of interactive technology in the classroom. The Comenius Awards are judged by an independent jury of education experts and recognizes the best in multimedia and education technology in Germany and throughout Europe.
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The Best of InfoComm 2009 Finalist
Presented by NEC Display Solutions for SMART Board 685ix interactive whiteboard system
SMART has been voted by the public as one of five finalists for The Best of InfoComm 2009. The award recognizes outstanding products that will be showing at the 2009 InfoComm exhibition held in Orlando, Florida, June 17–19. InfoComm is the largest and most comprehensive audio visual event in the world.
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2009 SIIA CODiE Award
Presented by The Software & Information Industry Association
SMART Notebook 10 software won in the Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity category. The CODiE Awards honor the software and content industry’s finest products and services, and showcase excellence in corporate achievement.
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2009 Communicator Awards
Presented by the International Academy of the Visual Arts
The Communicator Awards recognizes creative projects that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement. In the Print category, SMART’s 2008 Worlddidac trade show exhibit, corporate solutions brochures and the education solutions guide all won. In the Interactive category, the SMART Audio Flash demonstration was honored.
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Best of 2009 Teachers’ Pick
Presented by Instructor magazine
The SMART Table was chosen as a Best of 2009 Teachers’ Pick by Instructor magazine, which is one of the most widely read magazines for professional educators in North America. Every product chosen as a Teachers’ Pick was carefully evaluated by teacher testers.
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IPON 2009 Award
Presented by ICT Platform Onderwijs Nederland (IPON) for SMART Table
The SMART Table has been named most innovative hardware product at the 2009 IPON tradeshow. IPON is one of the largest education technology tradeshows in the Netherlands. The awards were judged by a panel of experts in the field of education technology and are based on factors such as innovation, quality and originality.
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2009 Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIEs)
Presented by ComputED Gazette for SMART Sync classroom management software, SMART Ideas concept-mapping software, SMART Notebook 10 collaborative learning software
Three SMART software products have won BESSIE awards. The BESSIEs recognize innovative and content-rich programs and websites which provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected from titles submitted by publishers around the world. SMART Sync won in the Computer Lab Management category, SMART Ideas in the Multi-level – Thinking Skills category, and SMART Notebook 10 Teacher Tools – Lesson Design category.
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2009 Best in Tech Award
Presented by Scholastic Administr@tor for ‘The new face of learning’ advertisement
SMART has received a Best in Tech award from Scholastic Administr@tor magazine for the most attention-grabbing advertisement. The advertisement was placed in the January 2009 issue of the magazine and results were based on a reader survey.
Click here to view the award-winning advertisement
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2009 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist
Presented by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) for SMART Sync classroom management software and SMART Notebook 10 collaborative learning software
Recognizing excellence in educational products and education marketing, the AEP Awards is one of the largest and longest-running awards programs for educational products. SMART Sync is a finalist in the Professional Development – Classroom/Time Management category and SMART Notebook 10 is a finalist in the Professional Development – Differentiated Instruction category.
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Best of FOSE 2009
Presented by Government Computer News (GCN) for SMART Meeting Pro software
The GCN Best of FOSE Awards recognize outstanding and innovative information technology products for government as exhibited during the 2009 FOSE expo in Washington, DC.
SMART Meeting Pro software received the Best of FOSE award in the Software for Desktop Systems category. Winners were chosen based on innovation, usability/applicability to government, relative performance based on specifications, and value. This is the second time SMART Technologies’ has been recognized by GCN. In 2003, SMART received the Best New Technology Award – Display Devices for the Rear Projection SMART Board 3000i interactive whiteboard.
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2009 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist
Presented by The Software & Information Industry Association for Bridgit 3.4 conferencing software, SynchronEyes 7.0 classroom management software, and SMART Notebook 10 software
Three SMART products are named finalists for the 2009 SIIA CODiE Awards. Bridgit 3.4 conferencing software is a finalist in the Best Collaboration Solution category, SynchronEyes 7.0 classroom management software and SMART Notebook 10 software are finalists in the Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity category. Finalists were chosen from more than 850 nominations submitted by 600 companies.
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2009 BETT Award
SMART is a finalist for a 2009 BETT Award in the ICT Education Partnership category
Judged by a team of education practitioners, the award reflects the growing trend for the ICT supply industry and educational establishments to work in partnership to develop the best possible products to match changing educational needs.
SMART is recognized for its alliance with Cambridge University Press, an alliance that created the SMART Learning Marketplace, which offers educators a world-class collection of over a million online learning resources.
BETT is the world’s largest educational technology event.
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