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Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources

Welcome to the inventory of freely available online tools and open educational resources for language teaching and learning developed by the ICT-REV project! The inventory contains a list of tools that have been evaluated with specific criteria in mind. Read more
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This tool was developed within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission

Pinterest

Principal function(s): BookmarkingVirtual pinboards

Pinterest is a platform where users can find and share ideas or points by posting images, videos or links to their own or others’ boards. Users can follow, like and comment on other users’ pins, re-pin content to their boards, share pins on other social media and embed individual pins on websites. Pinterest was developed by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. It is free to use but requires signing up for an account to save content. Evaluation: Pinterest is a valuable tool for educators to find, pin and share ideas. While not specifically designed for education, there are useful educational communities on the platform such as ”Teachers on Pinterest” and ”Teaching Ideas for Pinterest”. In these communities, educators can cooperate, get inspired, and share ideas for lessons, including lesson plans, worksheets, images, webpages, and apps, as well as develop themselves professionally. Basic IT skills required.

Cost: Free with registration

Website: https://www.pinterest.com

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - outsiders
  • Individual work

Skills

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Intuitive, user-friendly

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Dozens of languages

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium. Pinterest collects user data, including account, location and device information, posted content and others. It shares and sells user information with third parties for targeted advertisement unless users opt out of this functionality. Its privacy policy mentions reviewing user activity and messages to detect spam or suspicious behaviour. It also acknowledges users’ right to access, correct, or delete their information. Pinterest states compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes, saved pins are kept in the account.

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

High, users can tailor the content saved to their interests for different purposes.

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

Other technical requirements


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Principal Functions
Type Of Interaction
Group/pair work - classmates
Group/pair work - outsiders
Individual work
Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Intercultural

Content
You supply
Website/other users supply

 


Latest addition to the ICT-REV inventory

Playphrase (Tool to find the pronunciation of words from movies )

Playphrase is a tool that searches specific words or phrases out of movie snippets from a database of audiovisual media with over 60,000 phrases. In this manner, it provides real-life examples of words’ and sentences’ pronunciation. Users just have to type specific phrases, watch them being used naturally in context within popular movies and TV shows, and listen to their pronunciation. Playphrase works mainly with English. Playphrase is not open-source, but it is freely available. It does not require setting up an account or signing in. ... View details

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