Webquest

They are projects that span multiple lessons and utilize the Internet as a tool. The Internet offers swift access to extensive information that students will employ for researching a particular subject, subsequently contributing to their project work. These assignments can vary in length, lasting briefly or extending over a longer duration, and they can be undertaken by students of varying proficiency levels. 

• They are a structured way to incorporate Internet in the clasroom

• They promote group work

• They can also be interdisciplinary allowing for cross over into other departments

• They encourage critical thinking skills. Students have to transform info they find to achieve a task   

1. Choose the topic of the project.

2. Make the project task clear to students. What type of information will they be looking for? Opinions? Facts?

3. Find the resources: which websites or other sources will they have to explore?

4. Decide on the outcome: what is the final purpose of the project? 

They are mini projects in which a large percentage of input and material is supplied from the internet. There are two types of webquests:

Short term webquests: at the end of it, learners will have grappled with a significant amount of new information and made sense of it

Longer term webquests: students transform the information the acquired into a new product. 

INTRODUCTION 

Introduce the overall theme of the webquest

Give background information on the topic

Introduce key concepts and vocabulary learners need to understand to perform the tasks

TASKS

This section explains clearly what students are to do as they work their way through the webquest. It should be highly motivating and anchored in a real life situation

PROCESS

It guides learners through a set of actvities and research tasks using internet based resources. If it is a language based webquest you grammatical points may be recycled in this section

EVALUATION

This stage may involve learners in selfevaluation comparing and contrasting what they have produced with other learners and giving feedback on what they felt they have learnt and achieved

Here is an example of a webquest

School: Private school in Palermo

Course: 3rd  year students

Number of students: 18

Level of students: Intermediate

Time allotted: 80 minutes per class

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Kurt, S. (2021, January 27). WebQuest: An Inquiry-oriented Approach in Learning. Educational Technology. https://educationaltechnology.net/webquest-an-inquiry-oriented-approach-in-learning/

What is a Web Quest? How Do Teachers Use Them? (n.d.). TeAchnology. Retrieved August 07, 2022, from https://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/web_quests