Scavenger hunt 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.	Sugata mitra	india	·         Sugata Mitra at TED  ·         Hole in the wall official website ·         The Hole in the Wall, a documentary about the experiment ·         Press release about Dewang Mehta Award ·         HIW: Kids learn computer by themselves: An interview with Dr Mitra published in a Hindi webzine. ·         Personal profile at Newcastle University ·         Wiki referenced during Ted Talks ·         Live Conversation with the Professor at Wiz-IQ-dot-com Wiziq is a popular educational website equipped with state-of-art Virtual Classroom ·         Should We Replace Old With New? A response to Sugata Mitra ·         Davis, Joshua. "How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Business". Wired.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.	google	Boolean logic
2. What does NIIT stands for?	National Institute of Information Technology	india	·         Official website 23 July 2018, at 10:37 (UTC).	google	Phase searching
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.	Sheltering Delphi slums	New Delphi	Pratima Singh http://www.zeenews.com/news543148.html Mathur, A. (2009, Feb 16). ‘Show begins at Kathputli Colony’. The Indian Express. Retrieved from http://www.indianexpress.com/news/show-begins-at-kathputli-colony/423940/1 xii Staff Reporter. (2009, Jan 17). MCD finalizes budget with additional allocation. The Hindu. Retrieved from http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/17/stories/2009011759250300.htm xiii (2007, Dec). DDA announces Rs. 3622 crore budget. Express India. Retrieved from http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dda-announces-rs-3622cr-budget/255485/ xiv ‘Dharavi Redevelopment Project’. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority. Retrieved from http://www.sra.gov.in/htmlpages/Dharavi.htm xv Devichand, M. (2008, Aug 14). ‘Mumbai’s slum solution?’. BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7558102.stm	google	Term weighing
4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?	New Delhi physicist Sugata Mitra has a radical proposal for bringing his country's next generation into the Info Age	india	Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm	google	Phase searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?	Over the 4 year research phase (2000-2004), HiWEL has extensively studied the impact of Learning Stations on children. Hole-in-the-Wall Learning Stations were installed in diverse settings, the impact of interventions was monitored and data was continually gathered, analyzed and interpreted. Rigorous assessments were conducted to measure academic achievement, behaviour, personality profile, computer literacy and correlations with socio-economic indicators.	india	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/findings.html https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/media/the-hole-in-the-wall-experiments/	google	Term weighing
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?	Academic Performance • Correlation with Educational Facilities • Comparison with Formal Computer Education • Performance of Dropouts • Peer-to-Peer Learning Patterns The impact of ICT use in school and student exposure to ICTs, and the nature of use and exposure, on student employability in developing has not been well documented. Tracer studies of the impact of ICTs on further study and employment would be useful, as this could be a useful additional measure of educational quality, beyond standardized testing results.	india	Quick guide: ICTs in education challenges and research questions (URL)	google	boolean logic