When presenting a lesson on any subject one of the greatest engaging tool i have found through ICT is Simulation/ interactive software and programs. Such programs can be used across all areas of learning, from prep schooling all the way up to a pilot in a flight simulator. These types of programs are designed to give the learner an experience as close to the real life situation as possible. Simulation are created for a number of reasons firstly costing being in real life situations they require a budget to operate, using technology can avoid this all together. Another reason that this type of program is preferred of the real life situation is that in some case external factors may not permit an event to happen on a regular basis. Even though such stimulation are good, they are not as effective as real thing so there is one down fall to such programing. Learners are able to grasp what is involved in such simulations and get the required knowledge. Some Simulation links are as follows:
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html
http://www.froguts.com/
In the classroom Simulations would be a great learning tool to hook the student into the current topic. After the exercise is complete it would allow for collaboration of learners to discuss the solutions that they had achieved thus enchaning learning outcomes. Because this tool refeclts directly to the real life situation these are classed as one of the most enguaing and entertaining tool you can use for learners.
Such simulations and their results can be seen in this video
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