CALGARY, AB – SMART Technologies is proud to announce the launch of the company’s latest innovation for education: the SMART Board® RX series. This revolutionary display is designed with accessibility in mind and provides teachers with the tools they need to make learning more engaging for students, while saving teachers precious time. This high-performance display comes with optically bonded glass and a multi-color stylus for an effortless writing experience, plus leading student device integration, putting it in a category of its own.
At the heart of the SMART Board RX series are features and functionality specifically designed to help make classroom time more quality and engage all students in inclusive and accessible learning experiences. Notably, the RX Series comes with SMART’s exclusive Tool Explorer® technology that allows all students (including those with diverse learning needs) to actively engage in content and easily communicate with peers and teachers.
Tool Explorer digitally recognizes blocks that come in pre-programmed sets with images such as emojis that can help enable social and emotional learning. The blocks are also programmable, giving teachers or students the ability to program any image into a block. Tool Explorer provides a unique way for students to communicate and participate, including those students who are non-verbal, those who have difficulty holding a pen or writing, and those who require or simply prefer different methods of communication. Tool Explorer is only available with the SMART Board RX series.
The SMART Board RX series is Google EDLA certified, giving users native access to the Google Play store, Google Classroom, Chrome browser and other Google services so teachers can have all their favorite apps at the ready. reach of your hand. It comes with a completely renewed integrated experience: iQ 4.0. The new version of iQ is designed to simplify teachers’ workflows and make lessons engaging for students.
The RX Series also includes SMART’s exclusive capability for seamless differentiation of all interaction types, allowing multiple users to intuitively write, erase and tap at the same time, without interfering with each other’s work for a truly collaborative experience. .
“The SMART Board RX series represents a breakthrough in classroom technology,” said Nicholas Svensson, CEO of SMART Technologies. “Our goal was not just to create another interactive display, but rather an investment that helps create inclusive and accessible classrooms that will stand the test of time.”
The SMART Board RX series offers a variety of features, including:
- Android 13 for greater security and smooth performance, with expandable storage up to 576 GB.
- Optically bonded glass provides a smooth, precise inking experience and unmatched viewing clarity.
- Simultaneous tool differentiation so multiple students can collaborate together intuitively on the screen.
- An all-new multi-color LED stylus for easier color changing and simple, intuitive inking with color built right into the pen.
- NFC and QR code based login with one-click logout for added security and convenience.
- Integrated sound bar with two 20W speakers and a 15W subwoofer.
- New environmental and air quality sensors, including a particulate matter sensor and a volatile organic compound sensor.
- All the software educators need, for free.
The SMART Board RX is designed to serve districts for years to come. The RX series has an energy efficient design that is intended to be a good investment for many years. Automatic over-the-air updates keep customers up to date with new features, patches and operating system updates, keeping pace with market trends and new options and functions without spending budget on a new display. Schools and districts can get more out of their technology investment and continue to provide high-quality learning experiences for years to come.
About SMART Technologies ULC
SMART is not just a leading technology company, but a connections company that works tirelessly to create and advance technology that helps teachers, students, businesses, and teams make meaningful connections every day. The original SMART Board® was launched in 1991 and has continued to innovate through Lumio, an award-winning cloud-based learning software. With a full range of products, including an impressive selection of easy-to-use interactive displays used by millions of businesses, educators and students around the world, SMART creates connections that matter. For more information, visit www.smarttech.com.
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