ICT as Situating tool

From the discussion on situating tools in our class, I learned that it is applications that put one in an actual environment in actual happening. One can get real feeling of situations using ICT without having to go to real field or real situation. There are lot of situating tools that exist which I haven’t known. I have seen in advertisement about driving course where one gets to experience driving using ICT before actually driving the car. After attending this class, I realized that it was called as simulation, driving simulation. I think these kind of simulations will be helpful in everyday lives. For driving simulation, one can use this simulation while learning driving where we can have same experience as driving a car but without any risk.

The first activity that we did in our class was using Graph Calc. I was made to realize the concept of lines on the graph of of linear equation. The activity using this application was very realistic and fun to do. I am sure our children in the school will love to do these kind of activities which is realistic and enjoyable.

The next activity which we did in our class; phet simulation, on the topic pH scale, the activity was very interesting and we can use it with our students. This kind of activities make the learning realistic with beautiful graphics and structures and will be fun to learn by students. There are lot of things of these kinds where students can explore and learn the concept easily.

Another activity that we did was using google map. We can use google map in different views; satellite view, terrace view and many more. We can visit certain famous cities and places using the google map. We can use this application to know the direction and visit places before we visit it so that we can get familier with it. It can be also used for teaching geography and social studies where children can be taught about latitude and longitude.

Likewise, there are many benefits of using applications which can make learning realistic and exciting for our children.