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SCAVENGER HUNT

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

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.
Sugata Mitra
http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm
Businessweek Online Daily Briefing
Paul Judge
March 2, 2000
Google
Phrase Searching

2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html
The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2018, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved
Google
Phrase Searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Hole in the Wall Education Project – HiWEP
 (Minimally Invasive Education)
 www.hole-in-the-wall.com › About HiWEL©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016
Google
Phrase Searching
4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
So they can put a freely accessible computerhttp://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.htmlhttp://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
 Google
 Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment
The acquisition of basic computing skills by any set of children can be achieved through incidental learninghttp://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015 Google Phrase Searching
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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