Blog 4: Internet Scavenger Hunt

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Last week in class, we completed an online scavenger hunt with a partner. In this assignment we received a list of 18 random items to find online, with a time limit until the end of class. My partner and I were able to locate everything on the list in the time frame. by dividing our efforts. One of us started at question 1 while the other began at question 18 with the goal of meeting in the middle. 

Throughout the scavenger hunt, I discovered several new things, such as alternative search engine sites that were not Google, Yahoo or BING, and I also learned who Jimmy Buffet is. In the interest of completing the assignment as fast as possible, we were not able to fact-check all of our information. There was also a prize of a gift card to a local coffee shop for participants. 


During the assignment, my partner and I had different methods to get answers. I mainly stuck to Google as my main search engine and starting point. However, she used ChatGPT to find her answers. I have never seen it be used in that way before. I didn’t realize that it pulled from the internet to formulate its answers. The main way it amazed me was that I was struggling to find the answers to the 1st question, so I asked my partner for help. She put in the question prompt and it had created a 5 day itinerary. 


In summary, the assignment was extremely stressful and enjoyable as well. I learned valuable skills and gained new insights. 

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