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this article the Webquest was define by Bernie as "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." He meant that the Webquests provide the opportunity to
combine technology with educational concepts and to incorporate inquiry-based
learning.

Webquest is structured into components, which include: introduction, Tasks,
process, evaluative, concluding and often motivational elements are added
(e.g., gaming aspect, extra credit, and contest), which might include groups
competing against one another.



Webquest is highly recommended for teachers because it is a good way for
focusing on the learners' thinking at the levels of applying, analysis,
synthesis and evaluation, and allowing them to explore the information in a
meaningful manner. Therefore, the teacher who designs the tasks should choose
an interest task for her students to motivate them. Also she is considers as a
facilitator during the learning process. Moreover the teacher has to build the
structured environments that orient learners to a specific curricular topic by
provides them with the Internet, print resources they need and guidance for
completing the tasks and for evaluating learning. On the other hand the
students are active participants at the forefront of any Webquests who guide
their learning process by following what the teacher has asked in the task.
Students use critical thinking to look for information from internet resources,
they either answer questions or solve problems which depends on the given task.
In addition the class environment has to be informal, where students work on
their computers to solve the task. But we must mention that students should not
stick only to their computers, but also they should work together as groups in
classroom to complete their tasks. They can draw, color, rearrange, read books,
magazines and newspapers, etc. Furthermore Webquests tend to be
student-oriented and collaborative when students engaged in constructivist
activities resulting in shared learning experiences and new knowledge based on
enquiry-oriented language use and Web research skills. Project-based learning
(PBL), one of the enduring approaches to education that supports the use of
Webquests because it gives a variety of learning styles and multiple forms of
intelligence have a real world authentic orientation, also it is focus on the
learner constructing meaning and knowledge from an assigned activity. And it
promotes higher-order thinking, uses hand-on experiences and various modes of
communication.



As a future English language teacher I will use the Webquest with my students,
because I believe that learning is not what you receive but what you work on
and acquire. This will help my students to be collaborative and independent
learners also to be able to improve themselves where they can learn and find
information by themselves. Also they will have different and interesting
experience by using the Webquest.