Monday, August 6, 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.

Sugata Mitra
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2. What does NIIT stands for?
National Institute of Information Technology
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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?
Dr. Mitra's team carved a "hole in the wall" that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi. Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.
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4. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
  The findings from Shivpuri and Madantusi confirmed the results of Kalkaji experiments. It appeared that the children in these two places picked up computer skills on their own.
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?
The acquisition of basic computing skills by any set of children can be achieved through incidental learning provided the learners are given access to a suitable computing facility, with entertaining and motivating content and some minimal (human) guidance. 
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