SMART supplies most interactive whiteboards for Enciclomedia project
51,027 SMART Board interactive whiteboards for fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms
MEXICO --- July 12, 2006 --- SMART Technologies Inc. announces it has been chosen to supply over 34 percent of the interactive whiteboards for Mexico’s Enciclomedia project, making SMART the largest interactive whiteboard provider to the project. Final supply numbers include a recent order for 8,000 SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards. Product reliability was one of the key factors that led to the integrators’ preference for SMART Board interactive whiteboards. VideoNet, SMART’s distributor in Mexico, is providing the necessary support and training required for this widespread installation.
Enciclomedia is a project administered by the Secretariat of Public Education and is the largest education technology and digital content project anywhere in the world. Its aim is to enrich students’ classroom experience through the use of technology products and digital content, and to boost student engagement, participation and learning outcomes. Enciclomedia has equipped more than 145,000 fifth- and sixth-grade Mexican classrooms with technology products worth upwards of US$1.8 billion. Interactive whiteboards are being used to deliver curriculum-based, digital content also developed as part of this initiative.
“SMART is the global education market segment leader in interactive whiteboards,” says Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s president and co-CEO. “Being selected as the largest provider of interactive whiteboards for the groundbreaking Enciclomedia project has reaffirmed the advantages of SMART products in the classroom and made us the clear preference in yet another country.”
About SMART Board interactive whiteboards
The award-winning SMART Board interactive whiteboard is the most widely installed interactive whiteboard in the world. Simply by touching the large display, users can access and control any computer application or multimedia platform, including the Internet, CD and DVDs. With SMART Board software, users can write over applications in digital ink and then edit, save, print or post their notes to a website for future reference. SMART Board interactive whiteboards are used in classrooms, briefing rooms and boardrooms around the world, helping people to collaborate effectively whether they are in the same room or in another location. Feature-rich software and intuitive functionality make the SMART Board interactive whiteboard the number one choice of educators, presenters and trainers in upwards of 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.smarttech.com/smartboard.
Other countries where interactive whiteboards are widely used in education include the U.S., the UK and Germany. Over 80 percent of the top 500 U.S. school districts use SMART products, almost 60 percent of interactive whiteboards installed in UK schools are from SMART and over 70 percent of interactive whiteboard sales in Germany belong to SMART.
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