Sunday, August 5, 2018

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. Sugata Mitra
Kalkaji, New Delhi, India
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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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. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
To put a freely accessible computer to the slum people
Kalkaji, New Delhi
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4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
 This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children
Kalkaji, New Delhi
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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?
Local teachers and field observers noted that the children demonstrated improvements in enrollment, attendance and performance on school examinations, particularly in subjects that deal with computing skills; English vocabulary and usage; concentration, attention span and problem-solving skills; and working cooperatively and self-regulation.
New Delhi, India
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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