Situating Tool

                          Situating Tool

•  What is situating tool?

Situating tools is a system which situates users in an environment where they may experience the context and happenings.

Example: simulations, virtual reality (VR), MUDs (Multi-User Domains or Dungeons), MOO, etc...

Virtual realities as Situating Tools are an extension of computer-simulated 3-D environments. To experience the VR world, usually, a user would need to wear a head-mount display.

• Integration with lessons

It creates situations, which student experiences in real life. So, instead of showing fragmented pieces of information about Africa, the teacher can take students on a trip to a MOO about Africa where these fragmented pieces of information are organized in an authentic way.

Concept:

A square with all the four sides of equal length. all the angles are 90°

Situating tool using Geogebra: Constructing Square

Procedures:

Step by step to construct square in Geogebra

• First click on Geogebra icon from the desktop
  
• Draw two points A and B using the New Point Tool
  
  
  
• Draw the line segment AB using the segment between the two-point tool
  
• Click on the perpendicular line and then click on the line (AB)
  
• Draw the line by clicking the A
  
• Do the same for B
  
• Click on the Circle 
  
• Click on the circle with the center through point
  
• From A draw a circle through B using the Circle with Centre through a Point tool
  
• Click on Point Tool to create point C 
  
• Construct a perpendicular line from point C
  
• Click on Point Tool to make a point D
  
• Draw the line segments AC, CD, and DA using the segment between Two Points
  
   
• Hide the circles by right-clicking them and deselecting Show Object.
  
• Then click on show object
  
• Do the same for perpendicular lines as well
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• Final Shape

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