We all know a great teacher and now is the time to let the world know who they are. SMART is running a competition on Who is the best teacher in the world? Nominate him/her now at http://uk.smartloveoflearning.com/.

Have fun with football while improving your pupils Maths and Science skills.

Join the 1GOAL team and play skoool™ football, a range of exciting and engaging lesson activities that aim to improve Maths and Science skills. The backdrop of a football environment is designed to present the material in a unique, engaging and challenging format for pupils.

These lesson activities are promoted through the Intel 1GOAL global campaign, which is supported by the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, with Sepp Blatter, FIFA President, as co-chair. Lesson activities can be downloaded from the SMART Exchange or the skoool 1GOAL website.

1GOAL is a global initiative to help encourage world leaders to provide the US$16 billion needed annually to ensure that 72 million children worldwide receive a proper education. The campaign runs in over 200 countries from now until the end of June and the 2010 FIFA World Cup final in South Africa, the largest sporting event in the world. People are being asked to show their support for 1GOAL by playing skoool football interactive lesson activities or by joining skoool’s 1GOAL

For more information or to join the 1GOAL: Education for All campaign, visit the 1GOAL website.

The call for papers process is now live for BETT and the Education Show 2011. If you would like to enter a paper and would like help in putting your entry together, Steljes’ team of Education Business Development Consultants are on hand to help. Please call 08450 758758 and ask to be put through to a member of the team

Alternatively to submit an entry, please fill in this form:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/callforpapers and clearly identify the main theme of the seminar and summarise the learning and teaching outcomes.

The deadline for submissions is the 16th July 2010 and the organisers will be in touch shortly after this if you are successful.

The ‘I love my SMART Board’ competition is coming to a close this summer, but there is still chance to win!

The last draw will take place on the 25th June so you have plenty of time to register your car.

The lucky winners so far are:

• Steve Pace, Darlington LA, who won a SMART Document Camera
• Chris Watterson, St Paul’s Catholic College, who won a SMART Response 32 handset kit
• Vicki Chiverton, St Jude’s C of E Junior School, who won a SMART Response 32 handset kit
• Rebecca Todd, Mayfield School, who won a SMART Document Camera
• Vivienne Stavert, Scottish Borders Campus, who won a SMART Slate
• Lucy Saunders, Burhill Infant School, who won a SMART Response 32 handset kit

“The delivery of the document camera was a lovely surprise and it has been put to good use in the classroom to the delight of pupils and teachers alike. Thank you SMART!”
Rebecca Todd, Mayfield School

If you love your SMART Board and want a chance to win, register at www.ilovemysmartboard.co.uk Then simply place an “I love my SMART Board” window sticker in your car, school minibus and for an even greater chance to win, every parents’ car. If spotted, you will win one of many fantastic prizes for your school!

We may spot you in your local petrol station, your school car park or even parked in your drive so all you have to do is share your love of SMART with the world! For top tips on how to get spotted visit: www.ilovemysmartboard.co.uk/getspotted

We are busy working on the next issue of SMART Teacher out in May - register for your free copy at http://www.mysmartspaces.co.uk/smartteacher

ICT has become an integral part of the 21^st Century classroom. Young people today are often described as “digital natives.” They live in a particularly interactive world and like to get an immediate response to what they do. As a consequence, the way in which children learn is changing. The old “chalk and talk” days have been replaced with a more collaborative style of teaching and learning.

With this new partnership between SMART Technologies and the Fizzbook Spin you can be confident that you are providing your digital natives with a state of the art collaborative tool, designed specifically for education.

The Fizzbook Spin is a convertible tablet PC with a 10.1” LCD monitor that has been developed specifically to support the needs of the modern learning environment.  It offers all the elements to enable schools to move towards a more personalised learning curriculum.  Based on the Intel^® Classmate PC design architecture, the Fizzbook Spin combines aesthetics with ruggedness. The hand-held device has been built to withstand the classroom environment – it is drop resistant and has a water-resistant keyboard and touchpad.  Compact and light-weight, it has a rubberised surface for easy grip and is perfect for child-size hands. It can convert instantly from a clamshell design to a tablet PC allowing students to easily move between activities and learning spaces.

Unlike other devices the Fizzbook Spin is a total classroom solution. Not only does it provide full PC functionality with word processing, spreadsheet and art packages as standard, it also comes preloaded with SMART Classroom Suite software to turn the traditional classroom into a collaborative, interactive and high efficient learning environment.

Comprising of four software applications, SMART Classroom Suite integrates seamlessly with the SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard and has been specifically designed to use in a computer enabled classroom. This powerful piece of software enables teachers to take control of the Fizzbooks in their classroom with one click of a button. SMART Classroom Suite supports the key stages of teaching and learning – from lesson creation and delivery to student assessment - and encourages collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing.

This collaboration marks the first time SMART education software solutions will be available, preinstalled on another company’s hardware reference design. The agreement is the latest development in a relationship between SMART and Intel that has spanned 17 years.

Intel’s comments on the partnership:

“We are thrilled to work with SMART in introducing a more creative and rewarding environment in which students can learn,” said Lila Ibrahim, general manager of Intel’s Emerging Markets Platform Group, responsible for the Intel-powered classmate PC design and industry-enabling efforts. “Working with a company like SMART enables our OEM customers, teachers and students to have an enhanced learning experience as part of the Intel^® Learning Series.”

SMART’s comments on the partnership:

“The development of the SMART Classroom Suite is our most significant software initiative to date and is the first to combine the needs of teachers and students in one software package,” says Nancy Knowlton, SMART’s CEO. “Intel’s decision to include SMART Classroom Suite as part of its software offering on the convertible classmate PC means educators and students around the world can easily access all the tools they need to achieve the best possible learning experience in today’s computer-enabled classrooms.”

For more information about this perfect partnership visit www.fizzbook.com

Fizzbook Spin 10.1″ is launching today! To find out more go to http://www.fizzbook.com!

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Thank you to all those who attended our SMART Table Content Creation event - we had great feedback and plan to host another soon!