PhET Simulation as a Situating Tool
The PhET Interactive Simulations is a non-profit open educational resource project that creates and hosts explorable explanations. With the advancement in technology, the teaching of the subject is made easier and interactive. From the classroom discussion, we had, the situating tool presents a simulation of the learning situations. It can create 3-D images on display to give the user the feeling that they actually are in real life. It helps students become more effective when it is associated with using technologies as it will make the classroom atmosphere more conducive to learn.
Since it helps to situate learners in an environment where they may experience the learning context or environment or happenings thereby I came to understand that this tool is authentic and very interactive in nature where the students feel that they are situated in a real environment in their learning. With this application, students are able to conceptualize their thoughts to the real world by applying the theories into practice. This application can also make a student independent learner in their life.
Using PhET simulation, a teacher can teach various subjects like physics, chemistry, mathematics, science, and biology. I found that the use of this simulation is very effective as it helps to comprehend and manipulate variables and foster creativity and visualization skills. Not only this, it provides opportunities to interact with real-life situations without danger, expenses, or difficulty and it also involves learner’s conceptual understanding and high order thinking skills.
This is an activity that we have done in our class. I found this activity effective since we get hand-on experiences on the acidity and the basic solution without having to take a risk and other expenses. It is an interactive session and it boosted my understanding and the thinking skill of the PH values of the different liquids.
