Taking Control, With Room Control Systems

"One might think that adding another level of technology to an already complex IT infrastructure might require additional staff. On the contrary, says O'Rourke. 'There's actually a value added to control systems. Rather than having people constantly running back and forth with media carts, they can now concentrate on a higher value of work.' And Schweibinz says proudly, 'We've gone from fewer than 30 smart classrooms to more than fi ve times that number without increasing staff . We can monitor all the classrooms on all our campuses from one location. I can access a projector in a room 25 miles away. Plus, we can pull statistics from each location to see how many times a projector was turned on and off.' "