CALGARY, Alberta -- December 14, 2010 --- SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT, TSX: SMA) announces the SMART Board 400 series interactive whiteboard, SMART’s new line of entry-level interactive whiteboards and interactive whiteboard systems. The 400 series extends the company’s interactive whiteboard product line, which includes the SMART Board 600 series interactive whiteboard and the new SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard. Using SMART’s patented DViT^™ (Digital Vision Touch) technology, the 400 series offers a rich user experience, recognizing both pen and finger inputs, and enabling teachers and students to easily interact with digital content. The series comprises the SMART Board 480 interactive whiteboard, the SMART Board 480iv interactive whiteboard system with short-throw SMART V25 projector, and the SMART Board 480iv-A interactive whiteboard system with SMART V25 projector and integrated speakers. All three products will be available in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific, Latin America and Mexico in January 2011.

CALGARY, Alberta --- December 13, 2010 --- SMART Technologies Inc. ("SMART") (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, announces that it has become aware of the filing of two putative class action law suits ("Suits") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of shares of SMART in the July 2010 initial public offering of 38.8 million shares. 

CALGARY, Alberta --- December 13, 2010 --- SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, announces the appointment of Dr. Keith Lantz to the newly created position of vice president, SMART Labs. SMART Labs comprises a collection of functions that are either early-stage, experimental or next-generation, what the company refers to as “the fuzzy front end of innovation.” It complements and supports SMART’s long-established product development function. Dr. Lantz has been consulting to SMART since March 2010 and was appointed to the new position on December 1, 2010. Dr. Lantz will report to Nancy Knowlton, CEO.

CALGARY, Alberta --- December 9, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the addition of more than 250 activity packs for the SMART Table interactive learning center. 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 Colors activity pack for the SMART Table for K–3, teachers now have access to thousands of multitouch, 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 --- November 23, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that the company has joined the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC), a leading nonprofit organization for the advancement of educational technology adoption and interoperability standards to support and enhance K–12, higher education and corporate education worldwide. As a contributing member, SMART will work with IMS GLC to advance global interoperability standards for interactive whiteboards and interactive response systems for classroom, school, district and online learning systems. As SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards and SMART Response^™ interactive response systems continue to become more widely used in K–12 and higher education classrooms, interoperability with existing systems becomes increasingly important and offers significant benefits to educators and students alike.

CALGARY, Alberta — November 22, 2010 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), the leading global provider of interactive whiteboards, today announced that Nancy Knowlton, President and CEO, will present at the Credit Suisse 2010 Annual Technology Conference being held at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ.

CALGARY, AB --- November 17, 2010 --- SMART Technologies (NASDAQ: SMT, TSX: SMA) announces that the Autonomous Province of Trento in Italy has continued its deployment of SMART Board interactive whiteboards throughout its schools. Earlier this year, SMART – through its local dealer, EduTech, and its Italian distributor, InterVideo – was awarded a tender by the province to install 1,500 SMART Board interactive whiteboards in 400 primary and secondary schools throughout the region. The aim of the tender was to create engaging, interactive classrooms for improved student outcomes across all grades.

CALGARY, Alberta --- November 10, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces a range of five key accessories designed to enhance the teaching and learning experience of those using a SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard. The 800 series extends the company’s leading interactive whiteboard product line to offer true student collaboration and provide the most natural and intuitive user experience yet on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. Its comprehensive range of accessories includes height-adjustable mounting options, which ensure that all users, regardless of height or ability, have unrestricted access to interactive content on the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard. The accessories integrate seamlessly with each other and with the new 800 series to create a comprehensive mobile or fixed classroom solution that enables all teachers and students to engage in meaningful collaboration.

·         Revenue of $222.7 million, up 25% year-over-year

·         Strong unit sales with 117,723 SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards sold

·         Gross margin of 52%

·         Adjusted EBITDA of $69.8 million, up 43% year-over-year

·         Net Income: $44.3 million GAAP; $38.7 million non-GAAP

MEXICO CITY, Mexico --- October 27, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that today Escuela Secundaria Anexa a la Normal Superior de Mexico in Santa Maria la Ribera, Mexico, has been named as the first Mexican SMART Showcase School. The SMART Showcase Schools program is recognizing Secundaria Anexa as a leader in integrating and advocating the use of interactive technology products in the classroom. Since 1997, teachers and administrators at Secundaria Anexa have made interactive technology products an integral part of teaching and learning, demonstrating how they effectively implement and use technology in the classroom to improve learning outcomes for the benefit of other schools in the area. The school first introduced SMART education solutions into classrooms in 2000 and currently has a SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboard in each of its 23 interactive classrooms.

 

CALGARY, Alberta -- October 25, 2010 -- SMART Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SMT) (TSX:SMA), the global leader in interactive whiteboards, today announced that it will report financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2010, after the financial markets close in the United States and Canada on Tuesday, November 9, 2010.

CALGARY, Alberta --- October 19, 2010 --- SMART Technologies 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 recognized 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.

CALGARY, Alberta --- October 18, 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 North America and the United Kingdom today.

CALGARY, Alberta — September 8, 2010 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), a global provider of interactive whiteboards, today announced that Nancy Knowlton, President and CEO, will present at the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference being held at The Westin San Francisco Market Street in San Francisco, CA.

CALGARY, Alberta – August 26, 2010 – SMART Technologies announces that Chippewa Valley Schools (CVS) in Macomb County, Michigan, is introducing SMART products to classrooms throughout the district. Over the next 12 months, CVS will be installing nearly 900 SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards, 900 SMART Document Cameras^™, 200 SMART Response^™ interactive response systems and 100 SMART Slate^™ wireless slates. The extensive installation is the result of a US$89 million bond passed in February 2010 for capital projects, one-third of which was devoted to technology. After a rigorous testing process, SMART products were chosen based on a number of criteria, including ease of use and the availability and value of online resources. CVS technology staff also cited the intuitive, easy-to-use features and seamless integration of SMART Notebook^™ collaborative learning software with the SMART Document Camera and other SMART products as reasons for choosing SMART.

CALGARY, Alberta --- August 24, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the new SMART Ecosystem Network (SEN), a global community designed specifically to support companies and individuals by providing technical resources, accreditation programs and marketing support to its members. The SEN 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 center and the SMART Response^™ interactive response system. The SEN builds on the previous SMART Software Accreditation Program (SAP) and the SMART Software Development Network (SDN). The SEN comprises three new accreditation programs – the Company Accreditation Program (CAP), the Software and Content Accreditation Program (SCAP) and the Developer Accreditation Program (DAP). The SEN 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 SEN portal is currently available in English only, with plans to provide a German-language portal in fall 2010. The SMART Ecosystem Network is now accepting applications from publishers, software developers, multimedia designers, hardware providers and solutions integrators worldwide.

·         Revenue of $219.2 million, up 38% year-over-year

·         Record unit sales with 115,922 SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards sold

·         Gross margin of 50.5%

·         Adjusted EBITDA of $65.6 million

·         Net Income: $5.0 million GAAP; $29.1 million non-GAAP

Calgary, Alberta, July 29, 2010 – SMART Technologies Inc., (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA), the global leader in interactive whiteboards, today announced that it will report financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2010, after the financial markets close in the United States and Canada on Thursday, August 12, 2010. 

CALGARY, ALBERTA — July 20, 2010 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SMT) (TSX:SMA), a global provider of interactive whiteboards, today announced that it had closed its previously announced 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.  SMART Technologies sold 8,800,000 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares and selling shareholders sold 30,030,000 Class A Subordinate Voting Shares.

CALGARY, ALBERTA — July 14, 2010 — SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SMT; TSX: SMA), a global provider 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. He currently serves on the board of directors of Hydro One Inc., an electricity transmission and distribution company in Ontario, Canada. Mr. Mueller is a chartered accountant and a chartered business valuator. Mr. Hagerty served Polycom Inc. in various executive capacities from 1997 to 2010, including Chairman, Director, CEO and President, and he has served as an advisor since May 2010. Prior to joining Polycom, Mr. Hagerty served as President of Stylus Assets and has held several key executive management positions with Logitech, Inc., Conner Peripherals, Signal Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Hagerty served on the board of Palm, Inc. in various capacities from 2005 to 2010, including Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee and Audit Committee member.

CALGARY, Alberta --- June 28, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the fourth-generation SMART Board 600i series interactive whiteboard system. Available in both standard and widescreen formats, the latest generation of the 600i system features an improved and easy-to-use extended control panel (ECP) and a fully integrated short-throw projector that is 3D-ready and has a longer lamp life. The newly designed ECP is mounted to the interactive whiteboard bezel, not to the wall, making it aesthetically pleasing and easier to install. The new 600i series offers two screen formats – standard (4:3 aspect ratio) and widescreen (16:10 aspect ratio). The mechanical boom uses a hydraulic system to collapse gently under strain to protect both the interactive whiteboard surface and projector from damage. The new SMART Board 600i series interactive whiteboard system is expected to begin shipping in September 2010, with no increase in price over the third-generation series.

DENVER, Colorado --- June 28, 2010 --- 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.

DENVER, Colorado --- June 28, 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 .

DENVER, Colorado --- June 28, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces SMART Classroom Suite 2010 interactive learning software. SMART Classroom Suite 2010 offers an integrated solution that enables teachers to easily manage and assess the entire class while addressing the needs of individual students. The software combines classroom management, assessment, lesson creation and assignment management tools in one offering. The latest version of SMART Classroom Suite features a number of upgrades, including improved wireless capability, greater support for formative assessment and enhancements to Teacher Tools. SMART Classroom Suite comprises several SMART software titles designed to work seamlessly together – SMART Sync™ 2010 classroom management software for managing computer-enabled classrooms, SMART Response™ CE 2010 interactive response software for student assessment and SMART Notebook™ SE (Student Edition) collaborative learning software for student assignments, scheduling and file management. Certain installations of SMART Classroom Suite also include award-winning SMART Notebook 10 software for creating and delivering lesson activities. Together, the components of SMART Classroom Suite help teachers and students create and manage interactive learning materials. SMART Classroom Suite 2010 is expected to be available globally in August 2010.

Calgary, Alberta, June 24, 2010 – SMART Technologies Inc., a global provider of interactive whiteboards, today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a preliminary prospectus in each of the provinces and territories of Canada relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares in the United States and Canada. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. Upon completion of the offering, the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares will be dual listed, trading under the symbol SMT on NASDAQ and SMA on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada --- June 10, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that SMART Meeting Pro software is now available on the SMART GoWire auto-launch cable (GW-MP). SMART GoWire runs SMART Meeting Pro software directly from the auto-launch cable, which means businesses don’t need dedicated meeting room computers to host effective collaborative meetings, and users don’t need to download or install related software. SMART GoWire, a 7’ (2.13 m) software-enabled USB cable, automatically launches SMART Meeting Pro software when connected to a user’s laptop and a SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboard, SMART Board interactive display or SMART Podium^™ interactive pen display. Once the laptop and SMART product are connected, meeting participants gain whiteboarding and collaboration capabilities, and the ability to interact with standard business applications. They can use the interactive whiteboard or display to access the laptop’s files, launch applications, open websites, share information, record ideas, save notes and distribute results. The product begins shipping globally in late August 2010.

CALGARY, Alberta --- June 7, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that a study by the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) has found that 91 percent of students report they are more interested in learning when a SMART Board interactive whiteboard is used in the classroom. The study, SMART Interactive White Board Utilization in Al-Shifaa Bint Ouf School, published in March 2010, focuses on the impact of interactive whiteboard use on the engagement of grade eight and nine math and science students at Al-Shifaa Bent Ouf Secondary School in Amman, Jordan. According to the JEI study, over 90 percent of students report being more enthusiastic, positive and interested in learning when lessons are supported by the interactive whiteboard, while 86 percent of students agree that using the interactive whiteboard motivates them to participate in lessons. The study indicates that using SMART Board interactive whiteboards in classrooms enhances teaching and learning, effectively engages students and improves learning outcomes.

CALGARY, Alberta – June 1, 2010 – SMART Technologies announces that the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, has been recognized as a SMART Showcase Community. Since Miramichi organizations began introducing SMART products to the community in November 2008, local businesses, government and nonprofit organizations have witnessed increased customer engagement and interest. Using SMART Notebook^™ collaborative learning software, Adobe^® Flash^® templates, graphics and other multimedia, local youth designed presentations and games for area organizations to use with their SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards. In the summer of 2009, during a time of economic recession, the Miramichi River Tourism Association (MRTA), which represents 100 area businesses and nonprofit organizations, purchased 10 SMART Board interactive whiteboards and several licenses of SMART Bridgit^™ conferencing software. With the help of local summer students, MRTA implemented a pilot program to explore how collaborative technology could be used to encourage tourists to visit the Miramichi area and vacation there for longer periods. Using SMART Notebook software presentations to inform and engage customers and tourists has proven valuable for several Miramichi businesses. Through the effective use of SMART products and the creativity of local young people, Miramichi businesses are successfully reaching their customers in new ways.

CALGARY, Alberta – May 25, 2010 – SMART Technologies announces that Pinellas County Schools (PCS) in Largo, Florida, is installing 300 SMART Board^™ interactive whiteboards in classrooms throughout the district. PCS has approximately 2,000 SMART Board interactive whiteboards installed to date, which were paid for through fundraising initiatives, external community grants, construction funds and Title I funds. A four-year district initiative launched in the beginning of 2010 will see the 300 additional interactive whiteboards introduced to classrooms in every grade level from prekindergarten to 12th grade. In addition to SMART Board interactive whiteboards, PCS has SMART Slate^™ wireless slates, SMART Response^™ interactive response systems, SMART Audio^™ classroom amplification systems and SMART Table^™ interactive learning centers installed in classrooms throughout the district. According to PCS educators, using lesson activities created with SMART Notebook^™ collaborative learning software has led to increased student engagement. Educators cited this increased engagement, ease of use, and interoperability as reasons for continuing to choose SMART.

OTTAWA , Ontario --- May 4, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that, in early 2010, its assembly facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, received ISO 14001:2004 certification, an international benchmark of environmental management. Located in the Kanata district of Ottawa, the facility is SMART’s main assembly and distribution center. ISO 14001 is a global standard for an effective environmental management system (EMS). Adhering to this standard enables an organization to identify and control the environmental impact of its activities, products and services, to continually improve its environmental performance, and to implement a systematic approach to setting and achieving environmental objectives. ISO 14001:2004 certification signifies that SMART’s EMS adheres to the rigorous standards outlined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the largest developer and publisher of international standards in the world. SMART conducts regular audits of its EMS procedures to ensure the continual improvement of the facility’s environmental initiatives and ongoing compliance with ISO 14001 standards.

CALGARY, Alberta --- April 27, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that the Federal State of Hamburg, Germany, has chosen SMART Board interactive whiteboards as one of the preferred education solutions for its schools. Following a rigorous tender process, approximately 1,800 interactive whiteboards will be installed in 350 Hamburg schools by the end of 2011. In 2007, 39 Hamburg schools began a two-year evaluation of SMART products. Teachers and students used SMART Board interactive whiteboards in a variety of classroom settings and, in 2009, the decision was made to implement SMART Board interactive whiteboards in schools throughout the state. Each school in Hamburg created their own media development plan for the installation of interactive whiteboards in their school. Educators cited ease of use and the variety of content creation tools found in SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software as reasons for choosing SMART.

CALGARY, Alberta --- April 26, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces its latest software upgrade for the SMART Response interactive response system line of products. SMART Response 2010 assessment software includes a number of new features designed to enhance the SMART Response user experience. The update will improve compatibility with EXAMVIEW^® Test Generator by eInstruction™, enabling teachers to import EXAMVIEW files directly into a SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software lesson activity to deliver assessments through SMART Response. Educators will also be able to upload results into third-party gradebooks, including PowerTeacher^® by Pearson, GradeSpeed Gradebook by Schoolnet^®, and more.

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.

CALGARY, Alberta --- April 23, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the next generation SMART Document Camera. The SMART Document Camera 330 enables teachers to quickly and effortlessly display and capture physical content on their SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards and other SMART products. Like the earlier SMART Document Camera 280, the 330 is fully integrated with SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software and enables teachers to capture static images within their SMART Notebook lesson activities. Without interrupting the flow of a lesson, teachers can display any object, manipulate the captured images in the SMART Notebook lesson, and then save the images to the SMART Notebook Gallery for later use and review. Teachers and students can 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 will be available globally in June 2010.

CALGARY, Alberta --- April 12, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that DeSoto Parish School System (DPSS) in Mansfield, Louisiana, is equipping its classrooms with SMART Board™ 680i3 interactive whiteboard systems and other SMART products. In the summer of 2009, DPSS installed more than 180 interactive whiteboard systems in all of its core instruction classrooms, where students learn math, science, English and social studies. This summer, DPSS plans to install an additional 200 SMART Board 680i3 interactive whiteboard systems in its remaining classrooms, where elective subjects, such as art, music and business are taught. DPSS also recently introduced 43 SMART Response™ interactive response systems, 43 SMART Document Cameras and 43 SMART Slate™ wireless slates to classrooms throughout the parish.

CALGARY, Alberta --- April 1, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the appointment of Patric Nagel to the position of Vice President, Sales – Americas (North America, Latin America and South America). Nagel – who has served as SMART’s Vice President, North American Sales for the past three years – will see his role expanded and continue to strengthen SMART’s market position across the region. He assumes this newly created position today. Based out of SMART’s headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Nagel has responsibility for overall sales growth and channel and sales strategies for SMART’s products and services in the Americas. Nagel will continue to report to Tom Hodson, President and Chief Operating Officer.

CALGARY, Alberta --- March 16, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces SMART Response VE interactive response system, a browser-based assessment tool in the growing SMART Response product line. SMART Response VE enables students to log in from any Internet-enabled device, such as smartphones – including the iPhone and BlackBerry^® – the iPod Touch, a home computer or a laptop. Students can then access teacher-created assessments, respond to questions and receive immediate feedback. As with all models in the SMART Response product line, SMART Response VE integrates seamlessly with SMART Notebook^™ collaborative learning software, consolidating lesson creation and delivery, and assessment within one application. A beta version of SMART Response VE will be available in summer 2010. Current SMART Response customers can sign up to participate in the beta and provide feedback on their experience using the browser-based assessment tool. For more information on participating in the SMART Response VE beta, educators can complete a SMART Response VE contact form.

NEW YORK, NY --- March 5, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces that the Elmont Union Free School District (EUFSD) in Elmont, New York, has standardized on SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards. EUFSD is also standardizing on SMART Response™ PE interactive response systems and has introduced nearly 100 interactive response systems to kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms across the district. In 2005, EUFSD began a pilot program to introduce SMART Board interactive whiteboards to their fifth and sixth grade classrooms. Today, EUFSD has an interactive whiteboard installed in every classroom, resource room and library in the district. Since SMART Board interactive whiteboards were added to classrooms, teachers have noted a significant increase in student engagement. 

AUSTIN, Texas --- February 10, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces SMART Response XE interactive response system, a new addition to the growing SMART Response product line. SMART Response XE includes keyboard-style handheld wireless remotes (or clickers), a receiver and powerful assessment software that enables teachers to easily conduct assessments and gauge understanding quickly and efficiently. Results can be instantly displayed, providing students and teachers with immediate feedback. The new SMART Response XE is ideal for secondary education classrooms and allows teachers to ask as many as 100 questions in a single lesson file. The full QWERTY keyboard gives teachers the flexibility to ask more question types and enables students to submit advanced math and science equations as well as text answers. As many as 100 remotes can be supported by a single receiver. SMART Response XE will begin shipping in the summer of 2010.

CALGARY, Alberta --- February 10, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces its continued leadership in the global interactive whiteboard product category with a 48.2 percent share for 2009. According to Futuresource Consulting, an independent global research company that has tracked interactive whiteboard sales for more than nine years, SMART’s share for all of 2009 was more than twice its nearest competitor.* SMART sold just over 360,000 SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards in 2009, a record yearly total for the company and an increase of more than 60,000 interactive whiteboard sales versus the previous record established in 2008. Sales of SMART Board interactive whiteboards continued to be strong in the United States, where the company sold nearly 200,000 interactive whiteboards in 2009 and attained a 60.9 percent product category share. In major geographies around the world, SMART’s category share also remained strong. SMART was the leading interactive whiteboard provider in the Americas (North America, Latin America and South America) with a 61.8 percent category share, in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) with a 41.6 percent share and in Asia-Pacific with a 23.3 percent share. Additionally, the company attained an 82.5 percent product category share in Canada, 77.9 percent share in Mexico, 63.5 percent share in the United Kingdom and 58.3 percent in Australia.

San Francisco , CA --- February 8, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the SMART Slate WS200 wireless slate is now available for use on the Mac platform. SMART Slate enables teachers and students to interact with digital lessons projected on a screen, interactive whiteboard, interactive display or interactive pen display from anywhere in the classroom. SMART Slate was developed with extensive user feedback, resulting in the addition of several features, such as improved ergonomics, convenient charging via the USB cable and support for 10 languages, including Simplified Chinese, Castilian Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. The WS200 replaces the WS100 (formerly AirLiner™ WS100 wireless slate). 

AMSTERDAM , The Netherlands --- February 2, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces its new SMART business solutions, comprising integrated hardware and software products developed specifically to provide customers with easy-to-use tools that improve collaboration in interactive meeting spaces. The new SMART business solutions line includes SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards, SMART Board interactive whiteboard systems and collaboration software, including SMART Meeting Pro™ 2.0 software and SMART Bridgit™ 4.0 conferencing software. The range of SMART Board interactive whiteboard models ships with SMART Meeting Pro. SMART Board interactive whiteboard systems include a SMART Board interactive whiteboard with integrated projector and either SMART Meeting Pro or a collaboration appliance. SMART business solutions provide easy and immediate access to data and applications, enabling meeting participants to review files, share information and save and distribute their work to all team members. The components of SMART business solutions integrate easily, so users can create a solution that truly meets their needs – whether they want to upgrade their meeting rooms from flipcharts and dry-erase whiteboards or connect people in several locations in real time. 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands --- February 2, 2010 --- NEC Display Solutions Europe and SMART Technologies announce a working agreement to offer education customers across EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) better teaching and learning solutions. NEC Display Solutions Europe and SMART are unveiling a collaborative visual learning product combination at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show opening today in Amsterdam. Collaborative visual learning combines the latest NEC NP610S short-throw projector and one of three projector-mounting options with either the SMART Board™ 680 interactive whiteboard or SMART Board V280 interactive whiteboard and SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software. Together these products offer a powerful and affordable interactive display solution for the education market, in which both companies have extensive experience and brand recognition. 

CALGARY, Alberta --- January 21, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces the SMART Multitouch Application Contest, an opportunity for commercial and academic software developers to create multitouch, multiuser applications for the SMART Table interactive learning center. 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 center valued at US$6,499. Qualified winning applications from both categories will also be promoted on SMART’s website for one year. The SMART Multitouch Application Contest is now open, and all completed submissions must be received by 11:59 pm MDT on Thursday, July 1, 2010. For registration details and full contest terms and conditions, please see smarttech.com/multitouch.

CALGARY, Alberta --- 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 multitap 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 100 feet (30 meters) in a single classroom. 

CALGARY , Alberta --- January 13, 2010 --- SMART Technologies announces a number of enhancements to the SMART Table 230i interactive learning center. Unveiled in October 2008 in the United Kingdom and North America, the SMART Table 230i is the world’s first multitouch, multiuser interactive learning center designed specifically for early education. The hardware and firmware now offer improved display characteristics, built-in WiFi, 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). The new model SMART Table is now shipping at the reduced price of US$6,499.

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 organizes 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.