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Reflection on Situating Tool
Situating tools is the tools that situate learners
in an environment where they may experience the learning context, environment
or happenings. Some of the example of a situating tool includes simulation
(fight, farming, movie-make, problem-solving problems, driving, History city,
Sim city, play station, virtual reality and CD – ROM. A flying simulation
program is an example of situating tools because it places the user in a
simulated flying environment. The computer generates high-speed 3-D images on
the displays and gives the user the feeling that they situated in the
computer-generated virtual environment.
Through simulations, students can learn strategies
and rules which are made to apply to real life situations. The situating tool illustrates
that students are actively involved in addressing real world problems. As the
practice implies, the students are situated in the learning experiences and
knowledge acquisition become a part of the learning activity, its context and
culture which it is developed and used. This tool is authentic and interactive in
nature where the user feels that they are situated in a real environment in
their learning. If we teach this ideas the students will became independent
learner and gain more confidence in their life. In addition, with this
application, students are able to conceptualize their thoughts to the real
world by applying the theories into practice.
The situate ideas provides us with opportunities to
interact with real-life situations without danger, expenses or difficulty and
it also involves learners conceptual understanding and high order thinking
skills. Google map is a web mapping service application that you can use on the
internet. It is an amazing web tool that allows us to look up any road map that
we desire, get step by step directions from one address to another. We as a teacher can use those ideas of situating tools in the schools and make students learn better and understand more.
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