Web Quest is a learning activity in which students interact with different types of resources. A well-designed Web Quest combines research-supported theories with effective use of the Internet to promote dependable instructional practices.
A real 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 an open-ended question, development of individual expertise, and participation in a group process that transforms newly acquired information into a more sophisticated understanding.
The Web Quest consists of five critical steps and they are: Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation, and Conclusion.
Actually I found the Web Quest is a very effective way of being the student’s “Student centered learning” this allow the students to investigate and find the solution for the problem they have by their own. They will be able to work within a team so through the Web Quest they will gain the team work skills, also they will find it easier by following the steps in a nice written way rather than just telling the students what to do, by this way here they will lose the interest of working on a project.
In my previous experience we had several projects to be done with the students, and it was difficult to explain to them the idea of the project and it was harder to know each group where did they reach, using the Web Quest makes the things easier to deal with for both students and teachers.
