Would Socrates approve of WebQuests?

I want to start by identifying my WebQuest. I believe that my WebQuest could fall under both Retelling Tasks and Design Tasks. I think that since I am having the students become actual Endangered Animal Specialists and designing a PowerPoint to influence donations, this would fall under Design Tasks. While Retelling Tasks can also be described in a PowerPoint, but most of all, give feedback on what the students were able to carry over from the WebQuest. I think by all the research they would be able to take something from the WebQuest, skills of summarizing, distilling, and elaborating. Also, influencing others that we all can make a difference if we chose too.

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I believe that Socrates would approve under certain circumstances. It was said that "...advocates believe we can Google, blog, Skype, and Twitter our way to enlightenment. They assume that disorganized, radically democratized data lead to useful information..." If all information is clearly laid out on a WebQuest; it is organized, links lead to useful information, and applys working together, then it is essential to Socrates standards.

"Google has given use the world at our fingertips", the 21st century calls for electronic learning, so if people can learn to distinguish the difference between bogus and genuine knowledge, it would enable students of all ages to interact with one another in knowledge. It would allow them to work in groups and apply moral and ethical opinions.

I think that actually knowing something, is knowing that you don't. So ignorance, to me, is knowing that I want to know.