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Article Archive for January 2011

Teacher’s perspective: SMART products in social studies
January 31, 2011 – 4:01 am | One Comment
Teacher’s perspective: SMART products in social studies

We spoke with Mary T. McCullagh about her upcoming FETC presentation — Work SMARTer, Not Harder: SMART in the Social Studies. Mary has been teaching social studies at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami for …

Teacher’s perspective: District-adopted reading series
January 26, 2011 – 3:30 pm | 3 Comments
Teacher’s perspective: District-adopted reading series

Alison Fox is a second grade teacher and SMART Exemplary Educator at Palmview Elementary in Pompano Beach, Florida.
We talked to Alison about her upcoming FETC presentation, District-Adopted Reading Series on the SMART Board, to …

25 inspiring schools
January 26, 2011 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
25 inspiring schools

A new year brings new opportunities to discover, share and acknowledge the incredible work being done by schools across the globe. And we are pleased to begin this year by honoring 25 schools that are …

Calling all innovative schools!
January 26, 2011 – 2:30 am | No Comment
Calling all innovative schools!

Is your school using SMART education solutions to make your learning environments more dynamic and interactive? Then your school should apply to become to a SMART Showcase School!

SMART Exchange Adds More Free Content
January 25, 2011 – 4:30 pm | One Comment
SMART Exchange Adds More Free Content

Join the SMART Exchange website to find and share free education content for your lessons. Resources available on the Exchange continue to grow, so you’ll always find something for your grade level and subject.
Just added!
New …

SMART Classroom Suite enables student-centered learning in North Carolina
January 25, 2011 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
SMART Classroom Suite enables student-centered learning in North Carolina

North Carolina teacher Ashley Brown believes in challenging her students to go beyond memorizing facts – she wants them to be able to use higher order thinking skills to take learning beyond the classroom.
Did you …

The best teacher
January 21, 2011 – 10:05 am | No Comment
The best teacher

Last year, we created the SMART Love of Learning™ website to celebrate the contributions of teachers. And we asked the question – Who was, or is, the best teacher in the world?
The answers came in …

Want to join a community that shares your passion for educational technology?
January 20, 2011 – 2:54 pm | One Comment
Want to join a community that shares your passion for educational technology?

Attend one of our information sessions to learn about joining the global network of SMART Exemplary Educators (SEE).
The SEE program offers opportunities for travel, networking and skills development through five distinct program pathways of peer …

SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard
January 17, 2011 – 1:00 pm | One Comment
SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard

You’ve probably seen the ease and excitement with which your students flick, zoom and rotate content on their personal technology. Now you can watch them use those same intuitive gestures to interact with your lesson …

SMART joins the IMS Global Learning Consortium
January 17, 2011 – 12:59 pm | 2 Comments
SMART joins the IMS Global Learning Consortium

Recognizing the need to advance the global interoperability standards for classroom technology, SMART has recently joined the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC). As a nonprofit member organization, the IMS GLC focuses on increasing educational technology adoption and interoperability standards to support and enhance K–12, higher education and corporate education worldwide.

Mixed reality
January 11, 2011 – 10:35 am | No Comment
Mixed reality

The SMART Document Camera is mixed reality ready. Mixed reality lets your students interact with 2D, 3D, animated and audio-enriched content. Combining mixed reality, SMART Notebook collaborative learning software and the SMART Document Camera, you …

SMART Notebook Express web application
January 11, 2011 – 10:33 am | No Comment
SMART Notebook Express web application

SMART Notebook Express web application allows teachers everywhere to have instant access to some of the most popular editing and delivery features found in SMART Notebook collaborative learning software. By clicking on express.smarttech.com anyone, anywhere …