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SMART Technologies To Showcase Extensive Range Of Products At GESS As Middle Eastern Countries Reaffirm Commitment To Education
Published May 3, 2011
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SMART Technologies, the world’s leading provider of interactive whiteboards, announces that it will showcase its latest range of education solutions at the fourth edition of the Gulf Educational Supplies & Solution (GESS) show, opening at the Dubai Airport Expo. Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, GESS is an important platform for education supply companies to showcase their products and services, particularly given the rising prominence of education within governmental budgets. Saudi Arabia has allocated 25 percent of its training, health, social development and infrastructure budget to education, while the UAE has allocated 22.5 percent, Qatar 20 percent and Oman 13 percent.
With 20 years of firsthand experience in helping teachers achieve better results with products that support student-centered learning, SMART continues to provide innovative interactive learning products that are proving to be a key resource for Middle Eastern countries to develop the educational infrastructure and improve learning outcomes. With a strong presence in every country throughout the Middle East region, SMART will showcase its extensive range of education solutions, including state-of-the-art interactive whiteboards particularly the newly launched multiuser SMART Board™ 800 series interactive whiteboard. Also on display will be the SMART Table™ interactive learning center the first multitouch, multiuser interactive learning center designed specifically for early education; the SMART Document Camera™ 330, which supports mixed-reality content; the SMART Slate™ wireless slate and many additional products being used by leading institutions throughout the region.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, SMART’s share in the interactive whiteboard product category was nearly 47 percent globally. SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software is also the most widely used interactive whiteboard software, with educators in over 175 countries using this powerful application to build and share lesson activities. In addition, the SMART Exchange™ website provides over 51,000 resources, including lesson plans and teaching notes, which are available for educators worldwide to download at no charge.
“With governmental focus and commitment to strong investments in education and effective implementation of ICT in the learning environment, SMART holds a strong position as a preferred supplier at the forefront of this movement,” says Aaron Fright, SMART’s Area Manager, Middle East. “SMART has been supplying schools, colleges and universities throughout the Middle East for almost 20 years, and we continue to support the deployment of interactive technologies to support the transformation efforts in education across the region. GESS gives us the opportunity to showcase our comprehensive range of world class interactive solutions for education and support the mandate of the regional governments for a vision to bring the latest technological innovations to classrooms to enable better learning outcomes.”
About SMART:
SMART Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of collaboration solutions that transform the way the world works and learns. We believe that collaboration and interaction should be easy. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, we bring more than two decades of collaboration research and development to a broad range of easy-to-use, integrated solutions that free people from their desks and computer screens, so collaborating and learning with digital resources are more natural.
For more information:
Zaib Shadani
Consultant
The Portsmouth Group
T: 04 3693571
M: 050 9116138
E: zaib.shadani@theportsmouthgroup.com
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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