Why is your company joining the STEM Alliance?
SMART Technologies is present in thousands of schools all over the world. More than 60 million teachers and students are using our education solutions, and we support them in their daily routines.
As an educational company, we know that technology by itself is not enough; teachers need tools designed for education, and that is the reason for SMART. We produce interactive displays and develop software to be used by both teachers and students in a truly interactive way. Our software allows teachers to prepare their content in just a few minutes and use it with their students in an active manner.
When we teach STEM, we need innovative tools with a huge range of options that cover the new ways of teaching and learning. That’s the reason we joined the Scientix STEM Alliance; we want to help teachers with the digital tools that they really need.
Why is STEM Education a priority for your company?
Our world is technology, and our students must be prepared for the new roles they will have to take on. This means they must acquire the right skills—what we call the 21st-century skills—to be active participants in the new society.
Preparing our students with practical knowledge, developing critical thinking, solving problems, fostering creativity, communication, collaboration, digital literacy, and computational thinking—these are the goals we must achieve. At SMART, as an educational company, we are constantly thinking about the best ways to help teachers accomplish this.
SMART's tools have been helping teachers in their classrooms since 1987. Over the years, we have enhanced our technology, created thousands of digital resources, trained thousands of teachers, and built a vast community of educators who use our technology.
What does your company want to achieve with its support to the STEM Alliance?
Connections matter more than ever. It's the reason we show up and innovate every day—to create and advance technology that helps teachers, learners, and teams make meaningful connections.
Whether you're engaging learners or collaborating with your teams—no matter where they are—we provide interactive technology to make your day simpler and more connected.
We want to support teachers all over the world. Our online software, Lumio, offers a wealth of high-quality materials that are ready to use. Teachers can choose, edit, or even prepare their own lessons from any device at any time.
We know that active learning is crucial when teaching, especially in STEM education. That's why our products are designed and built specifically for educational use, meeting all the needs that teachers are asking for.