SMART supports national teaching awards worldwide
Outstanding teachers to be awarded leading-edge SMART products in nine countries
CALGARY, ALBERTA --- September 26, 2006 --- SMART Technologies Inc. announces its worldwide support of teacher award programs. SMART celebrates excellence in instruction and will be awarding SMART products to outstanding educators in nine countries ─ Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, the United States, Greece, the UK, Australia and Japan. SMART will donate classroom technology solutions through local award programs in each country. The donations recognize the important contributions teachers make every day to the education of today’s youth.
The following awards are supported:
| Brazil |
Educator Nota 10 |
| Russia |
Teacher of the Year, Leader in Education, The Best School
in Russia |
| Ukraine |
Teacher of the Year |
| Czech Republic |
Zlatý Ámos (Gold Amos) Most Popular Teacher |
| The United States |
National and State Teacher of the Year |
| Greece |
Best Public School |
| Australia |
National Teacher of the Year |
| UK |
History Teacher of the Year |
| Japan |
Teachers’ Organization for Skill Sharing, Internet
Application to Educational Activities, Excellent Ideas for Educational Activities |
In each case, winners of the awards will receive SMART products, which may include SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards, Sympodium® interactive pen displays or SMART Ideas® concept-mapping software. Some winners will also receive other technology products, such as software, projectors and computers.
“Educators prepare our students for the global marketplace and a knowledge-based economy,” says Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s president and co-CEO. “We celebrate outstanding teachers in a number of countries because they take on the enormous responsibility of shaping the academic and personal development of each and every student.”
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SMART Technologies Inc.
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