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BenQ donates digital signage whiteboard projector to Miami teachers

July 16, 2013

BenQ America Corp., a provider of digital lifestyle innovations and DLP projectors, recently announced that the company donated a MX813ST short-throw projector to Miami-Dade County's United Teachers of Dade in order to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of its teaching staff. As part of UTD's Professional Development, Best Practices for Interactive Whiteboard Program, a teacher will be using the projector to help transform classroom learning into a more interactive experience, the company said.

"This is a very interesting time for teaching professionals and the entire education sector," said Charles Belekis, specialist of educational policy, UTD. "With so many new tools at their disposal, teachers are rethinking the way they present their lesson plans, as access to technology continues to change the way students learn. Thanks to our new development program and with the help of companies like BenQ, we are able bridge the knowledge gap, bringing more collaborative, next-generation classroom experiences to both our teachers and students."

The UTD Professional Development, Best Practices for Interactive Whiteboard Program educates teachers on the benefits of today's technology and how they can use interactive techniques to transform their classrooms into media-rich learning environments. Through the donation of its MX813ST projector facilitated by Camcor, a value-added reseller of technology solutions for schools, offices and homes, BenQ added to UTD's training initiative, providing a forward-thinking product that it says is designed to future-proof the classroom while combining simplicity, interactivity and efficiency for instructors, IT managers and school administrators.

"On behalf of BenQ, we are very pleased to have the opportunity to donate our classroom technology to the UTD development program," said Stephanie Kohler, distribution sales manager at BenQ America Corp. "As schools begin to align themselves more closely with today's interactive technology options, BenQ has positioned its education products to integrate the benefits of interconnected learning with solutions that are innovative, cost effective and easy to use."

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