PiCoMap is a comprehensive program for education that allows students to create, share, and explore concept maps on their Palm handheld. PiCoMap also gives the options of beaming to others, printing directly with the infrared port, or syncing with a desktop computer.

PiCoMap(TM) allows students to create, share, and explore concept maps on their handheld computer. This program allows users to create multiple nodes and relationships leading to elaborate concept maps for brainstorming, visual outlining or assessment purposes. PiCoMaps can also be beamed to other students and the teacher. [from http://goknow.com/Products/PiCoMap/ ]

With the ‘PiCoMap’ application, students can illustrate a specific given problem using a graphical representation consisting of nodes with text input and directed links. Having done so, they can exchange their developed models in pairs. Afterwards, they annotate the ideas of the co-learner. The aim of this system is to lead students to a discussion about their different views and, finally, to a revision of their original ideas taking into account the result of co-learners.