Wakelet, a content curation and organisation platform
BookmarkingVirtual pinboardsListeningReadingTeacherYou SupplyWebsite/other users supply
Description: 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.
Skills:
Listening,
Reading,
Content:
Website/other users supply,
You supply,
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: Medium.
Interface language(s)
The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: 12 languages.
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: 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
Can work be saved for future use?: Yes, users with an account can create and retrieve Wakelets anytime.
Any other relevant information:
- Installation required?: Not for the browser version; yes for the apps.
- Compatibility/ Operating System: Any browser; Android, iOS.