SMART Technologies Inc. announces its participation in the Gulf Education and Training Exhibition (GETEX) Dubai 2007, the Middle East’s leading education exhibition that will be held from April 11–14 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. SMART will showcase a wide range of its cutting-edge interactive products, including the SMART Board™ 690 interactive whiteboard and the SMART Board 680i interactive whiteboard system. In addition the Sympodium™ ID350 interactive pen display, SMART Ideas™ concept-mapping software, the SynchronEyes™ classroom management software 7.0 and the AirLiner™ wireless slate will be on display. The highlight of SMART’s participation in the event will be the launch of its latest product, the Senteo™ interactive response system.

The Senteo interactive response system has been developed with the input of hundreds of educators with a clear focus on classroom needs for power, flexibility and ease of use. The ergonomic remote for each student can be used while placed on top of a desk or while being held in the hand. Because the system is based on radio-frequency (RF) technology, students do not need to have line of sight to the receiver in order for their responses to be received. The remote also features an easy-to-read LCD screen that can display three lines of text.

Notebook™ software, the world’s most popular whiteboarding software, is included with the Senteo interactive response system. Various formats of questions can be quickly and easily created and inserted within Notebook software allowing both planned and spontaneous questions during class. One-to-one interaction is increased and students become more engaged and involved in their own learning.



“Our customers have been asking for an interactive response system to complement their other SMART products,” says Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s CEO. “Our product line, now including the Senteo interactive response system, is constantly growing, and we are confident that SMART’s easy-to-use, collaborative tools will appeal to many educators attending GETEX.”

SMART Technologies Inc. is both the industry pioneer and global education market segment leader in easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and other group collaboration tools. The award-winning SMART Board interactive whiteboard is the most widely installed interactive whiteboard in the world. Many school jurisdictions have standardized on the product, which is used to provide interactive learning opportunities and enhance student achievement.

The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is used to teach over 15 million students in more than 450,000 classrooms spanning every U.S. state, every Canadian province, every Local Authority in the UK and more than 100 countries worldwide. SMART products include interactive response systems, pen displays and digital signage as well as wireless slates and software. Using SMART products, teachers can access and share the information they need to improve student learning outcomes and streamline lesson planning.