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.	Dr. Sugata Mitra	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Copyright © 2005 HiWEP, 8, Sudershan Munjal Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 020 (INDIA)	Google	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Acronym Finder	Google	Pseudo Boolean
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Hole-in-the-Wall	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/insight.html	Copyright © 2005 HiWEP, 8, Sudershan Munjal Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 020 (INDIA)	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".  Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Copyright © 2005 HiWEP, 8, Sudershan Munjal Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 020 (INDIA)	Google	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Copyright © 2005 HiWEP, 8, Sudershan Munjal Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 020 (INDIA)	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.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Copyright © 2005 HiWEP, 8, Sudershan Munjal Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi 110 020 (INDIA)	Google	Phrase Searching