Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Inquiry Based Learning vs. WebQuests
There are obviously positives to both of these technologies in the classroom. In many ways, I feel like WebQuests would be better for younger students and inquiry based learning better for older students. Younger students are more prone to enjoy the way a WebQuest works, especially when they are cheesy and make you act like you are someone else. For some reason I do not see High School seniors being all that crazy about WebQuests, they would not be into it as much. A WebQuest often times takes a lot of imagination which is much stronger for younger people. However high school students would probably thrive in the inquiry based learning because there is a set goal for it, and it is actually obvious what you are learning. I still see ways that they can both be useful in my class. When I want something a little more epic and to get the entire class involved I would probably do a WebQuest. On the other hand inquiry based learning seems like it will be better when I want them to work as individuals and learn on their own.
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