When
teaching through web inquiry we are giving our students the opportunity to use
higher order thinking and investigation as recommended by Bloom's Taxonomy.
The type of information students are researching is linked to real-life
events, problems, resources, and data (Coffman, 83). The teacher's role
during this task is to simply guide students to ensure they are headed in the
right direction within their research. During this process of learning a
hook is very important. The hook will
interest or disinterest students to the project. The hook must be very open ended and allow
for many interpretations and directions of research. Often web quests are confused to be web
inquiry. The difference is that web
inquiry allows students to research and view information in an unfiltered way
unlike web quests, which the links are provided by the teacher (Coffman,
84). Students are able to develop their
own ideas and opinions without being influences by an outside source. They are researching for primary sources and supporting
articles that conform their ideas on their question. This process allows students to think creatively
and also in a way that is applicable to the real world and their future.
