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Today, it is impossible to imagine our educational practice without digital tools and platforms. They help us to organize, facilitate the implementation during learning processes and open up new possibilities for learning. We have compiled here some that we consider particularly useful, also from the point of view of reliability and sensitivity to rights. Some very propular apps and tools will not be found in this list for this reason.

1 What are our Selection Criteria?
2 Creating Texts and Documents Together
3 Text Processing
4 Image, Sound, Video
5 Organizing a Community or Community Events
6 Web-based Project Management
7 Cloud Collaboration
8 Surveys and Decisionmaking
9 Messenging and Video Conferences
10 Privacy Protection
11 Competency Assessment, Description & Validation
12 Evaluation

What are our Selection Criteria?

What tools and apps we use says a lot about us. Democratic civic education in particular is called upon to make conscious choices based on critical thinking not only in its content but also in its tools. At Competendo we are convinced that Open Software, Open Educational Resources and applications that do not inappropriately and unconsentedly commercialize user data are better than others. This makes educational processes sometimes more complicated, but fairer and perhaps more creative. That is why solutions developed in this spirit can be found here in particular.

Open Source
Non-Profit
High privacy level, no monetization of user data

Unblack the Box

Checklist for responsible use of technology in educational institutions
online
Creative Commons

Share your work
online
Open Source

The features of Open Source
online
Free Software

The features of Free Software
online

Creating Texts and Documents Together

Ready to use:

Yopad.eu

Starting collaboration on the basis of Etherpad immediately without installing anything
Yopad online
CryptPad

Privacy-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. CryptPad online
miro board

An online whiteboard. 3 Boards wirh limited functions free.
miro
Padlet

Collect topics, expectations or issues on Padlet
Padlet

Install on your server:

Etherpad

Download the free Etherpad code for installing it on your webserver
Etherpad
Collabora

Download the free Collabora Online Development Edition (=LibreOffice online) for installing it on your webserver
Collabora CODE
MediaWiki

Create a Wiki on your webserver (like Competendo)
MediaWiki
CryptPad

Private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services.CryptPad Installation Guide

Text Processing

Ready to use:

LibreOffice

The free and open office suite of the Document Foundation
LibreOffice
Collabora

The LibreOffice for Android and iOS. online
Typora

Simplify publishing with a typical editor using the Markdown Language for simple and focused text editing (available for different platforms)
Typora
Dillinger

An online markdown editor
Dillinger
FreePlane

Open Source Mindmap
FreePlane

Image, Sound, Video

Ready to use:

vlc Player

Video and music player provided by VideoLAN
vlc
GIMP

The popular image editor. GIMP
IrfanView

Lean image viewer and presentation tool with multiple editing functions, published by Irfan Skiljan.
IrfanView
Inkscape

Very popular free and open source vector graphics and illustration software
Inkscape
Audacity

Popular free open source audio editor, provided by Muse Group
Audacity

Organizing a Community or Community Events

Ready to use:

Wechange

A non-commercial open source and safe platform for groups, initiatives and organizations
wechange
CAMPER

Create a BarCamp
CAMPER
Youth BarCamp - A Guide for Practical Use

J. Eisfeld-Reschke, L. Peyer, D. Seitz on how to set up a BarCamp

Download

Web-based Project Management

Ready to use:

projectplace

projectplace
Asana

Asana
freedcamp

freedcamp

Install on your server:

Nextcloud App: Deck

A project management app for Nextclouds.
App:Deck

Cloud Collaboration

Ready to use:

Nextcloud

Open source and transparent cloud solution. Choose a provider according to your needs, starting from 0 €
Nextcloud
CryptPad

Privacy-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. CryptPad online

Install on your server:

Nextcloud

Open source and transparent cloud solution for your webserver or hosted by an external provider.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud Apps

Many plugins ("apps") are transforming a simple cloud to a platform for collaboration.
Apps

Surveys and Decisionmaking

Ready to use:

LamaPoll

Data-sensitive service, located in Germany, free: ≤50 respondents
LamaPoll
Tricider

Easy and fast decisionmaking tool without required registration processes for participants
Tricider
Mentimeter

Surveys in realtime during an event or meeting, or in advance
Mentimeter

Install on your server:

LimeSurvey

Open Source Tool
LimeSurvey
App: PollS

A simple polling app for Nextclouds.
App:Polls
App: Forms

A Nextcloud app for surveys and forms.
App:Forms

Messenging and Video Conferences

Ready to use:

Jitsi

Videoconferencing tool to be installed on your webserver or to use via an external provider hosting it Jitsi
Jitsi@Freifunk Munich

Try Jitsi at the non-profit Freifunk Munich Freifunk
Signal

A free privacy aware messenger
Signal

Install on your server:

Jitsi

Videoconferencing tool to be installed on your webserver or to use via an external provider hosting it Jitsi
BigBlueButton

Videoconferencing tool to be installed on your webserver or to use via an external provider hosting it BigBlueButton
Open Meetings

Install a multi-language collaboration tool on your webserver. With audio and video, sketchpad, public and private conferences, and recording.
Open Meetings

Privacy Protection

Read also our background article: Privacy Protection

KeePass

Dominik Reichl's password safe.

KeePass
VeraCrypt

Open and free source file and disk encryption tool provided by IDRIX

VeraCript
Tor Browser

Anonymised browsing with the TOR browser.

TOR project
Plugin: HTTPS Everywhere

uses SSL if possible for browsing with Firefox, Chrome, and Opera (provided by Electronic Frontier Foundation)
HTTPS-everywhere
Plugin: Privacy Badger

Stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking you in Firefox (provided by Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Privacy Badger
Plugin: uBlock origin

Blocks tracking in Firefox, Opera and Chrome (developed by Raymond Hill)
CryptPad

Privacy-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. CryptPad online
Open PGP Encryption

Providers and software including the email encryption standard
Open PGP

Competency Assessment, Description & Validation

Ready to use:

Several online tools support learners and educators in (self-)assessment. However, one should check their terms and conditions for storing and using personal data before using them in trainings.

AppRaiser

Trainers appraisal platform of the International Youth Work Trainers Guild
AppRaiser
Go Formative

Track developments of learners online
Go formative
Open Badges

Share "learning badges" with your learners for every achievement in a learning process with help of a digital platform.
Open Badges
EaSY soft skills

A skill assessment online tool, model and method handbook
Online
Skilloon
A research-based self-learning platform following the EntreComp model from Not a bad idea (Finland) and the Finnish education ministry.
Online

Evaluation

Ready to use:

Competence Explorer

Browse different competence frameworks
online
iEVAL

Platform for evaluation of international youth exchanges by IJAB
online
Q!App
Collaborative project concept development online by European Platform for Learning Mobility (EPLM)
online
ONCOO Zielscheibe

Target feedback method. Non-commercial and privacy-sensitive (currently only in German)
online

Books & Online Sources

Competendo App

Get it here for free

EU Sources

A multilingual open membership community for teachers, trainers, researchers, academics, policy makers and anyone else with a professional role in adult learning across Europe. to EPALE

Erasmus+ Project Results

The Erasmus+ platfom for dissemination and exploitation of project results. Here you can find more information to our project: Erasmus+

salto Toolbox

Methods and handbooks of the youth empowerment community in Europe to salto Toolbox

Download: Banner

Support

This toolbox has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the implementing partner organisations and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.

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Difference between revisions of "Apps and Tools"

Revision as of 21:22, 10 August 2021

Contents

What are our Selection Criteria?

Creating Texts and Documents Together

Text Processing

Image, Sound, Video

Organizing a Community or Community Events

Web-based Project Management

Cloud Collaboration

Surveys and Decisionmaking

Messenging and Video Conferences

Privacy Protection

Competency Assessment, Description & Validation

Evaluation

Books & Online Sources

Related:

Competendo App

Erasmus+ Project Results

salto Toolbox

Download: Banner

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