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New research from the computer company Dell Inc. finds vast differences in attitudes to technology in education between China and the United States. While six in ten respondents in the United States do not approve of using social media in the classroom, a majority of Chinese respondents have positive feelings about the technology, the survey concluded.

 

Dell's education wing, Dell Edu, questioned almost 1,600 students, teachers, and parents in China, Germany, and the United States about their technology habits, and put the major findings in a nicely organized infographic (see below.) A report released with the survey also illustrated a few key differences on how technology is utilized for educational purposes:

 

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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2012/09/dell_survey.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB