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Wakelet

Principal function(s): BookmarkingVirtual pinboardsListeningReadingTeacherYou SupplyWebsite/other users supply

Wakelet is a platform where users can save links, posts from social media, pictures, and videos and organize them into collections or Wakelets. They can also invite other people to collaborate and work together on the same Wakelet by sharing an access code. Wakelets can be set as public or private and shared with a single link. It offers a limited yet quite comprehensive free version and requires users to sign up for an account to create Wakelets but not to visualise them. Evaluation: Wakelet is useful for organising and saving multimedia content in one place. Both its browser and app versions are user-friendly and allows communication between students. For teachers, it is a great tool to display different materials in a single interface, articulating some kind of course syllabus or index.

Cost: Free limited version + paid plans available.

Website: https://wakelet.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

Skills

  • Listening
  • Reading

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

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

Intuitive, neat.

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

12 languages.

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

High. Wakelet collects various types of personal information, such as email addresses, passwords, biographical information, geographic locations, and other data related to your use of their services, together with cookies. This information is collected to create and manage user accounts, improve and personalise the service, communicate with users, and for legal compliance. Wakelet shares data with third-party services and providers for purposes such as hosting, analytics, email services, and more. These third parties may receive information like IP addresses and other data to assist in operating and improving Wakelet services. However, Wakelet does not share this data for marketing or advertising. Wakelet has reasonable security measures in place to protect user data. It acknowledges users’ rights to access, modify, or erase personal data. Wakelet states compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

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

Yes, users with an account can create and retrieve Wakelets anytime.

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; users can create different types of collections or Wakeletes by adding diverse resources, tailoring it to their needs.

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

Not for the browser version; yes for the apps.

Compatibility/ Operating System

Any browser; Android, iOS.

Other technical requirements