Tuesday, August 7, 2018


SCAVENGER HUNT

CHALLENGE I
Search the Internet and supply the following facts and information
. Write your answers in the table below.

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ANSWER
LOCATION
VALUE: Sources/Author/Date Published/Sponsor/Copyright
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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
Professor Sugata Mitra
https://www.niituniversity.in/faculty/sugata-mitra
Copyright © 2018.NIIT University
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology (India)
https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html
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3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Hole in the wall
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
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
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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
The children seemed to learn to use the computer without any assistance. Language did not matter, and neither did education.
-  Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall project showed that children could teach themselves, and each other, how to use technology

- https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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Edutopia® and Lucas Education Research™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of the George Lucas Educational Foundation in the U.S. and other countries.

- ©2018 George Lucas Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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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 experiment aimed at proving that children could be taught by computers very easily without any formal training.
The study helps the people today to know more about computer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugata_Mitra
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