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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

ReadWriteThink

Principal function(s): Autonomous learningEducational sharing

ReadWriteThink is an educational platform for teachers, pupils, and parents. It offers peer-reviewed resources for students from kindergarten to 12th grade, which could be useful for teachers of English as a foreign language. There are resources that can help them plan and prepare their lessons regarding a variety of school levels and subjects. An example of that is the “Trading Card Creator”. ReadWriteThink is powered by the USA National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Evaluation: ReadWriteThink offers teacher-made resources that cover virtually all areas of knowledge and whose content is open and free. There are many interactive tools which can help teachers prepare their lessons and pupils develop their skills in a pleasant and interesting way. It can thus be a great time-saving tool for educators. Moreover, there are many guides and tools which can help teachers in their professional development. Regarding the “Trading Card Creator”, this function could be a creative way to get mainly younger pupils engaged. The copyright policy implies that teachers can use the material, but not re-publish it. There is no need to install or login into the tool.

Cost: Free

Website: http://www.readwritethink.org

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills

  • Listening
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Vocabulary

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

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

Straightforward, easy-to-use

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. ReadWriteThink does not require logging in, so it cannot gather much personal data. It 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 thus not for commercial purposes. This is done by sharing this data with third parties. However, it does not trade with or rent user data to external third parties. ReadWriteThink mentions the implementation of industry-standard data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures. It does not mention the rights to access, modify or delete personal data. ReadWriteThink does not state compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

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

No. Materials can be downloaded.

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)

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, Mac, Android, iOS

Other technical requirements

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Principal Functions
Type Of Interaction
Group/pair work - classmates
Group/pair work - outsiders
Individual work
Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Intercultural

Content
You supply
Website/other users supply

 


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