PARIS, France --- December 17, 2010 --- SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT, TSX: SMA) announces entry-level SMART Board^™ 400 series interactive whiteboard systems designed to better meet the needs of educators throughout EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The systems include the SMART Board 480iv interactive whiteboard system with a short-throw SMART V25 projector and the SMART Board 480iv-A interactive whiteboard system with a SMART V25 projector and integrated speakers. They round out a comprehensive interactive whiteboard offering that includes the SMART Board 600 series interactive whiteboard line and the recently announced SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard line. Using SMART’s patented DVIT^™ (Digital Vision Touch) technology, the 400 series systems provide a fully integrated, low-cost interactive whiteboard option that recognises both pen and finger inputs and supports Microsoft^® Windows^® and Linux^® operating systems. The 400 series systems also ship with award-winning SMART Notebook^™ 10.7 collaborative learning software, used by educators in more than 175 countries to create and deliver interactive lessons. In the spring of 2011, SMART Notebook software will support the new common file format for digital content and the upgrade will be available without charge to SMART customers. The 400 series systems replace the SMART Board V280 interactive whiteboard system and the SMART Board 680V interactive whiteboard system, and will be available in EMEA in January 2011.

CALGARY, Alberta --- December 9, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the addition of more than 250 activity packs for the SMART Table interactive learning centre. Themed activity packs each contain a number of individual activities for the SMART Table, which can be downloaded at no charge via the SMART Exchange website (exchange.smarttech.com). With more than 250 subject and grade specific activity packs, such as the Learning Colours activity pack for the SMART Table for KS1 and KS2, teachers now have access to thousands of multi-touch, multiuser SMART Table activities.

NEW YORK, New York --- December 8, 2010 --- SMART Technologies (Nasdaq: SMT) (TSX: SMA), announces two new interactive products for business that are designed to enhance interactivity and collaboration. Both the SMART Board^™ 885ix interactive whiteboard system and the SMART Board 8070i interactive display support common multitouch gestures currently recognized in the Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 operating system, enabling multiple users to create and interact with digital content simultaneously. Using SMART’s patented DViT^™ (Digital Vision Touch) technology, both the interactive whiteboard system and the interactive display deliver an exceptional touch experience that supports multitouch, multiuser writing and object awareness. Object awareness enables users to interact with digital content using their fingers, fists, pens or erasers interchangeably and allows two users to work simultaneously at the interactive whiteboard system or interactive display. Both the 885ix and the 8070i will be available globally by the end of January 2011.

CALGARY, Alberta --- October 21, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that SMART Sync 2010 classroom management software is now available for the Mac platform. SMART Sync 2010 for Mac enhances the teaching and learning experience in computer-enabled classrooms, allowing teachers to monitor and guide student learning. Teachers can easily perform a variety of classroom management tasks with a click of a button, including monitoring thumbnail images of each student computer, and controlling any computer to highlight a student’s work or to bring him back on task. SMART Sync 2010 for Mac is designed specifically for teachers and students and reaffirms SMART’s commitment to delivering quality products that meet the needs of today’s computer-enabled classrooms, regardless of operating system. SMART Sync 2010 classroom management software for Mac begins shipping to customers in the UK today.

CALGARY, Alberta --- October 19, 2010 --- SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT, TSX: SMA) announces the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard, a next-generation series that will provide the most natural and intuitive user experience yet on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. The new 800 series extends the company’s leading interactive whiteboard product line to offer true student collaboration. The SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard supports multiuser writing and common multitouch gestures currently recognised in Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 and Mac Snow Leopard^®. SMART Notebook^™ collaborative learning software will support certain features, such as freestyle interactions, touch gestures and full object awareness upon the release of SMART Notebook 10.7 software – expected by March 2011 – which will allow SMART Board 800 series users to take full advantage of gestures within SMART Notebook lesson activities. Using SMART Notebook 10.7 software will enable freestyle interaction, where two students can work together on the same interactive lesson activity and perform different tasks simultaneously – such as writing with digital ink and manipulating digital objects – anywhere on the interactive whiteboard surface. Multitouch SMART Notebook lesson activities, specifically-designed for use on the SMART Board 800 series and available through the SMART Exchange^™ website (exchange.smarttech.com), enable enhanced collaboration, giving more students hands-on time at the interactive whiteboard. The 800 series – which includes the models 880 and 880i, and the widescreen 885, 885i and 885ix models – will begin shipping in North America on November 29, 2010 and globally on January 30, 2011.

August  24, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the new SMART Ecosystem Network, a global community designed specifically to support companies and individuals by providing technical resources, accreditation programs and marketing support to its members. The SMART Ecosystem Network supports members by providing them with the resources they need to develop and market engaging interactive products that are compatible with SMART products, such as the SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboard, the SMART Table^™ interactive learning centre and the SMART Response^™ interactive response system. The SMART Ecosystem Network builds on the previous SMART Software Accreditation Program (SAP) and the SMART Software Development Network (SDN). The SMART Ecosystem Network comprises three new accreditation programs – the Company Accreditation Program (CAP), the Software and Content Accreditation Program (SCAP) and the Developer Accreditation Program (DAP). The SMART Ecosystem Network also includes a new web portal that provides member access to SMART Software Development Kits (SDKs) and related documentation, video tutorials and support forums. The SMART Ecosystem Network portal is currently available in English only, with plans to provide a German-language portal in Autumn 2010. The SMART Ecosystem Network is now accepting applications from publishers, software developers, multimedia designers, hardware providers and solutions integrators worldwide.

CALGARY, ALBERTA — July 14, 2010 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT; TSX: SMA), a global rovider of interactive whiteboards, today announced the pricing of the initial public offering of 38,830,000 of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares at a price to the public of US$ 17.00 per share, which reflects an increase of 10% from the anticipated number of shares being offered. The shares will begin trading on July 15, 2010, on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “SMT,” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SMA.” SMART Technologies is offering 8,800,000 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares and selling shareholders are offering 30,030,000 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares. In addition, the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 5,824,500 additional Class A Subordinate Voting Shares at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.

CALGARY, Alberta --- July 14, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the appointment of Michael J. Mueller and Robert C. Hagerty to its board of directors. Both appointments coincide with the company’s initial public offering. Mr. Mueller retired from the audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 2007 as the Global Leader of PwC's Private Company Services/Middle Market Practice. From his appointment as Partner in 1979 until 2007, Mr.Mueller served PwC in various capacities, including Managing Partner, National Managing Partner and as a member of PwC's Global Markets Council, Global Advisory Leadership Team and Global Audit Leadership Team.

SMART Technologies announces the SMART Document Camera 330, the first document camera designed for education that is mixed reality ready. Mixed reality, a relatively new technology, enables the display of enriched 2D and 3D content using physical objects bearing digital markers that the SMART Document Camera 330 can read. For example, a document camera reading a flash card bearing a digital marker may show a 3D image of the earth’s layers. The SMART Document Camera displays mixed reality content onto a SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard. Users can then view and interact with the content, which may include graphics, text, video and audio. The document camera also integrates fully with SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software. Without interrupting the flow of a lesson, teachers will be able to show enriched live images of 2D or 3D content, manipulate captured images from within their SMART Notebook lesson activity and then save images to SMART Notebook software’s Gallery for later use and review. Teachers and students can also use digital ink to write over images directly within a SMART Notebook page, keeping students engaged and focused on the content at hand. The SMART Document Camera 330 begins shipping globally at the end of June 2010.

SMART Technologies and Scholastic UK announce plans to codevelop a multitouch application for the SMART Table interactive learning center based on Scholastic UK’s innovative multimouse software line, Story Stage. This initiative marks the first time a global education publishing company will create an application for the SMART Table. Scholastic UK is also creating multitouch SMART Notebook^™ lesson activities designed for use on dual-touch SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards and interactive whiteboard systems. These multitouch lesson activities will complement the Story Stage titles currently available from Scholastic UK. In July 2010, the Story Stage application for the SMART Table and related SMART Notebook lesson activities will be available for SMART customers to download from the SMART Exchange^™ website, exchange.smarttech.com.

LONDON, UK --- May 5, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the SMART Multi touch Application Contest, an opportunity for commercial and academic software developers to create multi-touch, multiuser applications for the SMART Table interactive learning centre. The contest is open to entrants from the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, Australia, China, India, the United States and Canada. Entrants may submit an application in one of two categories – commercial or academic. One grand prize winner from each category will receive one SMART Table interactive learning centre valued at £4,399. Qualified winning applications from both categories will also be promoted on SMART’s website for one year. The SMART Multi touch Application Contest is now open, and all completed submissions must be received by 06.00am GMT on Friday, July 2, 2010. For registration details and full contest terms and conditions, please see smarttech.com/multitouch.

CALGARY, AB --- April 25 2010 --- SMART Technologies, the world’s leading provider of interactive whiteboards, announces the acquisition of New Zealand-based NextWindow (Next Holdings Limited), a leading designer and manufacturer of optical touch technology for integration into all-in-one computers, computer displays and large-format screens. The acquisition reinforces SMART’s own investment in optical touch research and development, and combines the two companies’ significant optical touch patent portfolios. The NextWindow acquisition is expected to have minimal impact on both businesses’ day-to-day operations, offices and company structure. Both SMART and NextWindow are privately held companies.

London, UK --- January 13, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that SMART Response PE interactive response system will replace SMART Response and make text answers a standard feature on its remotes (clickers). The new model is both dynamic and flexible, and is targeted at primary and secondary education. Students can use the multi-tap text entry feature to submit short text answers of up to 20 characters. All software in the SMART Response product line integrates seamlessly with SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software and enables teachers to easily add questions to interactive lessons. SMART Response PE supports 22 languages, and as many as 60 remotes can be supported up to a distance of 30 metres (100 feet) in a single classroom.

London, UK --- January 13, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces a number of enhancements to the SMART Table 230i interactive learning centre. Unveiled in October 2008 in the United Kingdom and North America, the SMART Table 230i is the world’s first multi-touch, multiuser interactive learning centre designed specifically for early education. The hardware and firmware now offer improved display characteristics, built-in Wi-Fi, a quieter fan and support for an increased number of learning applications. The software enables teachers to create and preview activities on their computer and provides greater integration with other SMART products, including the SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard (PC and Mac), SMART Document Camera (PC and Mac) and SMART Sync™ classroom management software (PC).

LONDON, UK --- January 12, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the international launch of its redesigned SMART Exchange online community for teachers. The website (exchange.smarttech.com) houses community forums and teacher support networks, and organises content by country to provide local standards-correlated resources so teachers can quickly and easily add relevant digital content, in a variety of formats, to their SMART Notebook™ lessons. The new design was extensively tested by educators and includes feature and navigation enhancements, including full previews of digital assets. A custom-designed search function searches not only titles but content, so educators can quickly find and evaluate relevant material. Educators around the world have easy access at no charge to high-quality resources and an active community of voluntary members.