Smarter Technologies

SMARTER TECHNOLOGIES Techspo 2006 Matt Hanas & Kevin Bals Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School

More than 250,000 classrooms now equipped with SMART Board interactive whiteboards. SMART's accelerating installed base is more than any other interactive whiteboard manufacturer in the world. (eSchool News Online - Calgary, Alberta--January 5, 2006)-SMART Technologies Inc. announces that more than 250,000 classrooms worldwide are now equipped with SMART Board(TM) interactive whiteboards, a milestone that reinforces the company's position as the world leader in the interactive whiteboard market segment. This marks a significant 100,000-unit (67 percent) increase in classroom installations since January 2005, making the awardwinning SMART Board interactive whiteboard the most widely installed interactive whiteboard in the world. Education authorities around the globe, including those in the UK, the U.S. and Australia, are adopting interactive whiteboards to improve student learning in schools and develop skills that are vitally important for a 21st-

The Solution Tablet PC

Wireless Projector

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Dynamic teaching tool Education specific applications Highly mobile No orientation required Multiple data entry methods – keyboard, pen, or voice Handwriting to text conversion Posting/sharing of class notes is user-friendly Only requires 2 devices Equal in price to a laptop

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Dynamic teaching tool Education specific applications Limited mobility Requires specific orientation Limited data entry methods Inefficient handwriting recognition Posting/sharing of class notes can be cumbersome Requires 3 or more devices Costly

From the Smart Technologies Website

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Teachers are not anchored to the front of the classroom Students can present work from the comfort of their desks The projector can be placed anywhere in the room You can manage the projectors over your network They have a 3 second shutoff

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DyKnow - www.dyknow.com xThink - xthink.com Microsoft -www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc Motion Computing - motioncomputing.com IBM/Lenovo - www.lenovo.com/us/en Toshiba - www.toshibadirect.com HP - www.hp.com Gateway – www.gateway.com

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Matt Hanas – [email protected] Kevin Bals – [email protected] School website – www.rfhrhs.org CDWG Chris Andrews - (800) 508-2394 ext. 87102 EPSON Ted Marcus - (800) 338-2349 ext. 7164

Schools Using Tablet PC’s 

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Monsignor Donavan HS, Toms River, NJ www.mondonhs.com Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, NJ www.d-e.org Hunterdon Central Regional HS, Flemington, NJ www.hcrhs.k12.nj.us Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Hinsdale, IL www.hinsdale86.org