Webquest is a didactic way to teach which consist in a guided investigation, most of the resources used for this are taken from the internet. They've become very used as a didactic resource by teachers.
The objective of a webquest is that the student must "do something" with the information, he or she has to be creative or critic to resolve problems, emit judgements, analisis and sintesis of the information.
This homework must consist in more than answering a bucnh of answers or watch what's on the screen.
A web quest has the following structure:
- Introdution
- Task
- Process
- Evaluation
- Conclusion
For more information please visit:
http://www.webquest.org (English)
http://www.webquest.es (Spanish)
http://www.isabelperez.com/webquest/taller/l2/index.htm