Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Technology Needs Assessment 3
Problem Statement 8 Project Goals 8 Project Objectives 8
Conclusion 9
References 10

Introduction Kurzweil predicts that “in 2009, while schools are still not on the cutting edge, the profound importance of the computer as a knowledge tool is widely recognized. Computers play a central role in all facets of education, as they do in other spheres of life” (Kurzweil, 1999, p. 276). It is now 2006 and Kurzweil’s prediction of the computer being widely recognized as a knowledge tool is ahead of schedule. It is also true that schools are far from being on the cutting edge. Some schools are better than others, but the computer is sorely lacking in the classroom.
The writer’s organization is a proprietary art college in Central Florida. The school is part of a large corporation that oversees more than sixty schools across the United States. Thirty one of the schools are art colleges. The art colleges are leaders in using the computer in the classroom. The corporation takes pride in putting high end technology in front of students to produce commercial art work in the form of graphic design, interactive design, digital video and animation. Often students choose the proprietary art college over community college or state university because of the high end computer labs and other technology that the private school has on campus. Potential students see the technology as an added value worth paying extra for.
Technology Needs Assessment
The writer’s organization is well equipped technologically to handle the day to day business operations. While there are some issues with the campus IT databases (the fact that there are three) makes consistency in reporting difficult. The organization is addressing this issue converting to a single campus database system over the next two years.