Scavenger Hunt (Challenge 1)
CHALLENGE I
Search the Internet and supply the following facts and
information
. Write your answers in the table below.
. Write your answers in the table below.
NUGGETS
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ANSWER
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LOCATION
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VALUE: Sources/Author/Date
Published/Sponsor/Copyright
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Search Engine
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Search Technique
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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief
scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
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Dr. Sugata Mitra
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New Delhi
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Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015
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Google
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Pseudo-Bolean Logic
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
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National
Institute of Information Technology
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India
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©
2013-2015 Acronyms and Slang, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Read more at
http://acronymsandslang.com/definition/907720/NIIT-meaning.html
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Google
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Pseudo-Bolean Logic
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3. His team carved a hole in the
wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in
the wall?
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On 26 January 1999, 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 popular among the
slum children. With no prior experience, the children learned to use the
computer on their own. This prompted Mitra to propose the following
hypothesis: 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.
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Kalkaji, New Delhi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education#HiWEL
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Google
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Phrase Searching
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4. What was the significant
finding of the experiment?
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India
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Google
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Phrase Searching
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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?
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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.
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Kalkaji, New Delhi.
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© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd. 2015
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Google
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