Some of Gates' visions for the classroom of the future based on IT technology have come into reality in the world, and there is no exception to China. But there remain some differences between what he describes and my local teaching and learning circumstances.
The similarities:
1. Many classrooms in China have access to the Internet now, which allows teachers great convenience to show a wealth of information and materials to students.
2. The widespread of personal computers connecting to networks provides teachers good communication channels with other teachers, with students and even with parents.
3. The development of IT technology creates more possibilities for distance education in China.
The differences:
1. The classes are still given in the traditional way in classroom instead of by using personal computers as described in The Road Ahead.
2. The digital white board in classroom remains a dream of teachers and students.
3. Multimedia is being made use of in classroom, but not to the degree as Gates expected.
Although there is a gap between Gates' visions and the reality, I strongly believe that some day they will come true.
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Dear Xiaoli,
How I wish that our dream of using this marvelous digital whiteboard should come true soon. Anyway, a good teacher is able to benefit the students a lot no matter how the classroom looks like.
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