👩‍💻Situating Tool

Situating Tools

Situating tools are the system or applications which situate user in an environment where they may experience the content and happening. These tools are virtual realities(VR), 3D computer simulated images experiential learning environment, simulation instructional games.

Situating tools provides students to conceptualize the ideas of the real world by illustrating the theories in the practical application to the real-world situation.

Following are the examples of situating tools


By means of virtual reality (RS) extension systems, the computer can create 3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that is situated in a virtual environment.  The advantages of using situating tools are that you can guide the students learning and at the same time students also get supportive services from the ICTs.  Situating tools is a system that lay the students in the environment where it involves a context and the occurrence of a situation.

Why we use situating tools in ICT 
  • Situates the user in the environment.
  • Comprehend and manipulate variables.
  • Communicate with other users in online (online games using social media-Facebook)
  • Foster creativity and visualization skills.
How to integrate situating tool in teaching and learning 
  • Experiences of virtual reality environment using Google earth of visiting place and knowing about the world.
  • Calculate the distance of the place using Google earth and Google Maps.
  • using Educational software such as GraphCalc and GeoGebra for predicting and observing variables for generating line graphs.
  • Using Simulation games to feel the experiences about the virtual reality environment.



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