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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

PEPELT 21

Principal function(s): Autonomous learning

PEPELT 21 is a website and YouTube channel that shows educators how to use picture books to teach English in primary education. The site offers advice and resources for teaching with picturebooks, as well as 24 detailed e-lessons including videos of books read aloud by their authors, and more. It is free and does not require logging in. PEPELT 21 is based on a not-for-profit educational project started by educators Gail Ellis, Tatia Gruenbaum, Sandie Mourão, and Anneta Sadowska. Evaluation: PEPELT 21 is a valuable platform for English teachers of younger students to learn how to introduce picture books into the classroom. It offers well-prepared e-lessons and picture book reviews, together with ideas and tips on how to use them. All in all, PEPELT 21 is a fantastic collaborative initiative started by educators. Basic IT skills required for navigation.

Cost: Free

Website: https://pepelt21.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates
  • Individual work

Skills

  • Reading

Content

  • Website/other users supply

Usability

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

Simple, user-friendly

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

High

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

English

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

High (?). Pepelt does not contain a privacy policy, so this is difficult to assess. However, the website does not seem to gather cookies or display any advertisements. Pepelt is a not-for-profit platform set up entirely for educational purposes, so it should be respectful of user privacy. It does not state compliance with the GDPR.

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

Yes

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

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

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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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