"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.' "