SCAVENGER HUNT I

CHALLENGE 1:SCAVENGER HUNT

CHALLENGE 1:SCAVENGER HUNT

SCAVENGER HUNT

CHALLENGE I

Search the Internet and supply the following facts and information
. Write your answers in the table below.

NUGGETS	ANSWER	LOCATION	VALUE: Sources / Author / Date Published / Sponsor / Copyright	Search Engine	Search Technique
1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.	Sugata Mitra	India	from a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge	Google	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	The free dictionary	google	Phrase Searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	General Morbidity Prevalence in the Delhi Slums	India	P Marimuthu, M Hemanta Meitei, and BBL Sharma	Google	Phrase searching
4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?	Dr. Mitra's team carved a "hole in the wall" that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi.Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children.With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.	India	Hole-in-the-Wall Education	Google	Boolean logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	The acquisition of basic computing skills by any set of children can be achieved through incidental learning provided the learners are given access to a suitable computing facility, with entertaining and motivating content and some minimal (human) guidance.	India	Hole-in-the-wall education	Google	Boolean logic
6. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?	The acquisition of basic computing skills by any set of children can be achieved through incidental learning provided the learners are given access to a suitable computing facility, with entertaining and motivating content and some minimal (human) guidance.	India	Hole-in-the-wall	Google	Boolean Logic