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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

Hero Forge

Principal function(s): Game apps

Hero Forge is a web-based tool for creating customisable miniatures and characters for gaming purposes. Users can access the Hero Forge website and use the character creation interface to customise various aspects of their miniature’s appearance. Hero Forge was developed by Sky Castle Studios, LLC. It offers both free and paid options for creating miniatures. Users are not required to sign up or have an account to browse the Hero Forge website and create miniatures. However, signing up for an account allows users to save and access their custom designs across devices. Evaluation: Hero Forge is an interesting tool to gamify classes and make them more creative and engaging. While it does not directly target linguistic skills, it can be used as a creative outlet for storytelling and character development when talking about topics such as fighting climate change or ancient civilisations. Average IT skills required.

Cost: Free + premium options available

Website: https://www.heroforge.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates

Skills

Content

  • Website/other users supply

Usability

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

Intuitive

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?

Medium. Hero Forge collects personal information like name, postal address, email address, telephone number, IP address, and more. This is done to provide services, marketing, and legal compliance. The policy states that measures have been implemented to secure personal information, including the use of firewalls. It provides options for users to manage tracking technologies (cookies) by adjusting browser settings. It also allows users to correct and delete their data, and grants them the “right to be forgotten”. Hero Forge complies with the GDPR See more here and here.

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

Yes, login required

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)

Yes, create different heroes from scratch

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

All operating systems

Other technical requirements


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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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