Thursday, August 9, 2018

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.

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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
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
India
The free dictionary
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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
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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

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