Wakelet. Curation tool to collect and share content

Last updated on 30 March 2018

Wakelet is an excellent curation tool This makes it easy to collect any type of digital content, edit it and then share it with a group or with the whole earth.

Wakelet is a free platform that allows you to simply create kinds of interactive collections on a given topic or theme, with the ability to embed videos, social media posts, articles, podcasts, images, notes and any digital content.

The principle is very simple to understand. With Wakelet you will be able to collect and save any type of content, articles, videos, images, tweets with a click from the web. To facilitate this collection task, Wakelet provides you with a small extension to install on your browser. All these collected items are classified in your private library and can be edited at any time.

They will then provide the raw material of the collections that you will be able to create to organize your curation and especially share it.

A collection is a kind of story that you will compose by dragging the saved content. You can rearrange them as you wish. You can also complement them with your own content by adding an introductory text or one or more images.

A great tool to work on storytelling or to offer commented educational resources.

Wakelet then offers the the possibility to easily share a collection by email, on social networks or by allowing you to insert it in a website or blog.

The tool allows content to be collected and formatted by multiple users. Ideal for proposing group research work. The tool also appears particularly well suited for documentalists wishing to propose a documentary file gathering digital resources.

Wakelet is a great alternative to the late Storify which offered quite similar functions. It can be put in all hands in middle school or high school. Only small regret, the tool is in English. For the rest difficult to find him a real flaw. Wakelet is free to use on a computer and from dedicated applications for smartphones or tablets.

Link: Wakelet.