Scavenger Hunt 1

SCAVENGER HUNT: CHALLENGE ONE

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	India	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google	Phrase Searching
3. 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.	India	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	That groups of children could learn on their own without any direct intervention.	India	Sugata Mitra February 3, 2012	Google	Phrase Searching
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?	An effective assessment task is one which assesses students' attainment of the learning outcomes. Unit learning outcomes are what students are expected to know, understand or be able to do in order to be successful in a unit.		https://staff.mq.edu.au/teaching/evaluation/resources_evaluation/developing_unit/assess_achievement/	Google