Situating tool

  Situating tools are systems that situated the user in an environment where they may experience the context and happening. Situated tools are virtual realities, 3D computer simulated images experiential learning environments, and simulation instructional games.

It provides students to conceptualize the ideas of the real world by integrating the computers. for example graphical and GeoGebra.

Why do we need integrated situating tools in the classroom?

Situated user in the environment

comprehend and manipulate variables

communicate with other user's login (an online games using social media-Facebook)

foster creativity and visualization skills

How do we integrate Situating tools in the classroom?

Experience of Virtual Reality Environment using google earth of the visiting place and knowing about the world

calculate the distance of the place using Google Earth

using educational software such GraphCalc for predicting and observing the variables for generating line graphs

using simulation games to experience the virtual reality of the environment

Examples

Google map

Google Earth

GraphCalc

GeoGebra

Simulation Games

 1. Concept Skills

Drawing Equilateral using GeoGebra

2. Process skills 

• Click the 5th button on the top menu and select Regular Polygon
• Click the screen in two places and it will open a prompt for the number of vertices you want
• Type 3 and press enter
• It will show you an equilateral triangle
• Press the 8th button on the top menu and select Distance or Length
• Click each side of the triangle and it will show you the lengths of the triangle
• This will show the distances of each side of the triangle
• Press the 8th button on the top menu and press Angle
• Going counter-clockwise, click the sides on either side of the vertices on each
• This will show the angles of the triangle (https://www.geogebra.org/m/uvxyYrhY)

3. Product Skill