Have you wanted to know how other school districts have put successful and efficient technology implementations into practice but not had the opportunity to ask? At Charleston Country School District in South Carolina and Wichita …
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Available this summer, you and your students will soon be able to use SMART Notebook collaborative learning software on your personal or school-owned iPads with our upcoming release of the SMART Notebook app for iPad. This convenient new app enables a seamless transition between whole-class, small-group and personalized learning, allowing you to enjoy the engaging lesson materials of SMART Notebook software anywhere and at anytime. Read the full story »
Imagine building a school and then just giving it away. The Green Schoolhouse Series is an initiative to build as many as 24 new schools around the US, solely through corporate funding, donated materials from top companies in the building industry, and volunteer labor from teams of architects, general contractors and engineers. The program is estimated to be worth more than $200 million.
Architects, general contractors and SMART are eager to join in the initiative to transform public schools in the US. The Green Schoolhouse Series builds take place on existing Title 1, low-income public school campuses, with projects ranging from 6,000 to
15,000 sq ft.
The first of the Green Schoolhouse Series projects are planned in Phoenix, Arizona, and then will take place in San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and other major U.S. cities. Leading up to the build, teams of architects, engineers and contractors (AEC) in each market meet with local school officials, teachers and students for design charrettes, and participate in groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies. As a Flagship Building Partner, SMART is donating SMART products to new Green Schoolhouses in Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Read the full story »
SMART’s goal is to ensure we are providing you with the best service possible. Here’s your opportunity to let us know how we’re doing by taking a few minutes to participate in our customer satisfaction survey. Your comments will help us to see how we’re doing overall and find out how we can serve you even better. When you complete the survey, you can also enter a draw to win one of five SMART prize packages.
Five entrants will be randomly selected to win a prize package containing: Read the full story »
Bay District Schools, based in Panama City, Florida, is currently equipping 1,500 core-subject classrooms with SMART Board 880 interactive whiteboards, SMART Response PE interactive response systems, SMART Document Cameras and SMART Slate wireless slates. The multimillion-dollar project is being financed by a half-cent sales tax, a district initiative to provide equitable technology for students in all classrooms across the school district with money raised from the tax. District officials hope to similarly equip remaining elective-subject classrooms in the near future.
Bay District Schools is comprised of 40 schools, more than 26,000 students and approximately 1,850 teachers. In 2011, approximately 200 classrooms were equipped with educational technology from various suppliers, including SMART. As part of the equitable classroom technology initiative, district officials decided to acquire products from a single supplier and established a committee to make a recommendation to the school board about which products to purchase. The committee, which included district personnel, school board officials and local educators, made a thorough assessment and chose Read the full story »
Have you wanted to know how other school districts have put successful and efficient technology implementations into practice but not had the opportunity to ask? At Charleston Country School District in South Carolina and Wichita Public Schools District in Kansas, members have both brought together their own teams of vested stakeholders who have created technology implementation missions and strategies for their districts.
Join our live webinar, How to Build a Classroom Technology Foundation with collaborative learning solutions from SMART, at 3:00 p.m. ET on May 30, 2012, to learn how these two US school districts applied effective technology integration programs and experienced successful adoptions. Read the full story »
Available this summer, you and your students will soon be able to use SMART Notebook collaborative learning software on your personal or school-owned iPads with our upcoming release of the SMART Notebook app for iPad. …
Imagine building a school and then just giving it away. The Green Schoolhouse Series is an initiative to build as many as 24 new schools around the US, solely through corporate funding, donated materials from …
SMART’s goal is to ensure we are providing you with the best service possible. Here’s your opportunity to let us know how we’re doing by taking a few minutes to participate in our customer satisfaction …
Bay District Schools, based in Panama City, Florida, is currently equipping 1,500 core-subject classrooms with SMART Board 880 interactive whiteboards, SMART Response PE interactive response systems, SMART Document Cameras and SMART Slate wireless slates. The …
By Joey Savoy
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Team Lead, Learning Design
SMART Technologies
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So many amazing learning moments can happen in a classroom. And, as a teacher, when those learning moments happen, you’re reminded how lucky you are to experience that moment in time, and how proud you …
By John Mein
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The Amplify Learning blog series takes a closer look at the SMART Audio classroom amplification system and how it can enhance teaching and learning in a SMART-enabled classroom.
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To give you a …
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SMART Technologies has listened! A very passionate group of educators, administrators, business people, parents and students have asked SMART to consider ALL people when designing their products.
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The first week of the Amazing Learning Moments contest is now behind us and we’ve begun the second of six contests over a six week period, ending on Friday, June 15, 2012. A new winning …
So far in the Amplify Learning series, we’ve discussed how SMART Audio can benefit you, and what the system is and how it works.
One of the main reasons that SMART Audio is a valuable addition …
SMART training and professional development uses innovation to teach innovation, and that shines through our superior offering that includes creative animation used in training videos, first-rate self-paced eLearning modules and high impact interactive and engaging lessons …
By Kimberleigh Doyle
Education Briefing Manager
SMART Technologies
Last month, on April 23, U.S. President Barack Obama honored Rebecca Mieliwocki, a seventh-grade English teacher from Luther Burbank High School in Burbank, California, as the 2012 National Teacher of …
