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Article Archive for May 2012

THREE more chances to WIN, and prizes are getting BIGGER!
May 29, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
THREE more chances to WIN, and prizes are getting BIGGER!

Have you entered the Amazing Learning Moments contest each week since it launched on May 4?
A new contest launches each week until June 15, 2012, giving you another opportunity to enter for a chance …

Success stories from abroad: Connecting classrooms with Bridgit conferencing software
May 28, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Success stories from abroad: Connecting classrooms with Bridgit conferencing software

By Danuta Anna Borzecka,
SMART Education Consultant, Poland
Katarzyna Rasiewicz, an English teacher at The Music School Complex in Torun, in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region of Poland, has used SMART products for almost seven years. Not only does …

SMART Notebook enhancements increase accessibility and ease-of-Use
May 25, 2012 – 8:52 am | No Comment
SMART Notebook enhancements increase accessibility and ease-of-Use

The capabilities of SMART Notebook collaborative learning software continue to expand with several improvements that make this award-winning interactive whiteboard software even more accessible and easy to use.
Over six million teachers have activated SMART Notebook …

Success stories from abroad: Transforming learning for students in Spain
May 22, 2012 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Success stories from abroad: Transforming learning for students in Spain

This spring, Magisterio – a leading Spanish education magazine – ran two articles highlighting how SMART education solutions are being used to engage all learners, including those with special needs. Yolanda Varona, Principal, Ángel Rivière …

Florida district equips 1,500 classrooms with SMART products
May 18, 2012 – 6:04 am | No Comment
Florida district equips 1,500 classrooms with SMART products

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 …

National Teacher of the Year honored at the White House
May 16, 2012 – 6:00 am | 4 Comments
National Teacher of the Year honored at the White House

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 …

Schoolhouses designed as 1st LEED-platinum, built by volunteers
May 15, 2012 – 6:00 am | One Comment
Schoolhouses designed as 1st LEED-platinum, built by volunteers

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 …

Amplify Learning Series: Using SMART Notebook with SMART Audio (part 3)
May 14, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Amplify Learning Series: Using SMART Notebook with SMART Audio (part 3)

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 …

Connecting students to their community with SMART products
May 10, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Connecting students to their community with SMART products

By Joey Savoy
Education experts contend that 21st Century Learning involves breaking down the classroom walls and providing students with an opportunity to apply their skills in the real world, and that is exactly what is …

Training and PD highlighted in this month’s EDCompass magazine
May 8, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Training and PD highlighted in this month’s EDCompass magazine

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin got it right. Receiving proper, ongoing and hands-on training will help you make the most of your …

Amazing Learning Moments, six chances to win!
May 7, 2012 – 9:36 am | No Comment
Amazing Learning Moments, six chances to win!

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 …

Smoke and mirrors make for a SMART lesson
May 5, 2012 – 7:03 am | No Comment
Smoke and mirrors make for a SMART lesson

By John Mein
Any lesson can fall on either end of the boredom spectrum with some being very interactive and engaging, while others are, well… “Bueller…Bueller…Anyone…Anyone?”  Now, I’m not going to say that using the SMART …