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The goal of MIT-CETI is to promote cultural exchange between American and Chinese students
by exploring science and technology.
Each summer for the past ten years, CETI has sent
between 15 and 21 MIT students to high schools in the cities and towns of Anxian, Beijing,
Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Kunming, Mianyang, Nanjing, Shanghai and Xi'an. Teaching in
teams of three, some of the past CETI participants have taught curriculums on web
design, programming, robotics, electrical engineering, civil engineering, English,
biology, aerospace engineering and more.
CETI began in 1996 with the purpose of connecting Chinese high schools to the internet
and teaching basic web design techniques. Since then, the swift progress of internet
technology in Chinese schools has enabled CETI to grow above and beyond its original
commitments. Recently, CETI sent a special development team to four rural towns in
China to reach out to students who have had less exposure to technology education and
virtually no previous opportunity for cultural exchange. In addition to working with
high schools in China, CETI is now also collaborating with MIT OpenCourseWare and MIT
iCampus to introduce and implement MIT educational technologies at Dalian University of
Technology, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Qinghai University, Tsinghua University,
Sichuan University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Yunnan University, and Zhejiang University.
CETI is built on the foundation of relationships that we have formed with partner
schools and universities over the past ten years. We continue to foster many
of these relationships, and at the same time strive to find new and exciting
educational and cultural opportunities throughout China.
Current Sponsors:
Dr. Ge Yao Chu
Past Sponsors & Supporters: The Freeman Foundation Mr. Raymond Kwok |