Concept Map - Assignment Two

Our concept map is finished. It has been great to be able to collaborate with my group members Shelley and Dawna. We used Google Docs to work together on our accompanying document. It was very efficient to be able to work on the document together. We used the chat room from Web CT to discuss our changes to the document as we went along. We used the highlighter to highlight the changes we made. This worked very well. The only problem was there were a few glitches with how we might see the font. One of us might see bolded print where another didn't. We rectified this problem by downloading the document to one computer, making any necessary changes and sending the document from there.

We used CMaps to make the map. I had some difficulty at first setting up the map for collaboration as I was putting it into the wrong public folder. Once that was worked out we were able to work on the map together. It takes a little time to learn how to use Cmaps but it is a very versatile tool because you are able to chat with each other while you work. Also you can change the file formate of the cmap as well as view it as a web page.

This assignment has given us a good start to creating the final product which will be a webquest for grade 9 social studies students. We are very excited about getting to work on this project. We are thinking we may use Google Docs again to post the web quest or possibly a wiki.

Angie