Wakelet, a content curation and organisation platform
BookmarkingVirtual pinboards
Description: Wakelet is a platform where users can save links, posts from social media, pictures, and videos, and organise 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. Wakelet is available in website and app forms.
Evaluation: Wakelet is useful for organising and saving multimedia content in one place. It is a user-friendly website and app that allows for communication between students and teachers, and also for teachers to curate content to be used for a course.
Cost: Free limited version + paid plans available.
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 What data does the tool collect and why? What security measures are there? GDPR compliant? : 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 mentions reasonable security measures 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.