Situating Tool

Is it real or reel?

Situating tools have a specific function in the field of ICT  in education. These resources immerse students in a simulated environment rather than just presenting knowledge. Consider giving students access to a flight simulator or a virtual reality application that allows them to study the human body from the pilot's seat. These are excellent illustrations of locating tools in use. In a way situating tool is a system or application which situates user in an environment where they may "experience" the context and happening. 

Learning in past has always been accomplished through theory or observation. Situational tools facilitate "learning by doing" in a secure setting. Situating tools, with their interactive and immersive nature, can make learning more engaging and fun. Students will be motivated and this will also help to retain information when they're actively involved in the learning process. This eventually open doors to diverse learning experiences that wouldn't be possible otherwise. 

One of the fun activity that can capture the attention of any children is gamification. We also played a game in the early session called, "Bug on a wire". I swear had I not reminded myself that I was playing a game, I would have broken my desktop. This is actually a result of situating tool, which makes the user immerse in the game and it's environment. This was just a trailer, what if we use the idea of situating tool in the real classroom teaching and learning. The learning for children will not be burden but fun. This can ultimately result in  deeper understanding of concept and live long learning. 

We even went through the Google Earth which is another software that best describes situating tool. This kind of software can be used in order to teach learners about the location, geographical area, time calculation and many topic related to Geography. This will be two times better than the time when we studied about the geographical area in a paper or when teacher said Earth is oblate spheroid but all we saw was an Earth on flat surface. 

Below is another sample of shape drawn from a software called, "GeoGebra".