Quick Facts and Stats
- SMART Technologies is the industry pioneer of easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and other groupcollaboration tools
- In 1991, the SMART Board interactive whiteboard was introduced as the world’s first interactivewhiteboard
- Over 800,000 SMART Board interactive whiteboards have been installed throughout the world ineducation, corporate, government and military settings
- 18 million students in more than 600,000 classrooms in more than 100 countries around the world arecurrently using SMART products
- SMART products include SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards, Senteo™ interactive response systemsSympodium® interactive pen displays, AirLiner™ wireless slates and Actalyst™ interactive overlays
- SMART software products include Notebook™ collaborative learning software, SynchronEyes® classroommanagement software, SMART Ideas® concept-mapping software, Bridgit® conferencing software andSMART Board software 9.5 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems
- Research findings from Canada, the U.S., the UK and Australia indicate that interactive whiteboardsbenefit student engagement, learner motivation and knowledge retention. The technology has also beensuccessful in reaching students with a variety of learning styles, including those with special needs.
- Founded in 1987, SMART is a private company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with assemblyfacilities in Kanata, Ontario, and offices in Bonn, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York City, Chicago andWashington, DC
- SMART Board interactive whiteboards are installed in schools in every Canadian province, every U.S.state and every Education Authority in the UK
- Over 80 percent of the top 500 U.S. school districts use SMART products
- Over 60 percent of interactive whiteboards installed in UK schools are from SMART. The UK has one ofthe largest installation bases in the world where upwards of 70 per cent of K-12 classrooms haveinteractive whiteboards
- Over 70 percent of interactive whiteboard sales in Germany belong to SMART
- SMART has been issued and maintains a broad portfolio of patents with numerous other U.S., Canadianand foreign patents pending
- SMART customers also include many high profile organizations around the world, such as the RoyalCanadian Air Force, US Military, NASA, NBA teams, Airbus Industrie, Procter & Gamble, Fuji Xerox andToyota
- SMART products have appeared on popular TV series’ such as CSI, Veronica Mars and Standoff
- SMART products are also used as part of news broadcasts on stations such as CBC and CNN
- There are more than 150 SMART Exemplary Educators in the U.S.
- There are over 70 SMART Showcase Schools in North America
Please note that SMART is written in all capital letters.