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Using a wiki to create an online interactive work
space for education
The Problem
• Two courses, two sections• Key-boreding
PBworks is an easy-to-
use free web page that multiple
people can edit, it’s
based on wiki technology.
Wiki means Quick in Hawaiian
In the classroom,
Pbworks is a free tool that
empowers every student to participate
in group projects.
James has assigned a team research project.
What can he do to encourage the students to work together, share resources and create high
quality work?
ConversePost ideas
Respond
Forum
WritePublish
Comment
CreatePublish
CommentConversePost IdeasRespond
ShareEdit
CollaborateEngage
Blog PBworks
Three great ways to communicate with students
“It's so easy to create a site to help guide
students along with projects. I have found that
it's a good way to make handouts available to students - I just point
them at the web address. I post links to my PBworks
Rockford's site so that parents can access
project guidelines as well.”
Justin Wylie Rockford High School
How can she make certain her online site is off limits to child
predators?
How can she be sure that her students won’t be drawn onto the web?
Mary wants to be sure her students are
protected from the wider internet.
YOU control who sees your workspace
You invite your studentsEach student has a unique login and
password
PBworks for Educator are
free and never display
advertisements
NO ADS
Jamie wants to make certain her students act appropriately on
line.
Will her students write offensive
comments?
How can she monitor her students activity?
You have a history of every edit
You are notified of every change
Who did the work?
Edits are time stamped. You know who made changes and when they were made.
PBworks is Free and Easy to set up
No IT department is needed!
Simply create a password and begin
Set it up and it worksjust like typing in Microsoft Word
Just like creating a
Word document
Easily insert
Images and Video
Just click and begin
Post a picture or a video
Teachers can make coursework and
homework information easily available to both students and
parents.
With easy to use plugins you can create
a calendar.
Quickly create new pages Templates designed with teachers
in mind
Here’s one I made earlier . . .
Pbworks v BBV
• Complete autonomy and control• Students can access the work space using any
email address and from any location• Easy to set up and administrate – no HTML!• Lots of free tools to make the work space attractive
and lively• Students can upload materials and create their own
pages• Email notifications so that teachers know when the
space has been used by students• It can become a completely shared work space for
students and teachers
It’s not perfect . . .
• Looks difficult on first sight• Too many template pages• Images difficult to manage• Internet connection can be slow• Sometimes things don’t work – but what’s
new?• Payment needed for better features
Would you like to know more?You can find training videos, templates and a community of
fellow teacher users.http://educators.pbworks.com
There’s more . . .
• Each summer 1,500 educators have the chance to become PBWorks Certified educators on a free summer camp.
• PBWorks has a mobile phone version, with limited functions.
PBworks is free, fast and easy to use.
Thank you for participating
Diane Evans
IT FacultyAl Ain Women’s College