Users can customize their concept maps according to their preferences by modifying fonts, colors, background images, line styles, and adding links to web pages. IHMC CmapTools, also known as CmapLite, is a software application that allows users to create different types of concept maps quickly and easily. File Win32CmapTools_v6.04_09-24-19.exe is compatible with: Has worked wonders in Latin America – The government of Panama has even train their teachers in its use.You're downloading IHMC CmapTools. Voip allows people to talk with each other whilst concept mapping etc is occurring. If that is possible then it is also able to be used synchronously or asynchronously for collaboration on the same file by several people – even if they are just watching the development of ideas. It can be utilised at a higher level for governance or directly with the teachers and students in schools or remotely (providing they can acess the internet, say from home, a local library or community centre, or school intranet). It has the ability to be incorporated on a stand alone server in a school or a district and then can be accessed for programming, mind mapping resource creation and storage, etc. I can see some value in using Cmap Tools as a supporting technology in Multi Channel learning. The resource is particularly useful for training science teachers. They are teachers in training at The University of Newcastle. I introduce Cmap tools to all of my students. I have been using Cmap Tools for several years. This entry was posted in Web 2.0 tools and tagged CMap tools, Collaborative learning, Concept maps, Mind maps, Teaching and learning, Web 2.0 tools by slav. Please submit comments if you do use CMap tools. They are great visual aids to assist you (and your students) when starting to use CMap tools. Why don’t you have a play and when you feel confident, give it a go with your students? There are a number of Youtube videos to show you how to use CMap tools, Creating concepts and propositions, Introduction to the views window and Adding resources are just a few. CMap tools seems to be the Web 2.0 version of that. Some people may remember the program entitled Inspiration that came on CD Rom. Otherwise a list of other resources will appear. Refine your search by selecting ‘Select resource types to return’ and click on concept maps. When trying to find maps that have been uploaded by other users, rather than use the ‘Shared CMaps in Places’, it is easier to go to ‘tools’ then ‘search’ and type in what you are looking for. That is a problem for schools, but if your IT people can download it to a server and install an icon on desktops, that solves a few problems. You do have to download the program, which takes about 50 minutes. IHMC research partners have included: DARPA, NSF, NASA, Army, Navy, Air Force, NIMA, NIH, DOT, IDEO, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu, Procter & Gamble, Boeing, Lockheed, SAIC, and IBM among others. IHMC researchers receive funding (current funding in force exceeds $22,000,000) from a wide range of government and private sources. IHMC faculty and staff collaborate extensively with industry and government to develop science and technology that can be enabling with respect to society’s broader goals.Students can critique completed maps and understand what is required of a great map before they begin. The ability to access the saved maps of others is a terrific teaching and learning tool. Concept or mind maps have been popular for a while now, and being able to work collaboratively on them is a bonus.
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