CHALLENGE 1

SCAVENGER HUNT

CHALLENGE I

Search the Internet and supply the following facts and information to complete 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	India	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugata_Mitra		google			Phrase searching
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	India	http://qa.answers.com/Q/What_does_NIIT_stands_for		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			Pseudo Boolean logic
4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	o    Allows students to learn as well as conduct experiments at the computer itself. o    Eliminates delay between theory and practice. o    Frees students from tedious data capturing so that they can concentrate on observing and inferring.	India	http://www.niitfoundation.org/science-for-school-children/					Pseudo Boolean logic
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