My Cacoo Experience

Cacoo is a fun and easy web 2.0 tool that allows teachers and students to come together and collaborate their ideas and creativity skills. This tool is a useful way to create online concept maps. There are various options to choose from; in terms of designs, fonts, colors, styles, etc. Concept maps allow students to jot-down their thoughts and ideas while allowing the teacher to analyze the thought process of the student. It is a tool that promotes constructive teaching and learning styles as students are encouraged to expand on what they know.

Here is a picture of a quick concept map a classmate and myself put together. It was not only fun working with another person in exploring this tool but it made it that much more enjoyable! Of course like any other web tool you need a bit of time to get used to it, but afterwards, I found cacoo to be quite easy to operate around. There were tonnes of neat designs to choose from and a great tool to encourage group work within an active learning environment!

Another member in my class did a blog about Cacoo as well. He provided some really useful information; both positive and negative. He also provided a great photo of a concept map he made himself. Check it out here!