Does your interactive display check every box?
Compare how SMART displays deliver better value for your tech dollar.
When it comes to tech, you get what you pay for. SMART interactive displays saves you money down the line with powerful, easy-to-use tech designed for and tested by teachers.
Does low cost = low value?
Competitors claim you’re saving money with their lower price, but this can be deceptive.
There are some big trade offs to consider when you settle for less than the best.
For technology, the total cost of ownership is so much more than just the physical product.
Feel confident that you’re making the best long-term investment for your school.
SMART’s industry-leading multi-user touch and ink is easy for students and teachers to intuitively walk up and use from day one.
What that means for you:
Tech that's used more effectively and more often, maximizing your tech investment.
The problem with competitor solutions.
Many SMART competitors can only handle one type of interaction at a time. One user’s tool choice blocks other users or changes their tool automatically. How can students collaborate effectively when one student erasing shuts down everyone else’s work?
How SMART does it better.
SMART does touch and interaction better than anyone else. We are the only company that allows multiple users to intuitively write, erase, touch and gesture at the same time, over any program or application, without interfering with another user’s tool choices.
Assessing Your Options?
Is your interactive display bad at collaboration?
The hidden cost of tech that doesn’t work well with student devices.
SMART displays with iQ leverage your investment in student devices. Teachers can connect student devices with just two clicks, no matter where they are.
What that means for you:
Teachers and students consistently use their devices to engage and contribute with ease, leveraging your investment in student devices.
The problem with competitor solutions.
Some competitors rely on limited screenshare technology that only allows a few students to share at a time and doesn’t save student contributions to a lesson.
Many require teachers to adopt separate apps or online tools for students to login and view content, adding complex extra steps mid-lesson - and more tools to keep track of.
How SMART does it better.
Only SMART displays allow an entire class to work directly in the embedded whiteboard - without student logins - so teachers don’t need to interrupt the lesson to get students signed into a separate tool.
And unique to SMART is the ability for teachers to toggle the shared whiteboard to student-based navigation at any time, promoting active learning by allowing students to review content at their own pace.
Assessing Your Options?
Does your display make things complicated?
The hidden cost of tech that’s difficult to use.
SMART displays with iQ are purpose-designed for education, giving teachers easy workflows to deliver lessons easily and effectively.
What that means for you:
Simple, straightforward adoption in your classrooms, lower training costs and fewer support calls.
The problem with competitor solutions.
Many competitor solutions provide an overly complicated user interface that requires teachers to click through multiple software menus in order to use the display to its full potential.
Instead of developing integrated tools, many competitors rely on stand-alone tools or apps for essential functions like importing PDFs, adding complicated additional steps that interrupt the flow of the lesson.
These unnecessary workflow labyrinths make it less likely users will adopt new technology into their daily rhythm.
How SMART does it better.
Easy workflows and a straightforward UI give teachers the confidence to easily add free content and interactive elements to their teaching, regardless of their tech comfort level.
With only three clicks, teachers can add multi-page PDFs or webpage markup to any in-progress lesson for more meaningful learning and engagement.
Plus, SMART displays offer the option for multiple teachers to sign in to their fully personalizable home screens. That means one-click access to everything they need to teach.
Assessing Your Options?
Is your display a little light on content?
The hidden cost of tech with limited education software.
SMART interactive displays include a free, always-growing set of teaching tools and resources for student engagement.
What that means for you:
Less lesson prep time for teachers and money saved on third party software subscriptions.
The problem with competitor solutions.
Many competitor solutions take a “bring your own software” approach, or rely on basic whiteboard apps not purposely designed for education, leaving teachers struggling to fill in the gaps in their lessons.
Persistent inking tools often involve a separate overlay layer that completely freezes the screen - even for something as simple as scrolling down a webpage. Consider how this will impact your teachers’ workflows.
How SMART does it better.
SMART interactive displays include subscription-FREE designed-for-education software. With built-in education content and interactive manipulatives, teachers can instantly create activities with common classroom tools like counters, fraction tiles and letter blocks, without having to exit the lesson to find and learn another app or tool.
SMART’s best-in-class persistent ink tools let teachers flexibly annotate over anything without freezing the screen or blocking navigation with an overlay - for both Windows AND Mac.
Assessing Your Options?
Is your display future-proofed?
The hidden cost of brands that don’t plan for the future.
SMART displays are designed to last. Automatic over-the-air updates make upgrading your devices hassle-free.
What that means for you:
Lower costs on future technology upgrades.
The problem with competitor solutions.
Does your competitor support an upgrade to Android 11, keeping the display relevant and secure? Do they own the design of the interactive display’s embedded computing and design new features so the technology can keep up with the needs of the classroom?
Hardware that isn’t built to last means that customers end up replacing them far sooner than they’d like - spending more money and going through the whole IFP buying process again.
How SMART does it better.
SMART displays with iQ provide FREE automatic OTA updates to both Android and product features, providing a hassle-free way to upgrade your display without managing a labor-intensive manual process.
SMART’s interactive displays are designed for longevity and environmental sustainability, with exceptional product quality. This means savings in energy costs and replacement technology.
Ensure your investment can continue to meet the changing needs of your teachers and classrooms.
Invest in classroom technology that checks every box.
Whether you’re purchasing your first interactive display or currently using a competitive hardware solution, making the switch is easier than you think.
