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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

Photos For Class

Principal function(s): Image banks

Photos for Class provides access to a huge library of photographs suitable for use in classrooms and educational settings. Pictures are age-appropriate and suitable for school settings, they automatically cite the author and are licensed by Creative Commons for public use. Photos For Class is powered by Storyboard That and retrieves pictures from Pixabay and Flickr. Evaluation: A valuable and easy-to-use image bank for classroom use which is useful and time-saving for teachers looking for appropriate content for different educational settings. By using Photos for Class, educators can ensure that images are properly cited and copyrights respected, setting a good example for their pupils. A limited selection of photographs is available in comparison to other image banks, but the number should be enough for educational purposes. There is clear information on the website on how pictures are filtered, frequently asked questions, and more. Other similar image banks for learning and teaching are Pics4Learning or Pexels.

Cost: Free

Website: https://www.photosforclass.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills

Content

  • Website/other users supply

Usability

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

Straightforward, slightly old-fashioned

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. Personal information is shared with third parties for service usage, providing customer usage, data analysis and limited marketing purposes. Photos for Class is a not-for-profit platform and no advertisements appear on the site. Photos for Class states compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

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

No

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)

Low

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No. Only web-version available

Compatibility/ Operating System

All operating systems

Other technical requirements


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Type Of Interaction
Group/pair work - classmates
Group/pair work - outsiders
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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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