scavenger hunt Challenge 1

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. Sugatra Mitra	India	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugata_Mitra			Google	phrase searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIIT			Google	term weighting
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Hole In the Wall	India	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html			Google	term weighting
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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education			Google	term weighting
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.		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education			Google	term weighting
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?