Invest today for benefits that last
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides educators with an historic opportunity to build a brighter future for students, teachers and schools.
As an educator, you face a significant challenge – you’ve been asked to spend quickly, invest wisely and drive results. SMART solutions can help you achieve your goal to make the most of your short-term education technology investment and deliver lasting results. We’d like to show you how.
Why choose SMART?
SMART is the product category leader in interactive whiteboards. Nearly 6 of every 10 interactive whiteboards installed in American classrooms in 2008 were from SMART, according to Futuresource Consulting, an independent market research firm. But SMART is much more than just an interactive whiteboard company – we offer a full solution that can work today and grow with you as your needs and budget allow.
The following SMART facts show why you can be confident that choosing SMART solutions is a good long-term investment:
- Proven products that improve learning for all students, including students with special needs and early learners, to boost teacher productivity and to enable schools to perform better
- Broad offering of services and support to make adoption of SMART products successful
- Active, voluntary community of users that contribute and access a large and growing base of high-quality teaching resources created by teachers
- Broad range of training and professional development resources available to ensure successful implementation as well as teacher adoption and effective usage
- Products that are easy to use and that reduce start-up time for teachers
- Deep customer relationships to ensure we understand educators' needs
- Significant commitment to innovation through research and development
- Trusted advisor to education worldwide
- U.S. leader in the interactive whiteboard product category (according to an independent report from Futuresource Consulting more than 60% of all interactive whiteboards purchased in the United States in Q1 2009 were from SMART)
- Strong alliances in the U.S. education community
- Experienced network of well-trained resellers throughout the United States to provide local support
- Inventor of the interactive whiteboard product category
Choosing SMART solutions is also a sound environmental decision. We're committed to reducing our environmental impact in all aspects of our business by developing environmentally responsible products and assembly processes, while producing products that deliver high value and high quality.
Helping you make a wise decision
In this Investing in the Future website, you'll find articles, research material and other resources that show how SMART solutions offer an excellent return on investment, both in the short and long term. Our solutions are modular, flexible, interoperable and future-proofed. Years from now, your teachers and students will still be seeing benefits from your initial investment in SMART products. Thanks to the durability of our products, their ease of use and low total cost of ownership, a SMART implementation is quick, practical and effective.
Contact us
If you are ready to take the next step and want to find out more about how SMART education solutions can help you make the most of the benefits of your technology investment, please fill out our contact form or call us toll-free at 1.888.42.SMART to speak directly with a SMART representative.
“SMART products encourage academic achievement through challenging technology-based lessons that help my students feel more engaged in the learning process.”
Anthony Mullen
Greenwich, Connecticut
2009 National
Teacher of the Year
See easy in action
Discover the features that make the SMART Board interactive whiteboard the world’s easiest interactive whiteboard to use.
Watch the SMART Ease of Use video.
See what Forbes Magazine discovered when it visited the Sequoia Union High School District in California to learn about the effectiveness of SMART education solutions.
Watch the Forbes video.
