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TOP HARDWARE ON FACULTY WISH LIST FOR THE CLASSROOM
3D scanners
19%
Detachable tablets (such as Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Yoga, etc.)
17%
Virtual reality gear
17%
3D printers
16%
Interactive, large-screen displays
14%
Interactive whiteboards
12%
Cameras and other photographic equipment
12%
Tech-enabled student furnishings
12%
Interactive projectors
11%
Graphic tablets (Wacom, etc.)
10%
Clickers/student response devices
10%
SOFTWARE IN USE IN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
In use now Will be in use within one year Not in use but on my wish list Not in use at all
Word processing
Presentation software (PowerPoint, etc.)
Learning management systems
Online video services (YouTube, Vimeo)
Gradebooks
E-books
Lecture capture/screen capture
Classroom management
Scanner/multi-function printers
Social media services
Video editing
Image editing
Collaboration/whiteboard software
E-portfolios
Audio editing/mixing
Subscription-based education streaming services
Games Adaptive learning Animation software 3D modeling
4%
55%
51%
62%
60%
5%
8%
90%
89%
97%
96%
93%
4%
5%
7%
5%
63%
74%
71%
6%
15%
5%
7%
17%
7%
4%
26%
4% 7%
27%
30%
57%
4% 7%
5%
32%
6%
31%
7%
8%
35%
51%
7%
8%
35%
49%
3%
7%
7%
41%
41%
39%
45%
6%
12%
6%
44%
19%
3%
34%
3%
10%
8%
12%
46%
29%
14%
54%
67%
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CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY | July 2017
Some of our respondents’ top wished-for hardware includes 3D scanners, detachable tablets, virtual reality gear, 3D printers and interactive, large-screen displays — all items that appeared on last year’s wish list, albeit in a slightly different order.
The most common software used in our respondents’ classrooms: word processing (in use by 97 percent of