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	HIWEL Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.	google.com	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Acronym Finder	google.com	Phrase Searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Delhi’s Slum-Dwellers: Deprivation, Preferences and Political Engagement among the Urban Poor	https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Banerjee-Et-Al-2012-2-Working-Paper.pdf	IGG International Growth Center Abhijit Banerjee Rohini Pande Michael Walton October 2012	Google.com
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.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	HIWEL Hole-in-the-wall-Education Ltd.	google.com	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	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.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	HIWEL Hole-in-the-wall-Education Ltd.	google.com	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?	In addition, local teachers and field observers noted that the children demonstrated improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills; English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	edutopia	Google.com	Boolean Logic