A teacher-led technology upgrade brought simplicity, collaboration, and long-term value to more than 300 classrooms.
Results at a Glance
Nearly 300 Cambridge classrooms are equipped with BenQ RP03 and RP04 interactive displays
Teachers benefit from faster easier setup and lesson delivery through Google Workspace integration
Personalized workspaces, real-time collaboration, and whiteboarding are teacher favorites
IT workload reduced through remote management and updates, with fast, trusted, and consistent customer service
Future-ready with Android 15 and EDLA certification (BenQ RP04 boards)
Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts set out to modernize its classrooms with a single goal: make technology work for teachers, not against them. After years of relying on aging projectors and inconsistent AV setups, the district spent a full year researching AV solutions.
“We were constantly piecing things together,” recalls Gina Roughton, Director of Educational Technology, Cambridge Public Schools. “Projectors were burning out, teachers were tethered to their desks, and we knew the experience could be better. We wanted technology that actually made teaching easier, not something else they had to fight with.”
Collage of Cambridge Public Schools students using BenQ Boards
A Year of Research Led by Teachers
Instead of rushing to buy the latest interactive display, Cambridge took a year to research the market and options, visiting other schools in and out of state, hosting vendor technology demonstrations, and ultimately inviting teachers to try multiple boards in their classrooms.
“We had teachers from every subject test them - math, English, science, even art,” said Kendall Boninti, a teacher and Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) at Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School. “We wanted to see what really worked across disciplines. The feedback was crystal clear: ease of use mattered most. The BenQ interfaced like a giant iPad, it was familiar and allowed teachers to just walk up and start teaching.”
The result was a three-phased rollout of nearly 300 BenQ interactive displays across the district, delivering a seamless blend of simplicity, collaboration, and Google Workspace integration.
Building Confidence Through Hands-On Support and Collaboration
Cambridge’s Educational Technology team made professional development the cornerstone. Boninti and her fellow teacher and ITS Paige Graves created an onboarding workflow, held in-service sessions, drop-ins, and built their own documentation to ensure teachers felt supported from day one. The duo became BenQ Certified, completing multi-day professional training to deepen their expertise.
"We wanted to understand the boards as well as BenQ’s engineers,” says Boninti. “That partnership has paid off tenfold."
Flexible Classroom, Real Results
Once installed, the new BenQ boards immediately changed classroom dynamics.
"BenQ has dramatically improved student engagement,” says Alejandro Hernandez, World Languages Teacher at Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School. “As a teacher, I am quicker at setting up activities on the board and students are more excited about using the board themselves."
The teachers regularly share their feedback and experience with the BenQ interactive displays with Roughton, Boninti, and Graves, which beyond their simplicity have included:
Versatility: Teachers use the boards in diverse ways that map to their teaching styles: as interactive displays, shared collaboration hubs, and standalone devices.
Personalized Spaces: Each teacher has a personalized space, with their settings, folders, apps, and bookmarks easily accessed with the tap of their NFC card so they can move between classrooms and displays with no impact.
Mobility: The displays encouraged mobility and a more engaging flow in classrooms, freeing teachers from being tethered to their laptops.
Annotation Abilities: Boninti and Graves shared how easily annotations could be saved and shared with students via the Google Workspace tools, cutting down prep and transition time.
Whiteboarding: BenQ EZwrite turns the interactive displays into a whiteboard to write, draw, or paint on a canvas that never runs out of space.
Technology That Evolves with the District
From an IT perspective, the BenQ Device Management System (DMS) platform simplifies management and security while enabling remote updates, troubleshooting, and inventory tracking across hundreds of interactive flat panels in the district. The RP04’s app ecosystem and Android management tools also save IT hours every week.
“With BenQ’s DMS, we can push updates to hundreds of boards without leaving our desks, making our job easier, but more importantly, keeping focused on teaching,” says Kevin Keegan, the district’s technology services manager. “And any new technology integration is not without its challenges, but when we’ve had challenges, BenQ Field Application Engineer (FAE) Sheldon Wong has been quickly responsive, showing up, listening, and even getting engineering involved to solve for our needs. You don’t see that level of follow-through often.”
The combination of centralized device management, seamless Google integration, and trusted and consistent support has been invaluable for Keegan’s IT team.
Built for Longevity and Learning
Cambridge’s latest installations include BenQ’s RP04 interactive boards – the first EDLA-certified displays running Android 15. The upgrade ensures lasting compatibility, enhanced security, and long-term return on investment.
“We wanted technology that adapts to people, not the other way around,” says Roughton. “And that’s exactly what’s happened. Teachers who once said they weren’t ‘tech people’ are now saying, ‘I can’t imagine teaching without my BenQ board.’ That’s when you know it’s working.”
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