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Smart Notebook Math Provides Interactive Tools To Illustrate Math Concepts
Published May 31, 2009
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
SMART Technologies has announced the availability of the beta version of SMART Notebook Math software in June, 2009. Educators from around the world can sign up now to download the beta and provide feedback on their experience with the product.
SMART Notebook Math software is the only software for teaching math on an interactive whiteboard that provides the digital tools needed to create content, and to recognize and graph equations within the context of a lesson.
The application has all the functionality and features of award-winning SMART Notebook software, with math-focused content and tools for middle, secondary and post-secondary educators.
SMART Notebook Math comes with dynamic graphing tools that enable educators to create their own graphs or graph mathematical functions or tables of values. The application also features a handwriting recognition function that recognizes individual math symbols and full equations, and can then solve equations.
SMART is the first interactive whiteboard developer to offer this feature. More than 20 per cent of educators using SMART Notebook worldwide teach mathematics.
SMART Notebook Math is part of SMART’s ongoing effort to provide the best possible tools for creating education content.
With direct and ongoing input from teachers, and SMART’s team of curriculum resource developers, the company’s large collection of existing math resources are pedagogically sound, customizable and easy-to-use.
They include SMART Notebook software lesson activities, SMART Ideas™ concept-mapping software lesson activities and SMART Response (formerly Senteo interactive response system) question sets.
SMART also offers a large gallery of images that illustrate math concepts and use tools like the popular random number generator and rolling dice.
There are a variety of math titles in SMART’s software accreditation program that are popular with educators. About one third of SMART Notebook lesson activities are designed for math, and most are available free of charge through SMART’s website.
SMART Notebook Math builds on these resources and addresses the needs of middle, secondary and post-secondary school educators. There are currently more than 2,200 individuals signed up to trial the beta version of the new software.
To enroll in the SMART Notebook Math beta program, educators can visit www.smarttech.com/SMARTNotebookMath.
“In many schools, math teachers are the first to receive SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards, because math is a subject where students benefit greatly from visual reinforcement of concepts – so we wanted to create an application for the specific needs of these educators,” said Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s CEO.
“SMART Notebook Math software brings concepts to life in a visual and tactile way, and early feedback from educators suggests this will greatly enhance students’ understanding and retention of math concepts.”
Jeevan Bhingarkar, Director, iMark Distribution, SMART’s authorised Middle East distributor, said, “The introduction of SMART Notebook Math software marks another major milestone for SMART Technologies and we are certain that math teachers across the region will be eager to try out this software.
Students will significantly benefit from this software as the digital tools used by teachers will help them grasp new concepts faster.”
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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