SMART's Online Community for Educators Marks First Anniversary with Contest
EDCompass Lesson Activities Contest offers 31 prizes worth over US$20,000
Calgary, AB – March 24, 2004 – SMART Technologies Inc. announces the launch of a lesson activities contest on EDCompass™ to mark the first anniversary of its online community for educators using SMART products. The contest invites North American and UK educators to submit lesson activities in Notebook™ software and SMART Ideas® concept-mapping software. Depending on the format of their lesson activities, contestants will be entered into one of two grand prize draws to win classroom technology products for their educational institution. Each qualifying submission entitles the contestant to one entry into the draws. Multiple submissions are allowed. The final date for submitting entries is May 31, 2004.
A variety of hardware and software products will be awarded. The grand prize winner from the Notebook software submissions will receive a SMART Board 580 interactive whiteboard and floor stand from SMART, and an NEC VT460 ultra-portable projector donated by NEC Visual Systems (America) Inc., Visual Systems Division. The grand prize winner from the SMART Ideas software submissions will receive a school site license for SMART Ideas concept-mapping software. From all remaining entries, SMART will draw for 29 secondary prizes, including two SMART Board 580 interactive whiteboards with floor stands as well as two 30-copy licenses and five 15-copy licenses of SMART Ideas software. Complete contest details are available at http://edcompass.smarttech.com/ec/en-us/.
“We are continually adding valuable learning resources to EDCompass in order to offer teachers the content they need to put their SMART Board interactive whiteboards to effective use in their classrooms,” says Nancy Knowlton, president and co-CEO of SMART. “The contest will encourage teachers to submit interesting lesson activities they are already using and develop new ones to boost student learning in their classrooms.”
About EDCompass
EDCompass programs and resources are available to all educators who use SMART products, which include SMART Board interactive whiteboards, Sympodium™ interactive pen displays and SMART Ideas concept-mapping software. EDCompass learning resources include:
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Lesson activities developed in Notebook software and SMART Ideas concept-mapping software. Hundreds of educator-created lesson activities are available to teachers for immediate classroom use. These lesson activities cover a wide range of subject areas, including science, math and language arts. |
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Curriculum-specific software resources, such as Notebook collections. Teachers can access collections of page-template backgrounds with thousands of associated images for SMART Board interactive whiteboards and Sympodium interactive pen displays. |
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Links to hundreds of relevant websites with primary, secondary, post-secondary, special interest and professional content. From word puzzles to music lessons, teachers and students can link to a rich variety of Web resources. |
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An online bulletin board where teachers can share ideas, experiences and technical questions. |
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How-to instructions to help teachers use SMART products, integrate peripherals, write grant applications, evaluate technology and use the Internet. |
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Tips and tricks to make the best use of hardware and software from SMART, hardware from other vendors and SMART tools, such as the recorder, floating tools and control panel. |
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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
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