After finishing the first assignment, I find that the sociology-related reading material quit meaningful. Especially when I read about the minority part of this article. The author told us some facts about different social classes in relation to educational technology. This point sparks my thoughts linking to the question – how to use educational technology to improve the teaching condition in rural areas in China, because educational gap between developed and underdeveloped areas is a hot issue that has been discussed during recent years.
In China, the coastal areas which are the eastern part of mainland China are the most advanced in terms of many educational aspects, such as the infrastructures in school, the quality of teaching staff and the accessibility to resources ; however, the kids living in sub-developed regions are not lucky enough compared with the former, because these far-away-from-sea districts are mostly mountainous; thus up-to-date information is hard to be guaranteed.
Although there is a huge geographical difference between the west and the east, which also leads to a disparity in educational field, I do believe that we, as educators, are able to manage to bridge this gap, so I prefer to pay more attention to this field in educational technology.
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