SMART Technologies announced a new board designed for education, the SMART Board RX series. This display uses optically bonded glass and a multi-color stylus for inking, while also including student device integration into the platform. The SMART Board RX series comes with features and functionality that help make classroom time more effective in engaging student interest through inclusive and accessible learning experiences. The SMART Board RX series comes with SMART’s Tool Explorer technology that enables all students, including those with diverse learning needs, to actively engage with content and communicate easily with their peers and teachers.

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 that teachers can have all their favorite apps at their fingertips. It comes with an improved embedded experience, iQ 4.0. This updated version of iQ is designed to simplify workflows for teachers and make lessons more engaging for students.

Tool Explorer digitally recognizes blocks in pre-programmed sets with images such as emojis that can help enable social and emotional learning. The blocks are also programmable, allowing teachers or students to program any image onto a block. Tool Explorer provides a unique way for students to communicate and participate, including those students who are non-verbal, those who struggle to hold a pen or to write, and those who require or prefer different methods of communication. Tool Explorer is only available with the SMART Board RX series.

The SMART Board RX series offers an array of features, including:

• Android 13 for enhanced security and smooth performance, with expandable storage up to 576GB.
• Optically bonded glass that provides a smooth inking experience and clarity.
• Simultaneous Tool Differentiation so multiple students can intuitively collaborate at the display together.
• An all-new multi-color LED stylus
• NFC and QR code-based sign-in with one-click sign-out for added security and convenience.
• Integrated sound bar with two 20W speakers and a 15W subwoofer.
• New environmental and air quality sensors

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