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(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 26, 2007 ) PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: 10 am, 28th September, St. Therese Primary School, 43 Sutherland Street, MascotSYDNEY, Australia --- EMBARGOED until September 28, 2007 --- SMART Technologies & ELECTROBOARD announce that the 2007 overall winner of SMART’s World Teachers’ Day Video Contest is Lisa McCallum of St. Therese Primary School in Sydney, Australia. McCallum’s entry, narrated by children in her kindergarten class, was chosen because it demonstrates, in an entertaining way, the benefits of SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards in the classroom and the enthusiasm of the students when they use the boards. McCallum’s video shows how she uses Notebook™ collaborative learning software to engage her class in reading and counting. McCallum will receive an all-inclusive trip to London, England, to attend BETT 2008, the world’s largest education technology trade show, a SMART Board interactive whiteboard and an iPod shuffle. The winning video can be viewed at www.smarttech.com/wtd.World Teachers’ Day (WTD) aims to raise awareness of, and appreciation for, the vital contributions that teachers make to education. Started by UNESCO to recognize teacher contributions around the globe, WTD is celebrated on October 5 in over 100 countries. Teachers from 23 countries around the world submitted videos in the second annual SMART WTD Video Contest. All the entries demonstrated how SMART Board interactive whiteboards improved student engagement and learning outcomes. The global winner was chosen from five regional winners, who will each be awarded a SMART Board interactive whiteboard and an iPod shuffle. “The Catholic Education Office (CEO) Sydney is absolutely delighted that one of our gifted and creative teachers is the global winner of the 2007 SMART World Teachers’ Day Video Contest,” says Seamus O’Grady, Director of Curriculum, CEO Sydney. “The SMART Board interactive whiteboard has been a critical element in reshaping pedagogy for 21st-century learners and is being increasingly adopted in our schools.”“The quality of the entries we received this year was outstanding, making it difficult to choose winners,” says Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s CEO. “The videos are vivid examples of teachers all over the world using SMART Board interactive whiteboards to improve student engagement and learning, something we feel is worth celebrating on World Teachers’ Day.”Regional winnersNorth America – Mary Lehman from Stony Brook Elementary School in York, Pennsylvania, U.S.Latin America – Eliane Amstalden Möller from Colégio Notre Dame de Campinas in Campinas, BrazilAsia Pacific – Lisa McCallum from St. Therese Primary School in Sydney, AustraliaEurope – Tatiana Oskolkova from Grammar School No. 10 in Novosibirsk, RussiaAfrica and the Middle East – Peter de Lisle from Hilton College in Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaAbout SMART SMART Technologies is both the industry pioneer and global education market segment leader in user-friendly interactive whiteboards and group collaboration tools. The award-winning line of SMART Board interactive whiteboards is the most widely installed in the world because of its unsurpassed product quality, versatility and ease of use. The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is used to teach over 15 million students in more than 500,000 classrooms in more than 100 countries around the world. SMART is a private company founded in 1987. Employing more than 1,000 people, SMART is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with assembly facilities in Kanata, Ontario and offices in Bonn, Tokyo, Shanghai, New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC. SMART has been issued and maintains a broad portfolio of patents with numerous U.S., Canadian and other patents pending. In 1992 SMART formed a strategic alliance with Intel® Corporation that resulted in Intel’s equity ownership in the company. SMART products are sold through dealers across North America and distributors worldwide. To learn more about SMART, visit www.smarttech.com.About ELECTROBOARDELECTROBOARD has been working with teachers for over 21 years to enhance the classroom environment. As an Australian owned company, ELECTROBOARD is the exclusive reseller of SMART products in Australia and the exclusive distributor in New Zealand. With 12 Australian offices nationwide and 7 dealers throughout New Zealand, ELECTROBOARD services the education, government and corporate sector. Clients include the NSW Catholic Education Office, NSW DET, The University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Christ Church Grammar, Nortel, AON Risk Services and Woolworths. We further our commitment to the educational community by sponsoring programs such as the TAFE Directors Australia Convention, Young Astronauts Space Schools Australia, TAFE NSW Excellence Awards and many other educational events across Australia. ELECTROBOARD is dedicated to providing the highest quality products and is the authorized distributor for some of the world’s leading manufacturers of education presentation equipment; such as SMART Technologies Inc., Sanyo, Polycom, LG and Epson. For more information, visit www.electroboard.com.au.Contact:Krysta Konachowiczk.konachowicz@electroboard.com.auTel: 0447508319
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