scavenger hunt challenge 1
CHALLENGE
I
Search
the Internet and supply the following facts and information to complete 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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INDIA
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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GOOGLE.COM
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PHRASE SEARCHING
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2. What does
NIIT stands for?
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NIIT stands for National Institute of
Information Technology (India)
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NEEMRANA
RAJASTHAAN IN INDIA
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https://www.acronymfinder.com
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GOOGLE.COM
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PHRASE SEARCHING
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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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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
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INDIA
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http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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GOOGLE.COM
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PHRASE SEARCHING
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4. What was the
significant finding of the experiment?
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TO
CREAT A TREMENDOUS IMPACT AMONG GENERATIONS OF YOUNG LEARNERS
The
appropriation of the computer and the Internet by thousands of illiterate
children – all without any supervision – delivered unanticipated evidence
about the high intelligence and capacity of illiterate children to acquire
substantial computer skills and other knowledge without the help of
teachers
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Kalkaji,
New Delhi.
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https://educationalurbanism.wordpress.com
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GOOGLE.COM
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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 children seemed to learn to
use the computer without any assistance. Language did not matter, and neither
did education.
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INDIA
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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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GOOGLE.COM
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