Last updated on 11 September 2015
Pearltrees, a tool for sharing and organising web content, has just been launched an interesting offer for teachers and the wider world of education.
It is true that this online service for organising and sharing digital content is particularly suitable for pedagogical use From course creation to classroom presentation and collaboration with students.
Explore millions of content and share your discoveries
Pearltrees allows you to naturally add and organise web pages, files, photos or notes in thematic collections. These collections are public by default. This idea of sharing and exchange is one of Pearltrees’ added values. You will be able to explore collections of other users, close to your interests, and collaborate with them. You will be able to enrich your collections with items shared by others.
Pearltrees is a service that has been one of the pioneers of online curation tools with an original interface that combined via a system of "pearls", mindmapping and watch. The interface has evolved over the past year towards a layout of your content in dynamic grids, like Pinterest, which is more classic but also much more efficient.
A specific offer designed for the world of education
Available for free, Pearltrees offered a premium offer with additional options including plenty of storage space for all your digital content. The service had the good idea to launch a few weeks ago a specific premium offer for teachers and beyond to all education professionals and training.
This specific offer, beyond the lower price than the normal premium version, offers some Essential options for pedagogical use. You will be able to present a collection of digital resources in class or online without any advertising. Public by default, the education version allows you to create private collections only visible to learners or people of your choice. You can also, among other things, ask your students to collaborate on a collection of resources without exposing their privacy and identity in search engines.
Support resources, by the Teacher Space Resource Team
3 packages, including one free, are offered to teachers according to their needs including storage. Pearltrees is already used by many teachers. It will find many uses in an educational setting by offering a complete and consistent service running on computer, tablet or mobile. The people of Pearltrees also understood the importance, beyond the tool itself, of supporting users. They thus offer a particularly effective individualised training and assistance system. In addition, the tool offers an online resource centre on pedagogical uses Pearltrees. To be tested.
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