The Cahokia app is an innovative tool that helps the modern audience experience the ancient Cahokia Mounds site in new way. The app has features such as augmented reality which allows people visiting to see digital reconstructions of buildings, ceremonies, and everyday life while they walk through the historic grounds. With the new digital display, people get to experience history in a new interactive and meaningful way.
A big strength of this app is how it enhances accessibility for general visitors. The Cahokia app allows people who were before unaware or uneducated about indigenous history or archaeology to learn and understand what the site once looked like. Instead of trying to imagine what the past used to look like people can now look through their device to see reconstructed scenes of what it used to look like making it easier to comprehend the reality of the past. This app is especially helpful for students, tourists, and people who benefit from visual learning.
Although the app is a very good learning tool, it is not equally accessible to everyone. In order to have this app you would need to have a phone or tablet and be comfortable with using technology. This would exclude people who do not own these devices from the same learning experience.