SMART Technologies has been spotlighted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as one of Canada's leading AI innovators.
In a feature published by The Globe and Mail, Lumio, SMART's AI-powered teaching companion built, is featured as a standout example of how AWS is helping organizations across the country do more for their customers with AI.
For more than 40 years, SMART has built tools designed to bring teaching alive, and Lumio is the latest step in that mission. Powered by Amazon Bedrock, Lumio supports lesson planning and more personalized learning, giving teachers valuable time back in their days while increasing student engagement. According to the feature, teachers using SMART's AI tools have seen productivity gains of up to 75%, while classrooms in remote locations are gaining access to quality instruction that was previously out of reach.
"Teachers tell us time is their most limited resource," said Dan McMahon, Vice President of Software at SMART Technologies. "AI-powered lesson creation helps educators move from idea to instruction in moments, while still teaching the way they know works best."
SMART's inclusion places it alongside a small group of Canadian organizations AWS singled out for pushing the boundaries of what AI can do in their fields, including Haply Robotics, KOHO, the RNA Lab at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre, Variational AI, Waabi, and Waste Robotics. The common thread across all of them, as the feature puts it, is that lowering the technical barriers to building and deploying AI is letting organizations innovate faster than ever before.
Now used in 175 countries, SMART continues to build on this foundation with Lumio, now available at smarttech.com/lumio.