Class Scavenger Hunt

On Wednesday our class was assigned to participate in our first Scavenger Hunt. We had to pair up in groups of three to find the items listed using the internet. A majority of the items include personal information as well as professional related ones to our professor. The goal of the exercise was to be able to know which search engines to use to get accurate results. I realized while doing my search hunt that Google was not helpful at all when it comes to finding a specific item or person. For example, one of the questions consisted of finding how much a certain item cost and the total after shipping. Amazon fit right into the puzzle and within only a few minutes I was able to get the answer I was looking for. Another interesting but difficult search that our class encountered was finding the middle name that belongs to our professor’s sister. Surprisingly, without him even telling us what it was – one group managed to find it. This proves that there are no barriers when it comes to digging up other people information on the internet.

This Scavenger Hunt is a good practice that enables us to discover how to search up things more effectively using the internet. It’s also a reminder of the lack of privacy we have that others can easily access.