Web Quest is a learning activity used by educator. During this activity learners read, analyze and synthesize information using World Wide Web. It is also an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet optionally supplemented with videoconferencing.
How will it help students and teachers in learning?
Since the Web Quest are activities using Internet resources, it help students in terms of learning because it encourage students to use Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Students also provided with online resources and are asked to use this information constructively to solve the presented problem. Students are given more time to analyze, criticize and assess the information they find. Web quests are a way to let students work at their own pace, either individually or in teams. Students also develop their creativity by the use of Web Quest. Students will not only learned and also entertain because Web Quest provides stimulating task, activities or games that will motivate them to learn. An example of this is the “hook”.
"Web Quest," as defined by Tom March, circa 2003
"A Web Quest is a scaffolded learning structure that uses links to essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate students’ investigation of a central, open-ended question, development of individual expertise and participation in a final group process that attempts to transform newly acquired information into a more sophisticated understanding. The best Web Quests do this in a way that inspires students to see richer thematic relationships, facilitate a contribution to the real world of learning and reflect on their own metacognitive processes."
Web Quest helps the teachers in terms of making learning activities that will help students to learn as well as entertain. It serves as an aid for teachers to make the learning process become effective and easy. And the teachers will not spend more effort and time just to discuss the lesson in front of the class but rather using the web quest as a powerful learning tool. Lastly, the teachers will only facilitate the learning process of the students.
Will it be applicable in our country? How?
Definitely Yes, it is applicable here in the
How Web Quest become applicable here in our country?
By letting teachers exposed themselves to this tool so that they will understand the importance of this Web Quest in the student’s learning. By considering our student’s capabilities in terms of manipulating the computer and by gathering enough money to support this tools. And lastly, the public and private schools should have enough facilities that will cater the Web Quest for example computers with internet. Trough these, Web Quest will become applicable here in our country.
