Situating Tool:

Situating tool is an application that helps to situate the learners’ in an environment where they may experience the learning context or environment or happenings. This tool is authentic and very interactive in nature where the user feels that they are situated in a real environment in their learning. With this application, students are able to conceptualize their thoughts to the real world by applying the theories into practice. This can also makes students independent learners in their life.

Some of the situating tools that our module tutor introduced are:

·         Simulations (flight, farming, surgery, environment, driving, history city, SimCity, and play station),

·         Virtual Reality (VR) and

·         CD-ROM.

After learning these applications, it came to my mind that these applications can be very effective in child’s education process. This can not only help child boost interest in learning but also enhance high-order-thinking and retention power. It use this tools can enhance critical thinking capability, creativity, and visualization. I wished that I have had learned this tools before I went for the teaching practice so that I could have integrated some of this tools to  teach the concepts such as electrical circuits and also mathematical graphing concepts. I will make sure that I make use this tools in near future and make my students explore themselves and learn better.

Some of the applications such as; Graphic-calculator, PHET simulation and Google maps, I found it very effective tools that teachers can rely on to deliver the concepts much easily with great learning in students. 

Graphic-calculator

These tools can help students’ plots graphs much easily with much visualization and more practical.

PHET Simulation
This is free online resource where student can make use of the applications to learn new concepts with much practical. For example, constructing a complete electric circuit can be done much easily but with much learning using this application.

Google Maps

This is the application that can show whole world map with the help of satellite. Use of these applications in delivering the geographical contents would make the lesson much realistic and interesting.