SMART Technologies

North America

North America

New devices may pay off in higher test scores
The Daily Star-Journal

Warrensburg seventh-graders have utilized a new tool in math and communication arts this year, and teachers and administrators are hoping it will pay off in higher test scores.
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Schools in South Africa add Web and Videoconferencing to chemistry experiments via SMART Boards, and students scores go up 15 per cent
Electronic TeleSpan

“The best innovation has been the employment of the webcam, which enables all the students to be able to safely view experiments up close,” said Ron Beyers…”By recording the experiments and running them again, I am able to transform a situation of telling the students to ‘look at’ rather than to ‘look for’ certain aspects. The videos can be stopped and replayed on the SMART Boards, enabling attention to be drawn to the specific moment that highlights the aspects that the teacher is trying to demonstrate…”
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SMART Technologies makes donation to local schools
The Record

The Eastern Townships Educational Foundation (ETEF) has received a technology donation valued up to $66,300 (Can) from SMART Technologies Inc., the Canadian company recognized as the global education leader in interactive whiteboards and group collaboration technology.
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Beyond Our Limits: Get SMART
Calgary Inc.

Children from Mexico to Australia are enhancing their learning with interactive whiteboards from Calgary’s Smart Technologies.
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SMART Technologies spreading its wings
The Calgary Herald

Calgary’s SMART Technologies Inc. has begun construction on a new $60-million headquarters building in Calgary’s northwest – as it prepares to products aimed outside its traditional market in the education field.
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International

SMART is leading on the world educational market
CCC, Russia

This year it is going to be 20 year anniversary since SMART Technologies Inc. has been providing the market with innovative, client-oriented solutions on educational market.
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Try the SIW dose
Deccan Herald, India

Teaching methods have come a long way. The slate was supplanted by the blackboard in the classroom a long time ago. The ubiquitous blackboard is now making way for the SMART Interactive Whiteboard (SIW).
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North America

Send the Marines to language lab
Ziff Davis Internet

Case Study: Trofholz Technologies helps Marines prepare for foreign service with high-end display and collaboration technology… Trofholz Technologies first encountered Smart Technologies when the solution provider put out a request for information for the Army MTS solution.
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Radar, touchscreen tech shows county coming storms
The Leaf-Chronicle

Some new technology is helping local emergency officials track dangerous storms approaching the county and to have more sophisticated training sessions.
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The wonders of interactive whiteboards
T.H.E Journal

Benjamin Hazzard remembers the first time he saw an interactive whiteboard… The consultant wrote “Hello, class” on the board and then converted his script to text. The class fell silent, awed. Soon, even the most obstreperous students were politely raising their hands, waiting patiently to step up to this magical new device and try it out.
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Tempe district students tapping into technology
The Arizona Republic

Using the Smart Board on the wall behind her, Houghton showed students how to make an Excel graph to showcase data collected from friction experiments. With a touch of her finger against the screen, a column widened and a new window opened.
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The digital classroom
Macworld

My first day teaching journalism at community college I walked into the classroom and knew something was missing. There was a chalkboard, TV, VCR, and overhead projector, but there was no computer in sight. “All my lessons are in PowerPoint,” I told my dean…What I would have done to have some of the educational technology I saw at Macworld Expo earlier this month at my disposal. Here are some of the highlights of what I saw on the show floor.
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International

A board to banish boredom
Hindu Business Line, India

Pass the digital wand over the traditional black board and what do you get? The interactive white board (IWB) to transform the teaching/learning scene…but how feasible in the Indian education context?
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Young Clarets get fan-tastic gift
Lancashire Evening Telegraph, United Kingdom

Burnley Football Club's stars of tomorrow have been given a boost on the road to success following a £6,000 donation by a fans' website to purchase a SMART Board.
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