SCAVENGER HUNT (CHALLENGE 1)

August 06, 2018


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	New Delhi, India	(http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm)	Google	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	(https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html)	Google	Phrase Searching

3. 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	Kalkaji, New Delhi	(http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html)	Google	Phrase Searching
4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	It appeared that the children in these two places picked up computer skills on their own. Dr. Mitra defined this as a new way of learning.	New Delhi, India	(http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html)	Google	Phrase Searching
5. 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 results, which have been uniformly encouraging, show that children learn to operate as well as play with the computer with minimum intervention. They picked up skills and tasks by constructing their own learning environment.	Kalkaji, New Delhi.	ttp://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google Chrome