Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14 (a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CERTIFICATION

I, Nancy Knowlton, certify that:



|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of SMART Technologies Inc.;
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The issuers other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the issuer and have:
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| | a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuers disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | c) | Disclosed in this report any change in the issuers internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuers internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The issuers other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
issuers auditors and the audit committee of issuers board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the issuers ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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Dated this 29th day of June, 2011.



By:

/s/    Nancy KnowltonNancy KnowltonChief Executive Officer