The Fifth Tool, Situating Tool

Situating Tool

Situating tool is a tool that we can use to situate it in situation where we want to make it feel real experience or make the implicit situation in very realistic way by using simulation, 3D virtual learning, play station. For example we want to teach students about organ system in our body but its difficult to show it in real therefore, we can use situating in this case like simulation on organ system in human body.

 Under situating tool, we learnt four major topics that are Google classroom,  Graph Cal, google Map and Simulation.

Learning about google classroom and how to upload materials and assignments it was really a new knowledge for me. Learning about google classroom gave me whole new learning experiences like how  to invite co-teachers, students and how to upload the assignments and reading materials for students' references guiding with rubrics. I would say that in future using google classroom to teach every lesson  through online then using google classroom would be of much help and easier for teacher as well as students to use that learning platform.

Graph Cal can be used to teach implicit mathematics lesson like using linear equation. Learning how to use graph cal was such a wonderful experience for me as  I could learn the concept of using linear equation and plotting the graph. All the calculations that I have to do was done manually by the computer and I just need to type the linear equations. In future, if i happen to teach on linear equation in Mathematics I can make use of Graph cal to teach  my students on linear equation nevertheless students work can be made easier and they will definitely enjoy learning.

Learning experiences on google map was such an interesting that we could see some places as if we were really present there. Moreover, we could simply use the latitude and longitude provided to calculate the time.This google map can be used in future to teach my students in social studies to calculate the time and I can even take  my students through different  places to visit as if they are really present there. Normally when we talk about historical places I can take my students to that place and make them feel and learn the historical moments very easily by making their learning more realistic.

Simulation is one tool that as a teacher we can use to make the learning on implicit look real and make students learn better.  The simulation that we looked upon was on how to measure a pH scale  in different solution.  The simulation was such a realistic and it made me feel more easier on the topic ph scale and how the system really works. Therefore, in future if I ever happen to come across any topic that cant be taught explicitly , I need to plan thoroughly  and prepare a simulation to learn my students better on the topic.

Therefore,  in a summary,  these four tools were used as situating tool in our classroom  moreover, we can use it in our future classroom to teach any implicit topic to make it feel like real in their learning environment.