scavenger hunt Challenge 1

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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
Dr. Sugatra Mitra
India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugata_Mitra
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
India
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3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Hole In the Wall
India
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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?
To give a free accessible computer for use for slum children
India
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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
·         Become computer literate on their own, that is, they can learn to use computers and the Internet for most of the tasks done by lay users.
·         Teach themselves enough English to use email, chat and search engines.
·         Learn to search the Internet for answers to questions in a few months time.
·         Improve their English pronunciation on their own.
·         Improve their mathematics and science scores in school.
·         Answer examination questions several years ahead of time.
·         Change their social interaction skills and value systems.
·         Form independent opinions and detect indoctrination.
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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?










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