WebQuest

I think, WebQuests increase student motivation. When students are motivated, they are likely to put in more effort, and their minds are more alert and ready to make connections to the task they required to do.

In my opinion, many WebQuest tasks are designed to address problems or issues that exist in the real world, which makes the task valid. In WebQuests, students use real, timely resources instead of dated textbooks and materials that are only presented from one point of view, so the student can improve his ability in problem sovling.

Due to using WebQuests in tasks that require students to take on roles where they are part of a team that must accomplish the task. They have to become experts on a certain topic and share this information with their group. They know their teammates are counting on them to contribute to the completion of the final task. Because they know their results will be shared with others in some format, often times on the Web, they know they have a real, sometimes worldwide who will see their work. I can use WebQuests with students in secondary school, because they can search and be in group inside and ouside school time. They will gain more skills other than just looking for the right information which they will present in the task.

In conclusion,  WebQuests use higher-level thinking. The questions given to students require more than just finding and spitting back information. They must take the information they research and transform it into something else that they can uderstand and apply in real life if needed. Often students have to evaluate a variety of information sources that contain multiple opinions.