Wikispaces

Wikispaces
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Private wikis with advanced features for businesses, non-profits and educators are available for an annual fee. As of March 2008, they had more than 920,000 registered members and hosted more than 390,000 wikis.[|[2]] By March 2009, that number had increased to over 2.2 million registered members and more than 900,000 wikis.[|[3]] Wikispaces has also given away (free) more than 250,000 premium wikis to [|K-12] educators.[|[4]]
 * Wikispaces** is a [|hosting service] (sometimes called a [|wiki farm]) based in [|San Francisco, California]. Launched in March 2005, Wikispaces is owned by Tangient [|LLC] and is among the largest wiki hosts, competing with [|PBworks], [|Wetpaint], and [|Google Sites] (formerly JotSpot).[|[1]]

**Using web 2.0 tools with students** **Wikis and blogs are 2 tools commonly referred to as web 2.0 tools. It is the policy of the Somers Public Schools that web 2.0 tools be used in a controlled environment where the teacher controls who views and participates in the online activity. If you have any questions about this policy or how to control the environment please contact Jim Morrow.**

The video below shows you how to sign-up for a free premium wiki for your class. media type="file" key="Get_Going_with_Wikispaces.flv" width="360" height="270" To create student user accounts without a working email address watch the following 2 videos. - Exporting student names from PowerTeacher Gradebook to create usernames for import into Wikispaces. [|Watch] - Importing the usernames you just created into Wikispaces to create user accounts. This process will automatically generate passwords and email addresses for your students. Watch