SMART Technologies Inc. Launches Curriculum Development Service
Service adapts state-approved lessons for easier use with a SMART Board
interactive whiteboard
San Antonio, TX --- June 17, 2002 --- SMART Technologies Inc. announces a curriculum development service that helps teachers incorporate SMART's interactive technology products, including the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and software products, into the classroom. By developing interactive materials based on schools', districts' or states' existing curriculum and lesson plans, the service ensures that educators are delivering technology-enabled lessons while still meeting state standards.
The adapted lessons help teachers use the interactive features of instructional technology to enhance the way they teach. Examples of student activities range from writing or drawing in electronic ink and arranging images and text objects to creating multilevel concept maps and recording computer-based activities, including data and sound, for playback on any computer.
"Educators have substantial demands on their time, making it difficult to keep up with the technology products being introduced into their classrooms," says Nancy Knowlton, president and COO of SMART Technologies Inc. "SMART's curriculum development service creates lessons that are immediately usable, helping teachers take full advantage of the tools available to them."
For pricing or more information about SMART's curriculum development service, visit www.smarttech.com/education/curriculum or call 1.888.42.SMART.
About SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards
With a computer image projected onto the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, teachers can simply press on its large, touch-sensitive surface to access and control any computer application. Using a pen from the SMART Pen Tray, teachers work naturally to take notes and highlight important information. Students get involved in the lesson by writing on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard as easily as they would write on a blackboard with a piece of chalk. Unlike a blackboard, the interactive whiteboard allows teachers to capture annotations and save them to a computer for future reference.
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For more information, please contact:
Public Relations
SMART Technologies Inc.
300, 1207 - 11th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB CANADA T3C 0M5
Phone +1.403.802.3337 Fax +1.403.228.2500
pr@smarttech.com
Please note that SMART is written in all capital letters.