Susan Edwards, an alumna of UALR’s graduate program in the College of Education, has been named a SMART Exemplary Educator by SMART Technologies, an industry pioneer and market-segment leader in easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and other group collaboration tools.

Edwards is a teacher at Pulaski Academy, which is one of the company’s “Showcase Schools.” To qualify for the award, Edwards submitted a video of herself teaching a class using a SMART Interactive White Board with a lesson she developed on her own.