ReadWriteThink, a platform with peer-reviewed educational materials

Description: ReadWriteThink is an educational website providing peer-reviewed lesson plans, student materials, and interactive activities. Users can access a variety of content, such as the "Student Interactives," which cover a range of topics such as poetry, storytelling, and essay writing. Teachers can integrate these tools into their lesson plans to engage students in language learning. ReadWriteThink is free and does not require signup. It was developed by the International Literacy Association (ILA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation.

Evaluation: ReadWriteThink is a valuable tool since it offers teacher-made learning materials that cover virtually all disciplines. It can be a time-saving tool for teachers, who can find quality activities suitable for their needs. Moreover, it features guides and tools that can help teachers in their professional development. For parents and pupils, ReadWriteThink features many materials that can be used for autonomous learning or didactic support.

Cost: Free.

Respect for privacy Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: Medium. ReadWriteThink does not require login, so it does not gather much personal data. It only collects information voluntarily provided by users, including name, address and others. Also, ReadWriteThink collects cookies, but these are used only for the running of the platform and not for commercial purposes. It shares data with third parties for operational purposes but does not trade or rent it to external third parties. ReadWriteThink mentions the implementation of industry-standard data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures. Its privacy policy neither touches upon user rights such as the rights to access, modify or delete personal data nor states compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Type Of Interaction: Individual work,

Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar,

Content: Website/other users supply,

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