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 Acronym Finder is © 1988-2018, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved.	Google	Phrase searching and Boolean Logic
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?	e Dr. Mitra‟s team carved a “Holein-the-Wall” that separated the NIIT premises from the adjourning slum in Kalkaji. Through this a hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use which proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learn to use the computer on their own.	India	© HiWEP, NIIT Foundation	Google	Phrase searching and Boolean Logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	The experiment suggested that children, irrespective of their social, ethnic or educational identity, can learn to use computers by themselves, thereby closing the much discussed „digital divide”.	India	© HiWEP, NIIT Foundation	Google	Phrase searching
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 Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase searching