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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

Mindmeister

Principal function(s): Mind mapping

Mindmeister is a collaborative online mind-mapping tool. Students can work in groups remotely and create their own mind maps, which can then be transformed into dynamic presentations. Teachers can monitor students’ participation. Registration is required for the free version. Some features are only available with the premium paid version. Evaluation: Very user-friendly. It allows users to change basic elements, such as fonts or colours, and add icons, comments, and notes. With the free plan, one cannot export the final results but can keep them online and print them directly from the web.

Cost: Free with registration + paid premium and educational plans

Website: https://www.mindmeister.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates
  • Individual work
  • Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

Skills

  • Writing
  • Vocabulary

Content

  • You supply

Usability

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

High

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 and 12 more

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

Medium. Mindmeister collects personal data and stores it mainly in Germany. It employs user data for marketing purposes, among others, and shares it with third parties for their processing. Its privacy policy states different user rights, among which the right to access, erasure or rectification of data. Mindmeister complies with the GDPR. See more here.

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

Yes

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)

Low

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows / Mac

Other technical requirements


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Content
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Playphrase (Tool to find the pronunciation of words from movies )

Playphrase is a tool that searches specific words or phrases out of movie snippets from a database of audiovisual media with over 60,000 phrases. In this manner, it provides real-life examples of words’ and sentences’ pronunciation. Users just have to type specific phrases, watch them being used naturally in context within popular movies and TV shows, and listen to their pronunciation. Playphrase works mainly with English. Playphrase is not open-source, but it is freely available. It does not require setting up an account or signing in. ... View details

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